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
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