Digital Government

Federal Judge Dismisses FAA Fine Against Drone Operator

The fine was the first leveled by the Federal Aviation Administration over the commercial use of unmanned aircraft.

Digital Government

TSA Halts Testing on Technology to Screen Passengers' Online Data

It's back to the drawing board for the airline security agency's fast-track prescreening plan.

Emerging Tech

Private-Sector Technologists -- the White House Wants You

The third group of Presidential Innovation Fellows will focus on open data and crowdsourcing.

Emerging Tech

Analysis: Why It Doesn’t Matter Who Invented Bitcoin

Newsweek’s revelation does little to change the trajectory of digital currencies.

Digital Government

White House Seeks Feedback on Big Data and Privacy

The Office of Science and Technology Policy is hosting a series of events focused on the implications of big data analysis.

Emerging Tech

Is Smarter Dot-gov Reform on Its Way?

A new campaign to rationalize the federal Web presence may be about metrics-driven customer service.

Emerging Tech

This 13-Year-Old Just Became the Youngest Person Ever to Build a Nuclear-Fusion Reactor

Remember that whole "The Effect of Carbonated Cola Beverages on Human Teeth" experiment you did for your Science Fair? Yeah.

Emerging Tech

PayPal Billionaire, Boeing Battle Over Who Can Build a Better Space Taxi

Elon Musk thinks his company SpaceX can do a better job of sending military satellites into space.

Emerging Tech

Man vs. Sea: The Quest for the Perfect Armor Is Nearly Complete

Slowly, humans are developing the ability to act like ourselves in the deep water.

Modernization

Mobile Devices of the Future Will Get Energy From Everywhere Except the Wall Socket

A review of promising paths that engineers and designers are taking to power the mobile Web.

Digital Government

Yahoo Has Joined the War for Your Online Identity—About Half a Decade Too Late

For nearly half a decade, Yahoo has been giving away its most valuable asset to its rivals. Now it has decided that that must stop.

Emerging Tech

What NASA Wants to Do With Its 2015 Budget

Significant things requested funding could make possible.

Modernization

Facebook’s Drones Could Bring Internet to the Developing World—and Stick it to Mobile Carriers

Facebook is in talks to buy a drone company Titan Aerospace, which is developing autonomous solar-powered aircraft.

Emerging Tech

Here’s What Government Is Thunderclapping About

Feds launch crowd-tweeting campaigns around AIDS awareness and sober driving.

Digital Government

Here’s an Idea for a Digital Currency That Actually Solves a Problem, Unlike Bitcoin

Nobel economist Robert Shiller has an idea to use big data to make money a more perfect expression of value.

Emerging Tech

A World of Water, Seen From Space

Space agencies across the planet launch the most ambitious plan yet to understand how the world's water works.