Cybersecurity
Americans Are, by Far, Hackers’ Favorite Credit-Card Fraud Targets
Nearly half of all the credit card fraud around the world occurs in the U.S., even though America accounts for only about a quarter of the global card volume.
Emerging Tech
NASA Wants to Help Propel Space Tech Past ‘Tipping Point’
An infusion of NASA cash could help propel these technologies into viable commercial applications.
Cybersecurity
NSA Tests Out Smartphones that Recognize Handwriting Motion
The National Security Agency has tested the use of smartphone-swipe recognition technology, according to the tool’s manufacturer.
Digital Government
US Has Space Experts Worried About an Extraterrestrial Land Grab
Plans to make money in space are missing one of the fundamental ingredients to any business: property rights.
Emerging Tech
Google Wants to Make Creepy Bunny Robots to Talk to Your Kids
Google’s patent application suggests it wants to build a device with cameras and audio sensors that could determine when someone is looking at it and follow voice commands to control other internet-connected devices.
Emerging Tech
House OKs Bill to Promote ‘Exascale’ Supercomputing
The bill would require the Energy Department to research supercomputing technology, especially for reducing power consumption.
Emerging Tech
Watch the Energy Secretary Test Drive a 3-D-Printed Car
Ernest Moniz got behind the wheel of a 3-D printed Shelby Cobra.
Emerging Tech
Bolstering CX in Government Makes 'Fundamental Business Sense'
The government has nowhere to go but up in terms of providing customer service on par with top private sector organizations.
Emerging Tech
Inside the USAJobs Revamp and Other Digital Summit Highlights
Successful programs tended to come at problems from a user-centric point of view.
Digital Government
Huge Data Sets Are Changing How Humans Observe the Universe
All this data is creating a new class of astronomer, one who doesn’t have to gaze skyward to understand the heavens, but instead has to go no further than a laptop.
Digital Government
App Glitches Cost Agencies Millions of Dollars in Lost Productivity
From email to enterprise-resource planning systems, applications are often critical to keeping agency operations running along.
Emerging Tech
How NASA Space Exploration Technology Makes Big Difference in Small Business
The same tech that helps astronauts in space can assist in brewing a great cup of java.
Digital Government
Secret US Military Space Drone Heads Back to Orbit
The flying robot looks like a shrunken down version of the Space Shuttle—and we still don’t know exactly what it will do up there.
Modernization
iOS and Android About to Get Updated—Here’s Where They Stand Now
A snapshot of the smartphone market
Emerging Tech
Video: Meet Some Helpful New Robots
A 2-foot tall humanoid robot, Milo is designed to teach social skills to children with autism.
Emerging Tech
VA Wants Your Help Building Better Prosthetics
The aim of the project is to build a suite of special prosthetics and other state-of-the-art technologies to support wounded veterans in their day-to-day lives.
Emerging Tech
How Social Media Is Helping Nepal Rebuild After Two Big Earthquakes
With little disaster infrastructure in place, groups of Nepalis, foreign aid workers and academics, and the country’s diaspora, moved swiftly to organize an Internet-driven response to the disasters.
Cybersecurity
Navy Needs Help Making Sure Its Drones are Hack-Proof
Aerial weapons systems were not expected to become part of the so-called Internet of Things.
Emerging Tech