Emerging Tech

Can Europe Be a Leading Tech Power?

Andrus Ansip, Europe's Digital Market Commissioner hopes to make that happen.

Emerging Tech

VA Embraces Virtual Care, Testing Bluetooth Hearing Aids

Gradually, more VA services will be delivered virtually, Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson said during a recent keynote.

Emerging Tech

White House Gets Superserious about Supercomputing

A new order directs agencies within the federal government to work together -- and with the private sector -- on high-performance computers.

Digital Government

There's Now an X-Ray Pill You Can Swallow

This new development could make important medical procedures like colonoscopies a little less invasive.

Finance

Why State and Local Governments Are Increasingly Embracing GitHub

By sharing code, jurisdictions can cut IT development costs and better use resources. But it’s “a matter of cultural change.”

Cybersecurity

Bill to Let DHS Monitor Internet Traffic on Government Systems Advances

The federal data security upgrade would the agency closer to the center of cybersecurity operations.

Emerging Tech

House Talks 'Internet of Things,' Data Privacy

Representatives discussed how data could be both useful to consumers -- and also a potentially risky asset.

Emerging Tech

Why Science Students Need to Think Outside the Lab

Many students miss the most important education of all: how to relate their specialization to others in an increasingly interconnected world.

Emerging Tech

10 Years After Katrina, NOAA Preps for Launch of Powerful New Weather Satellites

The first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series will produce “30 times the data at five times the rate and twice the resolution” of the current crop of geostationary satellites.

Emerging Tech

The Slow Death of Google Plus

The tech giant announced it will be slicing out its social network from the rest of its services.

Emerging Tech

Obama Talks Federal IT on ‘Daily Show”

The commander in chief discussed the wave of Silicon Valley tech talent invading government, challenges in IT procurement and how better IT can lead to better federal customer service.

Emerging Tech

USDA Teams Up with Microsoft on Food Data Challenge

The newly launched Innovation Challenge aims to inspire the public to create tech tools for analyzing food supply data.

Emerging Tech

Here's What Its Like to Pilot a Giant Fighting Robot

MegaBots was founded by three engineers who didn’t want to use their skills to go work for another large tech firm in the valley.

Emerging Tech

What Happens if There’s a Massive Data Breach in the Cloud?

Federal cloud security standards have been hugely successful thus far in ensuring cloud service providers that serve government customers aren’t bringing knives to gun fights.

Cybersecurity

Carmaker Recalls 1.4 Million Vehicles Over Hacking Fears

Fiat Chrysler is pulling late-model Dodge Rams, Dodge Chargers and Jeep Cherokees.