Emerging Tech
Video: Bill Nye Teaches Us About the Juno Solar-Powered Spacecraft
With the help of miniature models and a hair dryer
Modernization
Chinese Government Pays People to Post Cheery Messages on Social Media
The public has long known about China’s internet propaganda machine, but until now details have remained murky.
Artificial Intelligence
Video: Google Shares What It's Been Developing
The tech giant revealed some of its secrets at it's annual I/O Conference.
Emerging Tech
Q&A: Building FirstNet’s ‘App Store’ for First Responders
The deadline for proposals on building the public safety broadband network is at the end of the month.
Digital Government
Pentagon Testing Small Robot to Help Hunt Naval Mines
The US military has been looking for an underwater bomb disposal robot for years. It finally has one.
Emerging Tech
Google Launches Own Ridesharing Service
Uber, Lyft and everyone else might be worried.
Emerging Tech
You’ll Soon Be Able To Text Photos to Police. But Will You Crash Their Networks?
A DHS official says there are new challenges associated with higher-tech emergency communication.
Emerging Tech
Officials Worry US ‘Falling Behind’ in Race to Prepare for Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks
Congress wants to ensure federal agencies are doing their best to prepare for them.
Emerging Tech
For the Success of Space Exploration, We Need More Female Astronauts
Even in the final frontier of outer space, women are bumping into a glass ceiling.
Digital Government
It’s Not Too Late for Obama to Confront the Ethics of Technology in Our World
Currently, there isn’t a broad national conversation around the ethics of the steady digital encroachment on our lives.
Emerging Tech
Feds May Scan Your Social Media, But Can't ‘Friend’ or ‘Follow’ You
Spy chief James Clapper signed a policy last week that would let background check investigators dig into candidates’ public social media postings.
Emerging Tech
Video: Google Wants You To Test Its Self-Driving Cars
Let the machine do the driving, while you do the typing.
Modernization
Smartphones Rule the Internet
Among the world’s most popular websites, most traffic comes from mobile devices.
Digital Government
Who Will Own Your Data If the Tech Bubble Bursts?
Corporations, data brokers and even criminals might buy failed companies just for their users’ personal information.
Emerging Tech
Video: High-Speed Hyperloop Test Carried Out in Las Vegas
The test sled nearly broke the speed of sound.
Emerging Tech
Scientists Are Working on More Nimble, Powerful Drones That Mimic Bat Aerodynamics
Drones of the future will look a lot less like quadcopters.
Cybersecurity
There’s a Hacker Shortage, so Facebook Is Turning to Middle Schools
The tech giant has arranged for hundreds of kids, from middle-school age up, to play a hacking game tit’s developed—because it’s having trouble recruiting for security roles.
Emerging Tech
Is Virtual Reality The Key To Government's Training Woes?
The head of a simulation trade group argues the technology could help agencies cut training costs.
Emerging Tech