Emerging Tech
What it's like to vote for President ... from space
"The best part of voting from the ISS," per astronaut Leroy Chiao? "No lines!"
Emerging Tech
Actually, the election didn't break Twitter
The social media site defied predictions and didn't break due to the velocity of tweets
Emerging Tech
Why we can't relax about this one glitchy voting machine in Pennsylvania
Video shows a vote being changed from Obama to Romney in battleground state.
Digital Government
Obama's Facebook fans love Michelle; Romney's love winning
Data scraping reveals striking differences between the campaigns' Facebook audiences.
Emerging Tech
Your guide to the election and social media
The role of Facebook, Twitter and newer services in voting, monitoring and calling the results.
Digital Government
New Jersey to allow voting by email (and fax) for residents displaced by Superstorm Sandy
Anyone displaced by the hurricane just got declared an overseas voter
Modernization
When the International Space Station passes over your house, NASA will send you a text message
Good news, space nerds! NASA will send ISS viewing info directly to you.
Emerging Tech
Where the candidates stand on tech issues
Verge graphic includes candidate stances on cyber, space and SOPA.
Emerging Tech
But who are the grammarians backing?
Romney’s tweets keep it cleaner -- on grammar and punctuation at least.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon taps BAE to make battlefield computing more efficient
Warfighters routinely discard intelligence because they lack capacity to process it.
Emerging Tech
In a race between a self-driving car and a pro race-car driver, who wins?
Humans, but only by a few measly seconds.
Emerging Tech
Is there life beyond Earth? 'I think absolutely,' says NASA JPL Director
"We have the same laws of chemistry, physics. If there are any locations where there are the basic ingredients, there should be the basic ingredients for life."
Modernization
Everybody loves the iPad Mini
The reviews for Apple's latest device are in, and mostly positive
Digital Government
The automation of our skies: How computers could resolve flight delays
Instead of having humans manually adjust flight schedules and routes, we should design weather-data fueled software do the task.
Emerging Tech
Tech support: Who to call in Congress
TechCrunch rates lawmakers on their alignment with tech industry lobbyists.
Emerging Tech
Martian soil is a lot like Hawaiian soil
NASA's Curiosity Rover is starting to get some analysis from its soil scooping mission
Emerging Tech
Commerce, Justice reviewing .com contract
Departments are scrutinizing Verisign's bid for a six-year renewal of its contract to continue running the Internet's most popular generic top-level domain name.
Emerging Tech