Modernization

Policing the Cloud: We Should Expect More from Law Enforcement Cloud Providers

What controls exist to protect privacy and secure records from unauthorized access?

Cybersecurity

DHS Drafts Blueprints for Self-Repairing Networks as Hacks Mount

Resiliency is the key to preventing the attackers from finding sensitive information or disrupting activities, experts say.

Digital Government

The Conservative Case for Net Neutrality

Even Justice Scalia has endorsed treating Internet-service providers as utilities.

Emerging Tech

Clicking with Citizens

Governments around the world are enacting plans to offer more digital services online. What can their experiences tell U.S. policymakers?

Modernization

Of Asteroids and ETs: How Cloud Innovation is Driving Space Exploration

In just a few years, cloud computing could help aid the search for extraterrestrial life.

Digital Government

Keystone State Aims to Kill the Password

The commonwealth's login network could help secure online shopping and other e-commerce services worldwide.

Digital Government

Why Big Data Needs ‘Dummy Data’

Instead of original data, a structurally similar but obscured version of the data, or “dummy data”, is used for development and testing environments.

Digital Government

The Broadband Industry’s Plan for Killing Obama's Net Neutrality Plan

The companies may have lost the administration, but there are two more branches of government to turn to.

Modernization

China Poised to Dominate E-Commerce by 2018

One of the factors that helps drive rising e-commerce sales is consumer confidence.

Digital Government

What’s at the Root of Your Facebook Addiction? Numbers

The Facebook Demetricator shows we like liking a little too much.

Digital Government

Republicans React to Obama’s Net Neutrality Proposal: ‘Obamacare for the Internet’

One Republican senator's comment follows President Obama's support of using new regulations to preserve net neutrality.

Digital Government

How Cyborg Cockroaches Could Aid Disaster-Relief Efforts

Bugs backpacked with microphones could be deployed to disaster zones in the future.

Emerging Tech

In Case of Emergency, the UN Wants You to Tweet This

A new U.N. report aims to set out best practices for using hashtags during emergencies.

Modernization

Americans' Share of Online Global Population is on the Decline

As more people access the Internet in more diverse ways, the established measurement systems for advertising and other analytics are becoming less effective.

Emerging Tech

Can Two Volunteers Really Put a Dent in Twitter Harassment?

The company has granted moderating superpowers to a tiny feminist nonprofit. But shouldn't it be taking more drastic steps to protect its users?

Digital Government

Senate Republicans Want to Rewrite Communications Act. So What Happens to Net Neutrality?

A GOP plan to overhaul a communications law could get bogged down in a partisan battle.

Digital Government

Facebook Now Has a Donate Button for Ebola

After donating $25 million of his own money to help fight the spread of Ebola, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg now wants 1.3 billion of his closest friends to chip in.