Emerging Tech
Anyone Ever Done This Before? Patent Office Turns to Crowdsourcing
What should the contract look like? PTO asks.
Emerging Tech
Why This Tech Historian Thinks Robots are the Key to Human Innovation
Federal researchers and policy-makers need to team up not only with each other but also with machine counterparts.
Emerging Tech
Should Schools Mandate Computer-Coding Classes?
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently announced that computer science would be required in the city's high schools.
Cybersecurity
DHS Expects to Outsource Employment Verification Checks to the Cloud
Draft contract states ID confirmation for "MyE-Verify" would be hosted in a remote facility.
Emerging Tech
Geospatial Agency Goes Unclassified for Ebola Effort
The online Ebola tools the agency is offering NGOs provide much more dynamic capabilities than those previously deployed by the agency.
Modernization
The Queen Is Now Tweeting
The official account had been building up to the tweet throughout the day, highlighting the 88-year-old monarch’s past technological milestones.
Emerging Tech
10 Crazy Devices the Secret Service Could Use to Put the Kibosh on Fence Jumping
Terminator-like "RoBo," modeled after first dog Bo, should replace human agents.
Emerging Tech
Tech Companies Spend Big on Midterm Elections
Google's campaign spending has grown fortyfold in the past eight years.
Digital Government
US Turns to 3-D Printing for Key Technology Behind Rocket Launches
The Pentagon could field an alternative to the Russian-made RD-180 rocket engine faster, but the technology is unproven.
Modernization
Will This Google App Really Reinvent Email?
Google’s Inbox is not an email app. It is a personal assistant, a tool for reminders, and a way to quickly scan incoming information all in one.
Digital Government
Congress Wants to Probe the Internet of Things. Here’s What It Should Focus On
A bipartisan contingent of senators have requested a “general oversight” hearing on the Internet of Things by year’s end.
Emerging Tech
How SpaceX Leapfrogged NASA and Became a Serious Space Company
SpaceX has a chance at beating the aerospace giant Boeing to be the first private company to fly humans into orbit.
Cybersecurity
Here’s Everything a Hacker Can Learn About You from Coffee Shop Wi-Fi
Over public networks, the barrier to your personal details is pretty darn low.
Digital Government
Where in the World Does the Internet ‘Sleep?’
A peek at the global rhythm of Internet usage.
Emerging Tech
Feds Use New 3-D Printer to Create Bomb-Sniffing Artificial Dog Noses
Dog noses have about 50 times as many olfactory receptors as humans.
Modernization
FCC Wants to Upgrade Your Phone to 5G
The agency is looking into the next generation of wireless technology, which could make phones a thousand times faster.
Digital Government
Facebook Scolds Federal Authorities Over Fake Account
The social network accused DEA of threatening "the integrity of our community" by pretending to be a New York woman on the site.
Emerging Tech
Getting Health Info to Low-Income Cellphone Users
The digital divide is shrinking; useful apps aren’t keeping pace.
Cybersecurity
Obama Orders Two-Step IDs to Combat Credit Card Hacks
The executive order also requires agencies to switch to multifactor authentication to access sites that store citizens' personal information.
Modernization