Digital Government

Dreamliners May Fly Again, but Not From Tokyo to Silicon Valley

Dreamliners were sold with the promise of longer travel. Will Boeing be forced to take that back?

Emerging Tech

FBI Seeks Open Architecture

The agency wants nothing proprietary in a new video surveillance system.

Emerging Tech

NASA Announces the Discovery of the Most Interesting Planetary System Outside Our Own

Meet Kepler 62, a system of five planets circling a red star, 1,200 light years away.

Digital Government

Google Fiber Is Coming to Provo, Utah — Because It Already Had Fancy Internet

The deal hinges on the town's approval of Google purchasing iProvo, the town's existing fiber Internet service provider.

Modernization

Real-Time Transit App of the Day: A Ballet of Buses in San Francisco

The SF Live Bus app adds a bit of whimsy to the highly practical world of transit arrival data.

Emerging Tech

Hey Reddit, Enough Boston Bombing Vigilantism

It's only the illusion that what we do online is not as significant as what we do offline that allows this to go on.

Digital Government

China Thinks Its Bird Flu Might Be Spreading from Human to Human

With 82 reported infections, China's health experts are searching for answers.

Emerging Tech

Need to Test the World's Largest Particle Accelerator? Try a Ping-Pong Ball

Sorry, beer pong: CERN scientists have found a much better use for your ball.

Emerging Tech

Video: Colbert Asks What Could Go Wrong With Bitcoin

Comedian describes an unregulated, imaginary currency invented by an anonymous hacker.

Emerging Tech

Wanted: Someone to Keep an Eye on Mount Rushmore

Park Service has monitored troubling 'rock blocks' on the monument since the early 1990s.

Emerging Tech

IRS Should Be Doing More With Its Websites, GAO Says

Better analytics could help the agency develop a Web strategy, auditors say.

Emerging Tech

Crowdfunding Everything From Solar Panels to Veronica Mars

A growing number of online companies help connect entrepreneurs and borrowers with investors and donors.

Emerging Tech

Boston Bombing Aftermath Documented on Vine

The six-second video site has become an outlet for grief in the wake of the bombings.

Emerging Tech

Social Media Aids First Responders and Grieving Public After Bombing

Vine was the new revelation during this disaster; Google glasses could be the story of the next tragedy.

Digital Government

We're One Step Closer to On-Demand Organ Transplants

Scientists say they have successfully "grown" a kidney in a laboratory environment and transplanted it back into a healthy animal.

Digital Government

Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games DoD Plays

An insider's look at why ethics, policy, and law matter to current and future warfare.

Digital Government

The SSA Employee Behind All the Great Data on Baby Name Popularity

Michael Shackleford was determined to avoid giving his child a common name.