Modernization
Your Smartphone Reduces Your Brainpower, Even If It's Just Sitting There
A silent, powered-off phone can still distract the most dependent users.
Emerging Tech
The Geography of Innovation
The suburbs generate more patents, but cities generate more unconventional innovations, a recent study finds.
Emerging Tech
Amazon Wants to Hire 50,000 People. So Far It Has 20,000 Applicants.
Warehouses in the US are frequently beset by job vacancies, even as more tasks get turned over to robot labor.
Digital Government
How Could a Bill to Stop Sex Trafficking Be Controversial?
A bill designed to punish websites that facilitate sex trafficking could open up other online companies to lawsuits, critics say.
Digital Government
FCC to Spend Billions to Bring the Broadband to Rural America
The agency made it official at its August meeting.
Digital Government
The US Army Just Ordered Soldiers to Stop Using Drones from China’s DJI
An Aug. 2 memo cites 'increased awareness of cyber vulnerabilities' with drones from China’s market-leading DJI.
People
What DOD's reorg means for tech and acquisition
The Section 901 report promises changes for DIUx, DARPA and the Pentagon's entire acquisition apparatus.
Modernization
Be 'Less of a Nerd,' Agency CIO Tells Fellow CIOs
Chief information officers need to be tech savvy, but they also need to be educators.
Digital Government
SSA expands customer-service systems
The Social Security Administration is building out a new electronic records system, a major initiative of its long-term plan to modernize and improve customer service.
Modernization
Can stealth technology fly into the future?
A new study eyes where investment in stealth technology is headed.
Digital Government
IGs build one-stop shop for oversight
A new website will give the public access to inspector general reports and records across federal government.
Cybersecurity
FBI warns on IP addresses
The FBI issued an alert in late July advising industry, government and academic institutions about persistent cyber threats from a group with ties to Iran.
Digital Government
This Coding Bootcamp Doesn’t Try to Turn You Into a Full-Time Software Engineer
Making bootcamps both widely accessible and effective has, for those that have attempted it, been a challenge, as has the promise of providing bootcampers with a new, lucrative career.
Cybersecurity
Here are Some New Ideas for Fighting Botnets
Liability for defensive measures, surging international cooperation and making government a good role model top the list.
Emerging Tech
Nobody Wins Patents Like IBM, But Amazon And Facebook Are Picking Up Their Pace
iBM is averaging roughly 27.2 patents awarded each day.
Acquisition
Meet the new face of federal IT contractors
Steve Kelman hopes the vendors who won DHS' now-cancelled agile services contract are not just a flash in the pan.
Modernization
Since the iPhone Launched, Apple Has Made as Much as Microsoft and Alphabet Combined
iPhones are a great business.
Modernization
Your Amazon Echo Could Be Listening—And Not Just for Commands
The digital assistant could be spying on you.
Emerging Tech
NIH's Supercomputer Gets An Upgrade
NIH is using the CSRA's Biowulf cluster to study potential treatments for cancer, diabetes and other diseases.
Cybersecurity