Emerging Tech
What Will Happen When Computer Chips Stop Getting Smaller?
That’s the $3 billion question.
Digital Government
NNSA Taps Cray for New High-Speed Supercomputer for Los Alamos Lab
Machine will rank among top 10 supercomputers when installed in mid-2015.
Emerging Tech
Ex-Officer Wants @CIA to Stop With the Jokes
Former Central Intelligence Agency officer and current national security analyst Bob Baer isn't keeping his distaste for the CIA's social media strategy confidential.
Digital Government
Obama Wants Drones to Be Part of Border Migration Solution
Proposed emergency funding contains $39 million for aerial surveillance, including unmanned aircraft operations.
Emerging Tech
Why the Government Is Looking for Water Guns This Summer
Hint: It’s about invasive Asian carp, not a water fight.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Zombie Spacecraft Learns to Fire Its Engines
As the presumed-dead probe hurtles toward Earth, the deadline for saving it looms.
Emerging Tech
Governments Could Make or Break the Free Internet in the Next 10 Years
Experts predict the future in new Pew report.
Emerging Tech
Do You Want To Pay for USPS Shipping With Cash Or Bitcoin?
An agency inspector is polling citizens for an upcoming audit of potential “innovative payment methods” for letters and parcels.
Emerging Tech
Things Get Weird When Objects Get Hooked up to the Internet
Thermostats are just the start.
Emerging Tech
Why the Energy Dept. Didn’t Save More on Phone Calls Over the Internet
It also didn’t properly secure the new networks.
Emerging Tech
A Computer to Watch Over Federal Watch Guards
DHS seeks an employee-tracking system to ensure officers are on duty and qualified to be on duty.
Emerging Tech
Winner of Silk Road Bitcoin Auction Reveals His Identity
Tim Draper has invested in Skype, Hotmail, Tesla, Baidu, Theranos, Athenahealth, Solar City, and Box.
Emerging Tech
The National Security Argument for Spending More on Conferences, Travel
As the U.S. loses its science and tech superiority, the military must look elsewhere.
Emerging Tech
The 'Internet of Things' May Not Always Need an Internet Connection
'Smart' objects only need to be so smart.
Emerging Tech
The AP’s Newest Business Reporter Is an Algorithm
Earnings reports will be written by robots.
Emerging Tech
ISIS Opponents Take Aim at Its Online Presence
Groups as different as Anonymous and the U.S. government are taking the fight to ISIS on the Internet.
Digital Government
We're Not Ready for a Federal Robotics Department
The U.S. government, an insider argues, is ill-equipped for a world of automated warfare.
Emerging Tech
Everything We Know About Facebook's Secret Mood Manipulation Experiment
It was probably legal. But was it ethical?
Emerging Tech
New Facility Will Rehearse Foreigner Iris and Facial Recognition at Airport Exits
Late 2015, DHS will deploy biometric tech to track visa overstays at a major U.S. airport.
Modernization