Emerging Tech
Analysis: Is Online Transparency Just a Feel-Good Sham?
Programs claim to let Americans participate more directly in government, with few tangible results, critics say.
Emerging Tech
The Crowd May Have Answers, but Agencies Must Define the Problem
Effective crowdsourcing requires a lot of upfront work, according to a new think tank report.
Emerging Tech
Which Panels Will Make It to South by Southwest?
Digital divides and the crowdsourcing of things make my list for next year's conference.
Emerging Tech
Good News! The UFO Just Spotted From the Space Station Was Not Really a UFO
... But also, imagine being an astronaut and waking to find a mystery object outside your window.
Emerging Tech
The Next Solar Manufacturing Boom Will Be in the Middle East
Here's more proof that the center of the solar-power universe is shifting.
Digital Government
Pentagon Weighs Enlarging Nuclear Surveillance Program
An upgraded monitoring system would fine tune algorithms and enhance data analysis to better detect foreign nuclear activity.
Digital Government
The Spat Between Microsoft and Google Is Getting Ugly
Both tech companies have been engaged in a series of battles using negative PR.
Digital Government
Is Lab-Grown Meat Good for Us?
No saturated fat, no heme iron, no growth hormone—cultured meat seems to have many potential benefits.
Emerging Tech
Why US Power Companies Don’t Want You Putting a Solar Panel on Your Roof
Electrical utilities believe solar panel distributors could put them out of business.
Emerging Tech
3D Scanners Are Getting Cheap so Fast, the Age of 3D Piracy Could Soon Be Upon Us
MakerBot, the leading maker of desktop 3D printers, is launching its own 3D scanner.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Planet-Hunting Telescope Will Never Hunt Planets Again
The space agency has given up on repair attempts to the Kepler Telescope.
Cybersecurity
What Does It Really Matter If Companies Are Tracking Us Online?
A scholar argues that the real issue is protecting consumers from corporations that are developing ever more sophisticated techniques for getting people to part with their money.
Digital Government
How Drones Fundamentally Alter the Nature of Combat
The weapons, like all significant advances in warfare, are essentially unfair.
Emerging Tech
Google Is Preparing for Screenless Computers
The tech giant is moving rapidly to enable voice commands in all of its products.
Digital Government
Good News, Future Colonists! Mars Meals May Feature Nutella
And also seafood chowder ... and curried noodles ... and Spam.
Emerging Tech
Why We’re a Long Way From Computers That Really Work Like the Human Brain
No machine has yet been able to replicate the brain's interconnected nature.
Emerging Tech
The White House Didn't Promise to Respond Quickly
Website listing unanswered We the People petitions is built with streaming data supplied by the White House.
Digital Government
State Department May Give Embassy Drone Surveillance Another Shot
Officials cancelled an earlier bid for the aircraft, but they've scaled back requirements in a new notice to contractors.
Emerging Tech