Emerging Tech

Smart Disclosure Makes Consumers Happier and Markets Better

Government should make data that aids consumers both open and searchable, report says.

Digital Government

Can Technology Pave the Road for Peace in the Middle East?

New investments in technology may eventually help Palestinians flourish, but obstacles still loom large.

Digital Government

Americans: Furloughs Were So Last Month

Number of Google searches for ‘furlough’ has dipped since agencies finalized plans.

Emerging Tech

Why Humans Still Can't Go to Mars

It's not just the cost -- there's a big technical problem to solve.

Modernization

Google’s New “Moto X” Superphone Will Spy on You 24/7, and You’ll Like It

The sophisticated new gadget will launch in October.

Emerging Tech

The U.N. Will Not Stand for Killer Robots

Many U.N. advocates would rather trust a human to pull a trigger than leave it to a machine set to autopilot.

Digital Government

Distinguishing Brain From Mind

In coming years, neuroscience will answer questions we don't even yet know to ask. Sometimes, though, focus on the brain is misleading.

Cybersecurity

Hack Strikes Feds in Drupal.org Community

Websites running the widely-used open source content management system are unaffected.

Digital Government

Is Big Pharma Standing in the Way of Curing the New SARS?

The developing disease has been described by the World Health Organization as "a threat to the entire world."

Emerging Tech

Are New Ultra-Cheap 3D Printers Revolutionary or Just Toys?

The parallels between the personal computing revolution and the one in 3D printing are irresistible.

Modernization

All Your Worst Fears About Google Glass Are Coming True

Google's facial recognition API presents a terrifying privacy scenario.

Emerging Tech

The Future of the Spacesuit

It involves gyroscopes and better jetpacks.

Emerging Tech

Cell Providers Must Bounce Back 911 Texts That Don’t Go Through

Text-to-911 service is coming for major wireless carriers in 2014.

Emerging Tech

What Will the App Developers Make of This?

A look at the government's newly released streaming data feeds.

Emerging Tech

This Is What It Feels Like to Finally Reach Space

Smiles on the faces of all the astronauts last night as they boarded the International Space Station

Emerging Tech

Our Equal Future: Does Technology Hold the Key to a Flatter World?

Far from making the world more fair, technology serves to reinforce, and perhaps even increase, inequalities.

Emerging Tech

Jurassic Park Is Real...for 400-Year-Old Arctic Mosses

Scientists have successfully regrown vegetation that had been trapped in a glacier.