Emerging Tech
Tweets peaked Tuesday as Michelle recounted Obama's concern
Michelle Obama drove the conversation surrounding the Democratic convention on Tuesday night, according to tweets-per-minute data supplied by Twitter.
Emerging Tech
President Obama's Reddit AMA: The numbers are in, and they're huge
The stats behind the "the only link in recorded history to have surpassed the front page"
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'Internet freedom' touted by both parties
They oppose proposals that would give the United Nations a greater role in running the Internet.
Digital Government
NASA can explain why the world won't end, still mystified by Internet commenters
Dr. David Morrison, a senior scientist at NASA, receives thousands of emails from conspiracy theorists and doomsday skeptics.
Emerging Tech
We the People nets more than 3 million signatures
About 2.7 million have joined the site since its September 2011 launch.
Emerging Tech
Video: The Jet Propulsion Lab is way weirder (and awesomer) than you even imagined
Luke Johnson, a graphic designer at Caltech's Jet Propulsion Lab, documents the campus through photos and GPS data.
Emerging Tech
Is Facebook yesterday's news in the presidential race?
The real action in digital campaigning may not hinge on public-facing social-media networks.
Emerging Tech
Cops, cameras and copters keep eyes on Charlotte
The sole job of 20 people will be to sit in a room and continuously monitor 500 security cameras.
Emerging Tech
FinFisher software found to spy on Bahraini activists
The market for such surveillance tools estimated at $5 billion a year.
Modernization
Apple spikes drone-tracking app
A new app-store rejection should remind us that Apple's gatekeeping may not be good for journalism.
Emerging Tech
New tool for hurricane trackers: drones
NASA and NOAA researchers hope pair of military-surplus Global Hawks provide new insight into storms.
Modernization
Romney woos tech sector with small government approach
GOP standard-bearer says he would focus on cybersecurity in his first 100 days.
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GOP platform blasts Obama on tech policy
Industry needs "more modern relationship with federal government," Republicans say.
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TSA seeks technology to make screening easier on travelers
Agency seeks upgrades to boost security and increase ‘passenger comfort.’
Modernization
The first victims of Twitter's slow takeover of its own service
witter has now made it absolutely clear that developers should stop even trying to comply with its new API rules because the social media site wants to own everything that happens on it.
Emerging Tech
Engineers face hurdles making advanced chips for complex machines
Technology could limit innovations in computers, weapons systems
Emerging Tech
Curiosity Rover busts out the telephoto lens
Even better photographs of Mt. Sharp, the rover's eventual science destination.
Cybersecurity
GAO overrules Justice on ID smart card contract, again
Office of Justice Programs is told to reevaluate vendors' proposals for securing computers with ID cards.
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