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.
Digital Government
Microgrids, Panels and Geothermal Heat Pumps: The High-Tech Renewable Energy Powering Tribal Communities
Moving beyond the traditional power grid.
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.
Digital Government
Researchers Have Established a Worrisome Link Between Social Media Use and Sleep
Among those who used social media more often, nearly 30 percent reported a high degree of difficulty sleeping.
Modernization
Will Adding Free Wi-Fi to America's National Parks Ruin Them?
What good is being immersed in nature without constant access to high-speed Internet?
Emerging Tech
What Will OMB's New Requirements Do for Federal Customer Service?
The 2016 directive is a strong signal from the House appropriations committee that the government’s efforts to improve customer service following an executive order in 2011 have not gone far enough.
Digital Government
Refugee or Terrorist? IBM Thinks Its Software Has the Answer
A new tool to turn unstructured data into actionable intelligence could change the way law enforcement fights terrorism, and challenge the data-collection debate.
Cybersecurity
Cybercrime Is Booming and the Internet of Things Will Just Make Things Worse
Hackers are getting better and businesses are increasingly at risk.
Emerging Tech
These 4-D-Printed, Shape-Shifting Flowers Might One Day Save Your Life
A step beyond 3-D printing.
Digital Government