Cybersecurity
Windows 10 is Adding APT Protection. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal.
The Pentagon hopes to have everything converted over to Windows 10 by January 2017.
Modernization
Video: This App Turns Your Phone Into a Car Key
A huge convenience or a massive security risk?
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.
Emerging Tech
Video: What NASA Learned From Astronauts Spending a Year in Space
The human body isn't quite ready to go to Mars... yet.
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.
Modernization
Video: How to Track Your PC or Mac if You Lose It
Be prepared for this worst-case scenario.
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
FAA Successfully Tests New Drone-Detecting Tech At Airport
New system is geared toward protecting areas from rogue drones.
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.
Digital Government