Emerging Tech
Schools Should Be Teaching Kids How to Use the Internet Well
But outdated web filters make that mission quite difficult.
Emerging Tech
Here’s the Enormous Hangar Google Bought to Fill With Robots
Google’s proposal for the structure includes plans for research and development on robotics, rovers and space and aeronautic projects.
Emerging Tech
Energy Department Touts Controversial Loan Program as Huge Solar Project Opens
A solar energy generating system in the Mojave Desert was helped along by a $1.6 billion loan guarantee.
Emerging Tech
Feds Shoot Down Drone Delivery of Valentine's Day Flowers
Your red roses and blue violets just got grounded.
Digital Government
Obamacare Enrollment Drops in January From a December High
About 1.1 million new people enrolled in plans through HealthCare.gov and state marketplaces during the month.
Emerging Tech
Is Microsoft’s Bing Spreading the Chinese Government’s Censorship Around the World?
Findings from the anti-censorship blog GreatFire.org suggest an ominous extension of the Great Firewall’s reach.
Emerging Tech
Can Vietnam Create the Next Silicon Valley?
The Communist Party's multimillion-dollar plan to develop the world’s next tech hub.
Emerging Tech
These Molecule-sized Wires Could Stop the Computer Industry From Hitting a Brick Wall
The nanoFSM saves power, and creates less heat, through a combination of size and design.
Emerging Tech
Five Things That Cost More Than Space Exploration
Does the U.S. spend too much on space exploration, or not enough?
Emerging Tech
How to Make Data-Based Hiring Decisions
Typical resumé fodder may not be predictive of an employee’s performance.
Emerging Tech
Why Nobody Can Withdraw Bitcoins From One of the Currency’s Largest Exchanges
Mt. Gox cites a bug in the software on which the virtual currency operates.
Emerging Tech
This GIF Shows What Might Be Water Flowing on Mars
Thanks to seasonally warm temperatures and some iron-based anti-freeze.
Digital Government
DARPA Launches Project to Revolutionize Web Search
Memex system, inspired by a 1945 article in The Atlantic, will focus on topical searches and plumb ‘deep Web.’
Emerging Tech
Why China Just Built This Lantern-Shaped Research Base in Antarctica
Antarctica is the world’s last unexploited continent, and the latest site of a global race over resources and status.
Modernization
That Fake iPhone Is Probably Full of Lead
Knockoff mobile devices have 'alarmingly high proportions of hazardous substances,' report finds.
Digital Government
Bitcoin Company Offers Stock Denominated in Bitcoin
The founder of Bitcoin Kinetics imagines a future in which you can pay for everything with the currency.
Emerging Tech
Bitcoin Is Broken—Here's a Simple Plan to Fix It
It doesn't work as a currency, but it could help build the financial architecture of web payments. Here's how.
Emerging Tech
Asteroid Miners Reach K Street Orbit
Planetary Resources has retained Dick Gephardt as a lobbyist.
Emerging Tech
Agencies Get Two More Social Media Sites to Pick From
GSA inks service terms with CrowdHall and Tint.
Emerging Tech