Modernization
How to Avoid Getting Spear-Phished by China's Hackers Who Cracked Apple
Chinese hackers have used the spear-phishing tactic on everyone from the Defense Department to Facebook.
Emerging Tech
GSA Releases Guidelines to Measure Social Media Impact
Agency also unveils an open data stream of all government social media posts.
Digital Government
No Existing Technology Can Ensure Drone Safety, GAO Official Says
Unmanned aircraft operations need more spectrum, could be hit by GPS jamming.
Emerging Tech
Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet
An Air Force simulation says researchers are at work on killer robots so tiny that a group of them could blend into a cityscape.
Digital Government
Why Some Scientists Aren't Happy About Obama's $3 Billion Brain Research Plan
Researchers say the project lacks clear goals and gobbles up money that could've gone to better studies.
Emerging Tech
NASA Lost Communications With the International Space Station
A scary break in communications between NASA on the ground and NASA in space comes during a routine software update. All on board are doing well.
Emerging Tech
We the People (of the World)
Azerbaijanis make a strong showing on the White House’s increasingly international petition site.
Digital Government
Why a Secret Court Won't Solve the Drone-Strike Problem
In our system, courts don't grant indulgences or offer absolution; they decide cases, and they don't advise the president.
Digital Government
The FDA Just Approved a Bionic Eye that Lets Blind People See
The device uses a video camera attached to a pair of glasses that communicate with electrodes implanted in the retina.
Modernization
Forest Service Seeks Online Storefront for Digital Maps
The vendors may also digitally enhance Forest Service base maps to make them more interactive.
Digital Government
Toward the Treatment of Alzheimer's With Electrical Shocks to the Brain
Deep brain stimulation, currently used to treat tremors, may one day be able to preserve and restore memories.
Emerging Tech
High School Students Should Learn to Code, Obama says
The president tackled issues large and small in post-State of the Union hangout.
Emerging Tech
What It's Like for Astronauts to Sleep in Space
Strap yourself to a wall and relax. Your arms may float away like a zombie's, but "it's really comfortable," swears astronaut Mike Fincke.
Emerging Tech
Battery Company Employees Played Video Games on Taxpayers’ Dime
IG audit found Recovery Act stimulus funds were misused, just as President Obama is pitching new clean-energy investments.
Emerging Tech
Obama Sees the Future of Manufacturing: 3-D Printing
The sci-fi technology could 'revolutionize the way we make almost everything,' he says.
Emerging Tech
White House Touts Citizen Responses to State of the Union
The Obama administration is collecting sentence-by-sentence responses to the speech using a new digital tool.
Emerging Tech
Walter Cronkite Demonstrates the Home of the Future in 1967
Take heart. You could be controlling your television from a panel half the size of a pool table.
Digital Government
National Library of Medicine Seeks User Data from Social Media
Officials want to know how people use data during emergencies and push information more effectively.
Emerging Tech