Digital Government
2 Out of 3 Developers Are Self-Taught
The answers of the 56,000 people who responded to a recent survey hint at what’s next for technology.
Emerging Tech
Internet in Space Is About as Slow as Dial-Up
Mankind put a human being on the moon in 1969. In 2016, you can easily watch compelling footage of the space adventure online … that is, unless you’re actually in space.
Emerging Tech
The First Cyborg Olympics Is Coming to Switzerland
Governing bodies of pretty much every sport in the world generally consider it an unfair advantage for athletes to ameliorate themselves in any way. But what if that was the whole fun of the sport?
Digital Government
Change to Proposed Chinese Law Would Make Foreign Websites Impossible to Reach
The new regulations, if taken to the extreme, would require that even harmless websites—your mom’s favorite recipes site, for example—be blocked.
Emerging Tech
Q&A: Can Pitch Competitions Really Help the Government Discover New Tech?
Local tech hub Eastern Foundry, focused on getting new businesses to work with the government, hosts an annual demo day focused on a particular federal need.
Emerging Tech
The 12 Countries That Have Plugged the Most Stuff into the Internet of Things
The Internet is infiltrating all of our devices, from thermostats to stoves.
Emerging Tech
How One Programmer Broke the Internet by Deleting a Tiny Piece of Code
Writing software for the Web has become dependent on a patchwork of code that itself relies on the benevolence of fellow programmers.
Emerging Tech
How Many Elephants of Fuel did a Saturn V Burn Per Second?
How much fuel did the rocket use per second, as measured in giant land animals?
Modernization
Netflix Has Been Secretly Slowing Down Videos on Mobile
This may come as a shock, but your beloved Netflix is responsible for your slow streams on mobile, not your loathsome wireless carrier.
Emerging Tech
This City Is Ready To Tackle Silicon Valley's Diversity Problem
Inside Durham's efforts to build a successful start-up sector.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon: ‘Innovation is a National Security Imperative’
If the quest for innovation could hold the keys to DOD’s most important technological riddles, its top officials have now made three visits to the West Coast tech hub and set up shop.
Emerging Tech
A Search for the Government’s Oldest Computer
A 30-year-old computer in Grand Rapids that controls a school’s temperature, a 40-year-old machine in Hawaii handling payroll and the computers at NASA built for the Voyager space mission are all in contention.
Emerging Tech
Why the Future Needs Huggable Robots
The distance between people and machines—the fact that robots aren’t more snuggly—poses a real problem for the future of robotics.
Digital Government
Driverless-Car Makers on Privacy: Just Trust Us
Members of Congress are calling for new rules that determine how companies can use personal data collected by autonomous vehicles.
Cybersecurity
Survey: Agency Cyber Pros Prefer Perimeter Defense to Encryption
Encryption and other data-at-rest defenses were ranked “dead last” in terms of spending plans over the next year, according to a new report.
Modernization
Video: Want to Recycle Your iPhone? This Robot Will Do it For You
Apple hopes its newest employee can have a positive impact on the environment.
Emerging Tech