Digital Government
Sooner or Later, Security Drones Will Be Hovering Over Major Marathons
Sprawling, citywide events such as marathons present a particularly thorny security problem.
Modernization
How Africa Beat the West at Reinventing Money for the Mobile Age
Mobile money exploded because the continent’s cash economy was ripe for disruption.
Emerging Tech
Space Isn’t Just the Final Frontier -- It’s a Dangerous Venue for Geopolitical Brinksmanship
Senior officials are not paying enough attention to potential problems in orbit, security analyst says.
Digital Government
Want to Know How Developers Use Your Agency's Data? Ask Them.
An upgraded HealthData.gov site will ask users to volunteer what they’re using HHS data for.
Emerging Tech
How China Will Dominate the U.S. Electric-Bus Market
The country is emerging as an innovator in green tech.
Emerging Tech
You Could Virtually Hover Over a Battlefield With Oculus
The virtual reality headset is ready for action, software exec says.
Digital Government
Flagging Tweets Didn't Weigh Down Late Obamacare Enrollments
The White House drastically slowed its #GetCovered Twitter campaign after March 31.
Digital Government
NASA Found the New ‘Earth-like’ Planet Using Old Data
Kepler Space Telescope found a lot of data before it malfunctioned in 2013; scientists are now going back through it.
Digital Government
How the U.S. Is Vulnerable to Terrorism in Space
The possibility of a dangerous space incident is on the rise, says a new report.
Emerging Tech
Our Mars Orbiter Looked Down and Saw Our Mars Rover
From space, the U.S. Curiosity rover looks scarab-like.
Digital Government
What Somalia’s New Internet Looks Like From Silicon Valley
Internet providers rolled out fiber optic connections in nation’s capitol, Mogadishu.
Emerging Tech
Americans Think Drones Are Creepier Than Google Glass
People are, unsurprisingly, distrustful of unmanned aerial vehicles.
Emerging Tech
CAPTCHAs Are Becoming Security Theater
Google doesn't need us to prove our humanity with distorted text anymore -- they can simulate it now.
Emerging Tech
The Obama Administration Is Taking Another Try at the Program That Funded Solyndra
Energy Department calls for applications for up to $4 billion in financing.
Digital Government
Your Photo Could Be Included in the FBI’s New Facial Recognition Database
The database, known as Next Generation Identification, will for the first time combine criminal and noncriminal records.
Emerging Tech
How Government Data Could Make College Cheaper
The Education Department is asking developers how they could use APIs to make college a better value for students.
Emerging Tech
Get Ready to Pay for Things With Your Veins
Fingerprint scanners are so iPhone 5S. Up next: the geometry of the veins in your hands.
Emerging Tech
How to Generate Solar Power in the Dark
Meet 'photoswitches,' a breakthrough set of materials that act as their own batteries, absorbing energy and releasing it on demand.
Digital Government
Why Nobody Can Tell Whether the World’s Biggest Quantum Computer Is a Quantum Computer
Scientists have been arguing for years about whether D-Wave’s device is really a quantum computer or not.
Digital Government