Cybersecurity
The Worst Possible Cybersecurity Breaches Could Be Far Worse Than You Imagined
How much damage could a group of well-trained hackers do, economic and otherwise, if they really wanted to?
Emerging Tech
Awesome Spaceship that Discovered Hundreds of New Planets May Soon Be Space Junk
The Kepler spacecraft started its mission from Florida in 2009, but the it may not last much longer.
Modernization
Ghana’s ISPs Are Dying Out Because the Mobile Web Is Booming
Ghana boasts Africa’s highest penetration of mobile broadband, at 23% of the population in 2011.
Digital Government
What We Don't Know About the Deadly New SARS-like Virus
The disease has a mortality rate to 16 deaths among 24 known infections.
Emerging Tech
Take Off Your Rose-Colored Google Glass Eric Schmidt: The Entire World Won’t Have Internet by 2020
There's a reason to think complete global connectivity is a longer ways off.
Emerging Tech
Technology Is the Key to Combatting Child Sex Trade, White House Says
Traffickers rely on Web tools; police should do the same, fed CIO says.
Emerging Tech
SpaceX Takes a Hit as NASA Chooses Russia’s Space Agency Instead
Blaming budget cuts, the U.S. space agency has inked a deal for Roscosmos to ferry six astronauts to the International Space Station.
Digital Government
Do You Want the Government Buying Your Data From Corporations?
A new bill moving through Congress would give the authorities unprecedented access to citizens' information.
Emerging Tech
White House Responds to 19-Month-Old Palestine Petition
The administration also sided with petitioners opposing controversial cybersecurity legislation.
Emerging Tech
White House Petition Site Draws Venezuelan Crowds
Viral We the People petition seems to have been most popular abroad.
Modernization
Twitter Tells News Organizations to Expect Even More Hacks in the Future
Company suggests anti-hacking techniques.
Modernization
Somebody Is Fixing Twitter's Misinformation Problem
Can a developer striking out on his own solve the social network's big flaw?
Emerging Tech
GSA and Defense Move Energy-Saving Innovations Off the Drawing Board
By flexing their buying power, they’re cutting both consumption and costs.
Modernization
G-8 Seeks Apps for Agriculture
The international group hopes open data sharing can produce smarter farming and better crops.
Emerging Tech
Open Source Tech is Driving Big Changes in Government
Red Hat CEO James Whitehurst sees a future where companies are secondary to the technology they support.
Modernization
Could Taking Down Zombie Satellites Be as Lucrative as Launching Them?
The $100 billion worth of satellites orbiting earth are in more danger than ever from space junk.
Emerging Tech
Just Four Companies Will Produce the Microchips on Which the Global Economy Depends
Making advanced microchips has always been hard. But it’s now even more difficult.
Modernization
Mobile Phones Are Booming in North Korea, of All Places
The rogue state's only mobile operator, Koryolink, is about to hit 2 million subscribers.
Digital Government
The Hordes of Microbes Inside Your Body Are Your Friends
An interview with the synthetic biologist Christina Agapakis
Digital Government