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
This New Data Should Make You Pretty Nervous About the Latest Bird Flu
Only 4 of the 81 people with confirmed cases of bird flu in China have fully recovered; human transmission still can't be ruled out.
Emerging Tech
Video: The Present and Future of Wearable Technology
Picture electronics for your every appendage and even adhering to your tissues as flexible patches.
Emerging Tech
The Payphone of the Future Is Calling
Now is the time to re-create this classic urban infrastructure.
Digital Government
Social Media Activists Are Wealthy, Educated and on the Rise
Six-fold increase Americans talking politics on Facebook, Twitter, other sites, since 2008.
Modernization
How Surveillance Cameras and Civil Liberties Can Coexist
Technology will continue to enhance our ability to monitor public spaces. But cities should seize upon more surveillance cautiously.
Modernization
Why PC Manufacturers Have to Start Paying Attention to Microchip-Maker Qualcomm
The company, which makes chips for tablets and smartphones is looking to expand its market.
Emerging Tech
The Power of a Nudge
The federal CIO wants to use behavioral psychology to make individuals do what’s best for society.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Looking Back at Bush, Looking Forward to Mars
Photos of the Curiosity’s travel pattern shows something strange... and hilarious.
Digital Government