Digital Government

For Coders, Tests Will Replace Resumes and Interviews

This company has built a platform where computer scientists attempt coding challenges and contests that measure them—in real time—for speed, accuracy, completeness and elegance of their work.

Emerging Tech

DOT Wants Cars to ‘Talk’ to Each Other

Vehicle-to-vehicle communications system could cost billions of dollars a year.

Digital Government

So What Exactly Is a 'Killer Robot'?

Why so many groups are against them, but haven't agreed on what they are

Emerging Tech

DNA-Matching Androids to Help ID 600 MH17 Bodies and Remains

Unknown whether there will be enough genetic evidence to name all 298 passengers.

Digital Government

Making Agile Real: How a Virtual Approach Boosts Federal Efficiency

An innovative take on data management could result in better access to higher-quality data.

Digital Government

Key Targeting Tech for Future U.S. Nuclear Missile Has Gone Unfunded

The move may delay Minuteman 3 replacement effort or fail to meet warfighter accuracy standards.

Digital Government

Keeping Pace With Big Data: Livestream

Featuring Micheline Casey, Chief Data Officer of the Board of Governors Federal Reserve System, and Kalev Leetaru, Yahoo! Fellow in Residence at Georgetown University.

Digital Government

Google Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself

Predictive analysis combs through calendars and search histories—and gets in the way of routine self-deception.

Digital Government

TV Stations Sue FCC Over Plan to Auction Broadcast Licenses

The cell-phone industry hopes the lawsuit won't delay the auction of valuable airwaves.

Emerging Tech

Even When Police Do Wear Cameras, Don't Count on Seeing the Footage

Police officers in San Diego have started wearing body cameras, but the department routinely denies requests for the video.

Emerging Tech

Wait, Is That a Human on the Moon?

No, NASA says.

Emerging Tech

We the People Weighs in on Ferguson

The popular petition site is calling for new technology to curb police abuse.

Emerging Tech

Help Science Identify a Kajillion Astronaut Photos of Cities

"Night Cities" is an ambitious project to create an atlas of urban space photography.

Digital Government

The Public Will Soon Be Able to Buy Military-Grade Satellite Images

The view from space is about to get a lot clearer for the public. And that’s a good thing for the military.

Emerging Tech

Infographic: Nuclear Reactors, But in Miniature

Much smaller reactors still pack a powerful punch.

Digital Government

Prepare to Be Shocked

Four predictions about how brain stimulation will make us smarter