Digital Government

Lockheed Clinches $82.5 Million Sole-Source Cyber Range Deal

The defensewide system for simulating hacks depends on the contractor’s source code and expertise.

Emerging Tech

'Why-Fi' or 'Wiffy'? How Americans Pronounce Common Tech Terms

More than 30 percent of us say "meme" as "me-me" ... and other findings from a new survey.

Digital Government

London’s Pervasive Surveillance Can Now Help You Find a Bus Seat

The local transit authority, is testing a system that will inform passengers before they climb the treacherous stairs whether the effort is worthwhile.

Emerging Tech

Safer Roads or Stronger Wi-Fi?

Limited spectrum has connected-car advocates at odds with expanded-Wi-Fi supporters.

Emerging Tech

Government Emails Have Been Disappearing for as Long as…

Every administration that’s used email has lost emails requested by investigators.

Emerging Tech

NASA Is Building a Tiny Mothership to Explore Distant Lunar Oceans

In a new approach to planetary science, a small satellite would rain even smaller satellites on Jupiter's moon.

Emerging Tech

Obama Met a Giant, Talking Robot Giraffe at the White House Today

The robotic animal that speaks with a British accent and can carry 30 people is just one oddity in a giraffe-centric news cycle this week.

Emerging Tech

A Bill to Ban Internet 'Fast Lanes' Won't Pass. But Here's Why It Still Matters.

The FCC faces increasing pressure to ban paid prioritization of Internet traffic.

Cybersecurity

Here’s What Cyberspace Looks Like

Google Earth and Oculus Rift are mapping out a realm that has no geography.

Emerging Tech

Why Conservatives Might Be Left Out of the Next Wave of Tech

Only 4 percent of consistently conservative Americans want to live in cities, but urban environments are where the tech action is

Emerging Tech

How ISIS Games Twitter

The militant group that conquered northern Iraq is deploying a sophisticated social-media strategy.

Emerging Tech

Independent Experts Can Now Get Sharper Satellite Images of North Korea, Iran

Commerce OKs DigitalGlobe's license request to sell its highest-resolution photos to commercial clients.

Emerging Tech

Why Tesla Gave Up on Patents

Elon Musk's decision is both altruistic and smart business.

Digital Government

Here's How to Opt Out of Facebook's Snooping Your Web History

While Facebook's new advertising setup allows you more control over how they use your data, it also allows Facebook to collect more of your data.

Digital Government

The FBI Is Getting Its Own, Personal 3D Printer for Studying Bombs

One Stratasys Objet24 desktop-sized machine will be delivered to Quantico for forensic analysis of IEDs.

Emerging Tech

This Is What the ATM of the Future Looks Like

JPMorgan Chase’s consumer division, Chase Bank, is in the midst of introducing EBKs, or electronic banking kiosks.

Digital Government

Facebook Is Expanding the Way It Tracks You and Your Data

The social giant is digging into information from your smartphone and tracking the other websites you visit.