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.
Digital Government
Federal Tech Funding Dips Slightly in Obama’s Fiscal 2015 Request
VanRoekel touts a 'one-government, outside-looking-in approach' to federal IT.
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.
Digital Government
DARPA Chip Aims to Secure Electronics Throughout the Supply Chain
It aims to solve the long-standing problem of forged electronic parts.
Emerging Tech