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.

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.

Emerging Tech

GOP platform blasts Obama on tech policy

Industry needs "more modern relationship with federal government," Republicans say.

Emerging Tech

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

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.

Emerging Tech

Rest in peace, Neil Armstrong

The first man to set foot on the moon passed away Friday at the age of 82.

Digital Government

Ten Republicans to follow on Twitter

With the GOP convention upcoming, some Republicans are using social media better than others.

Digital Government

Three contractors tapped to develop smart Humvee replacements

Next-generation tactical vehicle will require a high-speed local area network to run multiple systems.

Emerging Tech

Curiosity takes its first drive, leaving Morse code on Mars

Humans, via their robotic rover, are now leaving their mark on the Red Planet.

Emerging Tech

Nine concrete, specific things we actually know about how social media shape elections

What studies sanely say about democracy in the age of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube