Emerging Tech
5 Tech Predictions You Should Actually Pay Attention To
January may be coming to a close, but the flood of predictions, forecasts, and prognostications for the year ahead hasn’t abated. Here are the important ones.
Digital Government
US Digital Team Reaches Across Pond to Share Code, Best Practices
The administration plans to send members of the U.S. Digital Service to meet with their British counterparts in the Government Digital Service.
Emerging Tech
This Tech Giant Is Spending $10 Million to Save Us From an Evil Robot Takeover
Tech guru Elon Musk donated the money to the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit research group, which will distribute the money in grants.
Emerging Tech
What Do DISA’s New Cloud Security Requirements Mean for Classified Information?
The Defense Information Systems Agency released updated cloud security requirements this week, simplifying the “impact levels” that classify information sensitivity.
Digital Government
Does the US Government Really Want to Get into the Broadband Business?
President Obama has proposed eliminating rules in 19 states that prohibit cities from building out their own public broadband networks.
Emerging Tech
Why Climate Change Poses a Threat to the Internet
Extreme weather has already caused a number of online blackouts in the United States
Emerging Tech
Dan Tangherlini’s Tech Legacy
The outgoing head of the General Services Administration was directly responsible for the wealth of next-generation digital talent that now roams the agency's halls.
Emerging Tech
A Closer Look at How IBM’s Watson Could Transform Veteran Health Care
VA’s experiment with IBM’s Watson computer represents a chance for some groundbreaking efforts in health care.
Emerging Tech
Will 1 in 10 Cars Sold in 2035 be Self-Driving?
In one survey 44% of US drivers said they would consider buying a fully automated car in the next 10 years.
Emerging Tech
The SpaceX Dragon Delivered Flatworms and Fruitflies to the International Space Station
The astronauts also received late Christmas presents and replacement equipment.
Emerging Tech
Introducing the New Emerging Tech Blog
Regular topics will include interesting tidbits on IT, research and development efforts, the rumor mill and emerging ideas that may one day be the next big deal.
Emerging Tech
Why Technology Can Never Be Neutral
Tools like body cameras for police officers can be only as effective at reducing inequalities in law enforcement as the humans using them.
Cybersecurity
Why Does Centcom Even Have a Twitter Account?
However trivial, having active social media accounts puts a friendly face on otherwise faceless national-security institutions.
Emerging Tech
Bipartisan Proposal Would Ban Internet Taxes Forever
The revival of the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act likely complicates efforts to pass an online sales tax bill.
Emerging Tech
How Reverse-Engineering the Brain Could Help Machines Learn
The research arm of the intelligence community wants “human-like proficiency” in processing tasks like one-shot learning, unsupervised clustering and scene parsing
Digital Government
FCC Chief Hints He’ll Enact Obama’s Net Neutrality Plan
The move, a reversal from last year's proposal, would face fierce resistance from Internet providers and Republicans.
Emerging Tech
The ‘Instant’ Internet of 2035: Virtual Worlds, Self-Driving Cars and Online Doctor’s Visits
The next generation of wireless devices could change everything.
Modernization
Why Kenya is 10 Years Ahead of the US on Mobile Payments
How “good enough” gets in the way of innovation.
Digital Government