Digital Government
US Spy Map Agency Charts Syrian Exodus Using Social Media
By searching public posts, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency fulfills its duty to provide decision-makers with past, present and future insights into locations during a global emergency.
Emerging Tech
Republicans To Pioneer Internet Presidential Voting Next Week
For the first time in America, Internet voting is being deployed as an option in a presidential contest.
Digital Government
A Brief History of Robot Law
A new paper looks at how courts have handled a few notable conflicts between man and machine.
Artificial Intelligence
Slack Is Working on Manager Bots That Will Automatically Check up on Employees
In the future, you won’t be bugged by your manager over Slack for status updates on your work. Slack itself will be bugging you.
Emerging Tech
Air Force Wants to Analyze Internet of Things Data in Real Time
The branch wants to process data from sensors locally instead of sending it to a centralized data center.
Digital Government
Video: How Eagles Are Making Wind Turbines Safer for Birds
National Renewable Energy Laboratory scientists are using the eagles to conduct research into how to reduce collisions and make wind energy safer for birds.
Digital Government
How the CIA is Making Sense of Big Data
The new Directorate for Digital Innovation resulted from the technological explosion of connectivity and data among devices, sensors and people.
Emerging Tech
The New Social Network Where You Can Hang Out with Real People in Virtual Reality
Instead of hanging out with your friends in real life, why not spend time with them in outer space?
Emerging Tech
Shhh! How Technology Will Make the Future Less Noisy
Even sirens, airplanes and leaf blowers may make less noise.
Digital Government
Can You Turn Your Toaster Into a Bomb? DARPA Wants to Know
The agency will pay tinkerers to weaponize off-the-shelf items — in hopes of defending against such hacks.
Emerging Tech
Video: Inside the Plane Every NASA Astronaut Must Learn to Fly
Astronauts have been flying the T-38 since the 1960s.
Digital Government
How Libraries Are Becoming Modern Makerspaces
They’ve long served as communal gathering spots, but these civic institutions are becoming gateways to technological tinkering.
Emerging Tech
This Company Says Its Driverless Cars Can Handle Rain and Snow
Ford has been testing its driverless cars in Michigan’s snow since January.
Emerging Tech
Cloud Giant Amazon Web Services Turns 10
Over the last decade, AWS has come to dominate the infrastructure-as-a-service market.
Digital Government
Dems Question Secret Service’s 'Monitoring' of Threats Involving Trump Events
One way the Secret Service keeps tabs on threats, in general, is by tracking social media.
Modernization
Video: The Best Ways to Preserve Your Smartphone's Battery
For those times when you're stuck without a charger.
Digital Government
All the Federal Agencies that Fly Drones over US Soil
On Wednesday, USA Today reported the Pentagon “has deployed drones to spy over U.S. territory for nonmilitary missions over the past decade."
Digital Government
Debating Income Equality? Get the Facts Right with this New Commerce App
A team of data gurus is hoping to transform stores of siloed government data into fresh insight into one of the toughest challenges in America.
Digital Government