Emerging Tech
In the Future, Internet Privacy Will Be a Luxury for Those Who Can Afford it
Experts predict the increasingly digital economy could create even deeper structural unemployment for low-skilled workers.
Emerging Tech
Feds Won't Release Emails Alleging First Responder Network Impropriety
An Iowa sheriff says the FirstNet governing board is too cozy with wireless carriers.
Modernization
Obamacare Cloud Contract Will End Up Costing 10 Times Its Original Value
CMS extends its Verizon contract for seven months because of delays in moving to a new cloud host.
Emerging Tech
Feds Again Ground Commercial Drone Use
The FAA is appealing a judge’s ruling that a ban on commercial drones lacks proper authority.
Emerging Tech
NASA: Sorry, Pluto's Replacement Isn't Real
My very educated mother just served us nine (pizzas, xylophones, never mind).
Emerging Tech
Space Radar Could Predict Massive Sinkholes a Month Before They Collapse
An early warning system could be mounted on planes or satellites to scan sinkhole prone areas.
Emerging Tech
The NASA Rocket That Hovers Like a Helicopter (But Could Land on Mars)
Today, Florida. Tomorrow, Mars.
Emerging Tech
Sequestration Hit IT Contracts
More than three-fourths of agencies re-scoped information technology contracts to manage the arbitrary cuts.
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