Emerging Tech
Solar Panels Could Be Next on the Shopping List for British IKEA Shoppers
Systems will go for about $9,200 in UK stores.
Emerging Tech
Dear NASA, Happy Birthday! To Celebrate, We're Shutting You Down. Love, Congress
Even Curiosity, our little rover on Mars, is getting furloughed.
Digital Government
Government Social Media Feeds Will Go Dark During a Shutdown
Essential employees could post information to sites in the event of an emergency, officials say.
Emerging Tech
Astronauts Are Leaving Hidden Messages in Outer Space
Sharpie notes and other indications astronauts were there.
Digital Government
Take a Digital Joyride Through the Large Hadron Collider
The Street View tour of CERN is comprehensive and smashed-particle-free.
Modernization
Plastic With Invisible Images May Allow Swipe-Free Payments and Stop Someone From Stealing Your Car
Plastic manufacturers can embed information directly into the plastic.
Emerging Tech
Bill Gates Admits That CTRL-Alt-Delete Was a Mistake
...at least as a requirement to log into a PC.
Emerging Tech
'The First Time a Tumblr Has Been Used in an Argument in a Supreme Court Brief'
"Amicus Tumblr" has a certain ring to it, no?
Emerging Tech
Meet the Newest Big Solar Developers: Native Americans
More dependable solar thermal systems are losing out to solar panels except, perhaps, on tribal lands.
Modernization
Twins Burned by Facebook May Lose Out on Bitcoin Idea, Too
SecondMarket has announced today that it's launching a new Bitcoin trust.
Emerging Tech
The Power of Teaching Girls to Code
A growing summer camp is giving young women the skills they need to get high-paying tech jobs, before they've even graduated from high school.
Emerging Tech
Q&A: How City Governments Go Digital
The future of digital government will be about smaller companies and citizen security, GOV2.0LA founder says.
Emerging Tech
Most Offline Adults Prefer It That Way
About 15 percent of America’s offline adults are former Internet users who gave it up, a study found.
Digital Government
49% of the Links Cited in Supreme Court Decisions Are Broken
The flip side of an Internet that is always growing is an Internet that is always changing.
Modernization
Why Cops and Prosecutors Are Begging iPhone Users to Upgrade to iOS 7
The new operating system might reduce iPhone thefts.
Emerging Tech
Making the President Viral
Obama’s digital reelection team focused on what the president’s supporters wanted their friends to think they liked.
Emerging Tech
From Twitter Revolution to Twitter Diplomacy in Iran
President Rouhani’s foreign minister is engaging in Twitter diplomacy; activists wonder when they can too.
Cybersecurity
Postal Service Prepares to Sell Email Encryption
USPS applies to trademark products aimed at preventing nongovernment snoops from hacking customers’ online transactions.
Emerging Tech