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

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

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.