Modernization
There’s One Part of the Tech Industry that Mobile Is Not Disrupting
Criminals and other malicious actors tend to prefer more traditional means to break into networks than mobile devices.
Digital Government
Army Wants Robot Four-Wheelers and Decepticons
The service is outlining a multidecade plan for autonomic and robotic systems.
Emerging Tech
The UN Wants to Make Sure We’re Not Developing Killer Robots We Can’t Control
The United Nations has a lot of things to worry about. Famine, war, inequality, discrimination, epidemic disease… and now, reports New Scientist, the threat of autonomous robots that could destroy us on a whim.
Digital Government
What the US Can Learn from a Nordic Innovation Leader
More than 50 national innovation foundations spread throughout the world emphasize the growing importance of innovation in the Information Age, according to a new report.
Digital Government
Bionic Eyes Are No Match for the Curiosity of Pentagon Cartographers
Right now, technology is up against a problem that didn't exist in the Atari age: big data.
Digital Government
How Facial Recognition Technology Is Unearthing China's Artificial Islands
NGA is using "broad-based change detection" tools to calculate where in the water the Chinese might next break ground, so to speak.
Modernization
NSA’s Grand Plan to Snowden-Proof Its Data Using the Cloud
No one in the intelligence community wants to face another leak. With NSA’s widespread adoption of cloud computing, the spy agency may not have to.
Modernization
The First Net Neutrality Complaints Are Coming
At least one Internet backbone company is planning to complain to the FCC over network congestion.
Emerging Tech
The Electric Grid’s Latest Threat? Rooftop Solar Cells
Solar photovoltaics represent the fastest-growing source of electric power in the United States.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Trying To Build Software to Last A Century
The 4-year research project could draw upon concepts from the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence.
Emerging Tech
The Most Popular Programming Languages Are Rapidly Changing
Technology moves fast, particularly on the software side, as Stack Overflow’s annual survey of developers demonstrates.
Emerging Tech
State Department Wants Face-Scanning Software to Make Sure Your Passport Photo isn't a Fake
The department issued a request for information about technology that could gauge image quality.
Digital Government
The Dot-Gov Rejects: The 1,000 Government Websites Shuttered Over Past 10 Years
Some of the websites clearly never caught on.
Emerging Tech
Once the Government’s Printing Press, GPO Jumps into Website Design
The Government Publishing Office has completed what is likely its most noteworthy website redesign to date.
Modernization
Why Some Agencies Need to Be More Smartphone-Friendly
About 40 percent of smartphone-toting Americans have used their devices to look up government and services.
Emerging Tech
Army Turns to IBM’s Hybrid Cloud to Take on Logistics Challenges
The Army has secured the hybrid cloud computing services of IBM to bolster services provided by its Logistics Support Activity.
Emerging Tech
NASA Scientists Say We'll Find Alien Life in Space in the Next 20 Years
Some of NASA’s top minds believe we’re not alone in the universe. And they think we’ll find out for sure soon.
Modernization