Emerging Tech

Sequestration Hashtags and the White House on Vine

GOP leaders are blaming the president for FAA furloughs with #ObamaFlightDelay.

Emerging Tech

Video: If You Try to Wring Out a Washcloth in Space, You Will Fail

...But you will have a very fun time in the process.

Digital Government

China Bird Flu Breakdown: No Country for Old Men

The H7N9 virus is disproportionately affecting older men as it spreads in China.

Emerging Tech

Timeline: Crowdsourcing Law Enforcement

Police have been enlisting the public’s help in identifying criminals for longer than you might think.

Emerging Tech

Google Wants Big Companies to Pay for Green Energy Privileges

Only power-hungry customers, like data centers, would pay the tariff.

Modernization

Yahoo's New Weather App Will Change Every Day of Your Life

The newly mobile first company has just launched a beautiful, photo-first app.

Digital Government

Make Way for the Human Flesh Search Engines

Human-controlled camera surveillance could just be the beginning.

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.