Modernization

The Iranian government's lame YouTube clone

With one of the strictest web filters on earth, the Islamic Republic leaves people with few alternatives.

Emerging Tech

Patent office plans a public search portal

No cost contract is a sign of things to come.

Digital Government

DHS to recompete online immigration program in ‘crisis’

Floundering five-year, $536,000 program is on track to become a 20-year, $3 billion effort.

Digital Government

Big changes coming to Facebook's privacy controls

The company is trying to make users feel more in control of their posts, all in the name of getting people to share more (and more!).

Digital Government

The North Korean satellite is tumbling out of control: How dangerous is that?

The space object could crash with another satellite.

Emerging Tech

DOT wants to mandate black boxes for cars

Car crash data could be a big data boon for government.

Digital Government

Where E.R. doctors work entirely via Skype

In South Dakota, long-distance doctoring is bringing health care to rural communities.

Emerging Tech

Feds with Klout

There’s no surefire measure for social media influence in government.

Digital Government

The year in tech, 2012

The tech landscape changed everything from how we elect presidents to how we fight wars.

Emerging Tech

Google gives $5 million to drone program that will track poachers

If left unchecked, poaching threatens to annihilate some of the world's biggest and most beautiful species. Can UAVs stop the bloodshed?

Emerging Tech

The Chinese want to know why their news is on Twitter and they aren't

The Communist Party's official Twitter account has caused outrage among Chinese citizens stuck behind the country's Firewall.

Emerging Tech

Via the Moon, a theory of life on Mars

NASA captures, quite literally, gravity's rainbow.

Emerging Tech

How to take the 'social' out of social media

A two-day approval process for vetting government Tweets makes no sense.

Emerging Tech

White House joins Pinterest

The administration hopes to broaden its social media reach.

Emerging Tech

NASA eyes Velcro to ease the way for in-orbit satellite repairs

The low-tech fastener is a cheap option for enhancing compatibility with emerging servicing technology.

Emerging Tech

John McAfee can't stay out of the spotlight

Software magnate posts a Q&A while in a Guatemalan detention center.

Emerging Tech

NASA: Apocalypse, no!

A senior scientist at the agency debunks doomsday theories.

Emerging Tech

Another kind of secession petition

Leader of the micronation 'Molossia' seeks recognition from U.S.

Modernization

What Apple's all-American factory of the future might look like

The company's past and the current economy may offer a picture of their future stateside factory.