Digital Government

Video: How Tracking Technology and Deep Data Are Transforming Football

Can big data help you win the Super Bowl?

Digital Government

The Innovative Suitcase Lab That Could Fight the Zika Virus

The whole thing weighs less than 44 pounds and is operated with a laptop.

Ideas

What’s Missing in the Encryption, Privacy and Security Debate

There are four key considerations surrounding the secure design of mobile devices we should keep in mind in both a government and private sector context.

Emerging Tech

More Than a Third of Americans Would Undergo Iris Scans for Better Government Services

About 67 percent of respondents would share their cellphone numbers with the federal government if it meant personalized services such as expedited passport processing, but far fewer -- 35 percent -- would offer iris scans.

Digital Government

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Is Still Riddled with Bugs

The Pentagon’s top testing official has weighed and measured the F-35 and found it wanting.

Emerging Tech

This Will be the Year of the Silicon Valley Super Bowl

Tech companies have weaved themselves into the Super Bowl experience, by enabling new state-of-the-art technology at Levi’s Stadium.

Emerging Tech

Here's How Many Miles Google's Self-Driving Cars Have Actually Driven

The tech giant announced its driverless car program was simulating driving 3 million miles a day.

Cybersecurity

Could a More Secure Online Browser Protect Background Check Hack Victims?

Richard “Hollis” Helms, a 45-year-veteran of the intelligence community, has a tool he says might stem the potential bleeding of national secrets.

Emerging Tech

How Do You Govern Data in the Internet of Everything?

By 2020, more than 200 billion sensors will produce data on everything from human hearts to heavy construction equipment to ocean seafloors.

Emerging Tech

The Sport of the Future Has Arrived: Droneboarding

It’s sort of like kitesurfing or wakeboarding, but for the 21st century.

Emerging Tech

Google's Latest Experiment: Delivering 5G Internet from Solar-Powered Drones

The tech giant is serious about building the data infrastructure of the future.

Emerging Tech

Coding Bootcamps Are Getting So Competitive, There’s Now a $3,000 Prep Program

As the landscape matures, coding schools are gaining reputations akin to colleges—with the most coveted touting higher starting salaries among their grads.

Emerging Tech

Snowed in at NASA, Keeping Watch Over a Space Colossus

Time is running out on the agency’s most ambitious science mission in generations, and that means no stopping for anything—not even a historic blizzard.

Emerging Tech

Why We Should Call in the Drones When There’s an Emergency

A small drone couldn’t take someone to the hospital, but might be able to bring a virtual medic to assess the situation.

Modernization

Apple Is Reportedly Developing an iPhone That Charges Wirelessly

Apple has previously expressed dislike for conventional wireless-charging technology.

Emerging Tech

Video: The Technology in Airport Body Scanners Could Give You Faster Internet

Starry Internet hopes to cut out the middleman by using millimeter waves to send broadband to your home at speeds of up to 1 gigabit.

Emerging Tech

Self-Flying Drones Might Not Be as Close as Amazon Says They Are

It's a lot more complicated than it might seem.

Emerging Tech

Why You Still Can't Vote Online

Elections are one of the few facets of U.S. life done almost entirely offline.