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.
Cybersecurity
Video: Why You Should Uninstall QuickTime for Windows, ASAP
Find a new way to watch videos.
Cybersecurity
Do Americans Support Weakening Encryption? It Might Depend When You Ask.
After the Paris terrorist attacks, most Americans sided with the feds.
Emerging Tech
Should We Feed the Trolls?
When it comes to reducing online harassment, deeper social change could have a bigger impact than fighting back one jerk at a time.
Digital Government
Pentagon: F-35 Will Still Fly, Despite Software Flaw
Officials say the plane can fly without the aircraft’s enormously complex diagnostics system.
Digital Government
NOAA Pushes Forward with Commercial Weather Data Pilot
The initiative will act as a test for future commercial satellite efforts.
Emerging Tech
Meet the Scientist Helping the Pentagon Build Solar-Powered Tents
UCF is one of many groups partnering with DOD on hi-tech textiles.
Emerging Tech
Your Web Searches Are Probably Going to Be Powered by Wind
Corporations are no longer waiting to buy power from utilities: they’re going straight to the source.
Digital Government
The Problem with the Pentagon’s Hypersonic Missile
Military officials say their superfast weapons of the future won’t carry nuclear warheads. But will other nuclear nations believe it when the missiles start flying?
Emerging Tech
NOAA Wants Feedback on Engagement with Commercial Satellite Industry
An agency official said he envisions a future in weather forecasting where NOAA relies on “a mixture of government and commercial satellites.”
Digital Government
Do We Need Air Traffic Controllers For Space?
If the U.S. doesn’t take the lead in guiding satellites through increasingly crowded orbits, someone else will.
Emerging Tech
DHS: Open Source Software Is Like Giving Mafia a Copy of FBI System Code
The department made a bid to adjust a White House draft policy that would encourage agencies to code in the open, and to share their code with each other.
Digital Government
Brain Prosthetic Allows Paralyzed Man to Move His Hand Again
The system decodes his brain activity and uses it to control his arm muscles, bypassing his injured spine.
Digital Government
Here’s What the Pentagon Wants Its Satellites to Do in 15 Years
The ability to take on new missions will help tomorrow’s constellations survive war in space.
Emerging Tech