Modernization
How Mobile Payments Might Be the Global Money-Laundering Machine Criminals Have Dreamed About
Millions of people now use their mobile phones to do their banking, especially in the developing world.
Digital Government
China May Soon Peddle Discount Drones to the Developing World
Chinese aerospace companies aren't hindered by rules against selling UAVs.
Emerging Tech
Video: Here's What Happens When You Light a Fire in Space
"Strange flames" on the International Space Station.
Emerging Tech
Half of NASA's New Class of Astronauts Are Women
The new possible spacepeople were chosen from a pool of over 6,000 applicants
Emerging Tech
Vines Across the Oceans
U.S. embassies abroad are beginning to adopt Twitter’s viral video site.
Digital Government
China Wins the Supercomputer Crown
New machine operates almost twice as fast as the top U.S. supercomputer.
Digital Government
The Real Reason to Fight Nuclear Power Has Nothing to Do With Health Risks
Nuclear energy is dying to poor economics.
Digital Government
A Supreme Court Loss On Human Gene Patents Is Just What Myriad—and the Biotech Industry—Need
Myriad's stock has gone up dramatically since the Supreme Court ruling.
Emerging Tech
A More Searchable History
New wesite includes 120,000 papers from the founding fathers.
Modernization
Bitcoin Lovers: This Is What It Looks Like When the US Wants to Destroy a Currency
Last week the U.S. Treasury placed a new package of sanctions targeting Iran's currency.
Digital Government
Who Should Take Antidepressants?
A brain scan could help objectively identify who will benefit, and who won't.
Digital Government
A Prosthetic Limb, Controlled by an Amputee's Thoughts
Thanks to new DARPA technology, things like picking up a coffee cup could be, literally, within grasp.
Modernization
The ‘Ramp’ Into the Federal Cloud Market Is More Like a Climb
Government and industry concede FedRAMP does not cover all agency security requirement.
Emerging Tech
How China’s Solar Boom Fizzled and Went Bust
Chinese companies like Suntech rise then fall.
Emerging Tech
NSA Might Not be Reading Your Tweets, But Sen. Mikulski Is
The Senate appropriations chair shot back after a reporter accused her of trying to limit talk about NSA data mining.
Emerging Tech
China Thwarts Its Citizens’ Access to White House Petition
The appeal asked the U.S. to deport a well-connected Chinese woman accused of trying to poison her college roommate in the 1990s.
Digital Government
Contractor Work on $2 Billion NSA Computer Compounds Is Kept Quiet
Construction crews are speeding toward completion of a mammoth data center in Utah and computing facility in Maryland.
Digital Government
Drone Builders Prepare to Create Immigration Reform’s Lucrative Border Panopticon
Congress is moving toward a more drone-based border system.
Emerging Tech
Think That Government Prize Contest Was Fixed? Take It To Court.
GAO lacks jurisdiction over the competitions, agency says.
Digital Government