Emerging Tech

Senators Introduce Another Internet of Things Bill

A bipartisan group of senators wants the FCC to study the Internet of Things' spectrum requirements.

Emerging Tech

Can Google’s Driverless Car Project Survive a Fatal Accident?

To understand the future of self-driving cars, it helps to look back to the first lethal auto accidents, more than a century ago.

Emerging Tech

You Can Now 3-D Print One of the World’s Lightest Materials

This technology will make the material much easier to use, and open it up to wider applications.

Digital Government

Could Twitter-Savvy Teens Help Government Tackle Social Media Screening?

“As we're doing a background investigation, how could you not go look at their Facebook page?" said Rep. Jason Chaffetz.

Emerging Tech

The Reason SpaceX Keeps Aborting Launches

The last two failures to launch were linked to the upgraded rocket SpaceX is using, which relies on “superchilled” liquid oxygen to get an extra thrust into orbit.

Cybersecurity

Spy Mapping Agency Isn't Going Dark Anytime Soon

The challenge for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is not one of “going dark” but of too much light.

Emerging Tech

Here’s Why Robots Might Not Be Taking Government Jobs Any Time Soon

We still don’t understand the full psychological impact of working with robots, a new analysis concludes.

Emerging Tech

Video: This NASA Plane Could Replace the 737

Fly the friendly skies in a greener way, with NASA's Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research plane.

Digital Government

NOAA’s Weather Forecasts Will Soon be on Steroids

The agency today collects weather data twice the entire volume of data stored within the Library of Congress, but that's paltry compared to its future plans.

Digital Government

Military-Funded Study Predicts Twitter Uprisings

Who tweets at you, what you tweet back, and why can predict your next protest act on social media.

Digital Government

Facebook Is Making a Map of Everyone in the World

And it's using a brand new AI technique and a whole lot of computing power to do it.

Emerging Tech

DHS Silicon Valley Office Awards First Contract to Internet of Things Startup

It's part of DHS' calculated effort to tap into the cutting-edge private sector technology -- and technology talent -- often provided by startups.

Emerging Tech

Amid Protest, Window Closing for Bids on $50 Billion Networking Deal

There's been a flurry of recent activity on the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract.

Modernization

Bendable Phones Could Be the Next Big Thing

There’s something about the idea of unfurling a phone as we would a newspaper that seems eminently futuristic.