Emerging Tech
Q&A: Twitter Chief Talks to Washington
Social network's CEO Dick Costolo takes questions at a Brookings Institution event.
Emerging Tech
Going Really, Really Green: Earth's Plant Life, as Seen From Space
Satellite images of vegetation can help to forecast droughts and fires and even diseases.
Digital Government
Deep Brain Stimulation for the Soul
See the effect of the "mind control" surgery, when patients turn their electrodes off.
Emerging Tech
Snowden Petition Shows Many Paths to a White House Response
A post-indictment boost gave a petition to pardon the NSA leaker enough signatures for an official administration reply.
Emerging Tech
Labor Does More With Less on Streaming Data
The agency has a single Application Programming Interface that connects to 175 data sets.
Digital Government
How a Massive Nuclear Nonproliferation Effort Led to More Proliferation
More than a decade of negotiations with Russia produced a clear winner, and it was not the United States.
Modernization
Say Hello to Solar-Paneled Clothing That Charges Your Phone
This "Wearable Solar" clothing allegedly can restore half of a phone's power when worn in bright sunlight.
Emerging Tech
Meet 43 Smart People Who Plan to Make Government Work Better
The second round of Presidential Innovation Fellows will focus on improving disaster response and federal financial systems.
Modernization
Not so Fast, Google: the FTC Wants to Review That Waze Deal
The New York Post reported the FTC will be scrutinizing the deal.
Emerging Tech
3D Printing: Not Every Hobby Turns Into the PC Industry
Despite the massive increase in hype, 3D printing's growth rate has hardly changed in recent years.
Digital Government
United States Dominates in Social Diplomacy
More than 6.4 million people “like” U.S. embassy Facebook pages, Canadian analysis finds.
Emerging Tech
Here You Go, Taxpayers: A Billion-Pixel Image of Mars
Nearly 1,000 frames, combined into a single Martian mosaic.
Emerging Tech
Straight Outta Government: GSA Mulls Deal With Rap Genius
The next government-approved social media platform may be a tool to decode hip hop lyrics.
Digital Government
Senate Champion of NSA's Mammoth Data Center Is Now Silent
Republican Orrin Hatch welcomed the $1.2 billion Utah complex as a tool to protect computer systems from cyber threats, but its role is actually much broader.
Emerging Tech
U.S. History Now on Facebook
Agencies have been filling in their timelines, perhaps a little too quickly, judging by one blunder.
Emerging Tech
Op-Ed: Don’t Let Privacy Concerns Stifle Innovation
The Internet of Things could stoke the economy and improve lives, but not if it’s choked by new regulations.
Emerging Tech
What It's Like to See the Aurora From Space
Two astronauts chatting about seeing the specialness of Earth's beauty from above.
Emerging Tech
We All Need to Help NASA Find Killer Asteroids
The agency's Grand Challenge, asks everyone to compete to figure out the best way to detect and study earth-threatening asteroids.
Emerging Tech
FDA Plans to Mine Shipping Data to Expose Illegal Cigarette Sales
Agency wants a vendor to spot anomalies in tobacco shipments.
Modernization