Emerging Tech

GE Building World’s Largest Jet Engine with 3-D Printed Parts

The company has been quick to use 3-D-printing technology, computer-aided design and new materials to render parts once impossible to make using conventional methods.

Emerging Tech

Because of Technology, Future Presidents Might Have to be Groomed from Birth

Increasingly-connected technologies will capture all of our missteps and store them forever, one expert says.

Cybersecurity

Committee Fears International Cyber Deal’s Impact on Pentagon

The Pentagon would have to report to Congress on how the Wassenaar Arrangement will impact the Defense Department and its allies.

Cybersecurity

Lawmakers Want Training for Hackers Who Play China and Iran in War Games

Each geographic combatant command worldwide would have to pen agreements with Defense Secretary Ash Carter to use these "cyber opposition forces," under the new proposal.

Digital Government

As Pentagon Dawdles, Silicon Valley Sells Its Newest Tech Abroad

A trio of tech CEOs say red tape and onerous requirements undermine Ash Carter’s outreach efforts.

Digital Government

The Internet Isn't Making Us Smarter

Our access to information, both good and bad, has only increased as our fingertips have touched keyboards.

Modernization

Uber Introduces Facial Scans to Reduce Driver Fraud

For all its improvements over traditional taxis, Uber’s safety features have been far from perfect.

Cybersecurity

Ex-Hacker: If You Get Hacked, Sue Somebody

The days of software companies having built-in legal “liability protections” are about to come to an end, one expert says.

Emerging Tech

Video: Inside the World's Most Secretive Startup

Magic Leap's virtual reality system may change computing entirely.

Digital Government

New European Law May Force Companies to Hire Data Privacy Experts

Tech, health care, drug and financial services companies that process large amounts of data will become particular hotbeds for hiring.

Digital Government

Facebook for Trees: The Forest Service’s Quest to Make a Tree Database More User-Friendly

The agency maintains a database that includes various characteristics of some 19 million trees over some 350,000-plus plots of land

Emerging Tech

These Robots Act Differently When You're Around

The machines of the future will tailor their behavior to humans—and even individual personalities.

Emerging Tech

Flying Cars? The Evolution of the Automobile in 5 Steps

How driverless vehicles could change meetings, manufacturing, safety, and more

Ideas

Why the Nation Needs to Use Technology to Up the Ante on Immigration Screening

What's needed is to throw out decades-old reliance on government database and watch-list screening in favor of a more technologically evolved process.