Cybersecurity

House Panel Dents Budget for Cyber Tool That Scoped out OPM Breaches

Citing proposed pay raise costs and concerns about contracts for the EINSTEIN tool, lawmakers pass $5 million reduction.

Emerging Tech

Here's What Pluto Looks Like on Instagram

New Horizons sped past Pluto at 30,800 miles per hour, while its suite of instruments gathered data about the dwarf planet.

Emerging Tech

Justice Department Plans Major Office Tech Upgrade

DOJ envisions an “office of the future,” which would revamp much of the technology agency employees use.

Emerging Tech

New Energy Research Teams to Prep for Supercomputers Arriving in 2017

The teams are tasked with making sure existing applications can work on the new machines.

Emerging Tech

Video: 5 Ways to Improve Your Facebook Experience

It's the social network nearly everyone uses. Here's how you make the most of it.

Emerging Tech

The Secret Lives of Hackathon Junkies

I spent three days on a bus with a bunch of hackers. Here’s what I learned.

Digital Government

Video: Finding a Cure Aboard the International Space Station

How the investigation of protein crystals in space is helping treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Emerging Tech

For Agencies, Chief Data Officers are All About Business

Chief data officers across government do not share all the same duties, job descriptions, reporting structures or budgets.

Digital Government

Video: This Organization Wants to Stop Killer Robots

Fifty NGOs have banded together to create a campaign to encourage governments to act now to prevent dangerous autonomous machines in the future.

Emerging Tech

DOE Lab Asks Industry: How Can We Secure the Internet of Things?

A better authentication system could protect home appliances and drones, according to a new solicitation for industry partners.

Modernization

Tech Tools That Let You Get Closer to Sharks

A roundup of apps, websites and livecams that will get you close—but not too close—to hammerheads, great whites and other ocean beasts.

Digital Government

Should Google Ever Lie to Us?

Search-engine architects must decide when their creations should act as a kind of expert and when they should neutrally direct people to what they are seeking.