Digital Government
It's Too Soon for the VA to Tweet About Oceans, Apparently
The tweet caused a firestorm among the department's critics.
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.
Digital Government
The World Cup Will Open With a Kick From a Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton
The goal is make exoskeletons commonplace, leaving wheelchairs rolling in the dust.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Supersonic Parachute Is Running Out of Time
Before humans can land on Mars, scientists have to wrestle with atmospheric conditions back home.
Digital Government
3D Printing ... with Nutella
A device has found a way to incorporate different forms of 'ink' all in the same nozzle of existing printers.
Cybersecurity
An Innocent Bot May Have Unwittingly Spread a Virus Around Twitter
A Twitter service may have helped take down the tweet reader Tweetdeck.
Emerging Tech
How Robots and Dogs May One Day Work Together to Save Your Life
Federal initiative seeks to spur technology to integrate Internet-connected things.
Cybersecurity
CIA Live: Spy Agency Holds Public Summit
Intelligence chief defends cyberthreat monitoring, but questions the extent to which powerful tracking capabilities should be applied.
Digital Government
DEA Spy Unit Seeks to Hasten Surveillance Using IT
The agency is drafting a potential contract for help with "rapid prototyping," data analysis and other tech services within its Office of Special Intelligence.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Verifies Federal Accounts, Distinguishing Them From Copies and Fakes
First social media platform to do so using a new federal API.
Cybersecurity
Why New Macs Are DHS’ Key to Malware That Targets PCs
Agency buys hardware and software ahead of move to St. Elizabeths.
Emerging Tech
Robots Can Now Officially Imitate Humans
A computer created by Russian developers has potentially passed the Turing Test.
Digital Government
Computers Are Getting Better Than Humans Are at Facial Recognition
Technology could chip away at freedom of expression—including our "right to lie."
Emerging Tech