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
Is it Illegal to Impersonate the Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects (or Anyone Else) on Twitter?
As copycat accounts pop up, what's right, wrong and illegal?
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
Now, With No Further Ado, We Present ... the Digital Public Library of America!
Three questions with the project's executive director
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