Digital Government
A Bot That Identifies 'Toxic' Comments Online
A Google-funded algorithm flags messages that are likely to drive others away from a conversation.
Modernization
Amazon Argues That Alexa Is Protected By the First Amendment in a Murder Trial
Police in Arkansas are seeking 48 hours worth of recordings and responses made by an Amazon Echo.
Cybersecurity
Industry Still Waiting on Trump's Cyber Policy with Anxiety, Cautious Optimism
With few tea leaves to read on the new administration’s cyber policy, industry officials are both hopeful and deeply concerned.
Emerging Tech
DHS Silicon Valley Program Funds 5 Internet of Things Security Projects
Five companies will develop pilot-ready prototypes.
Artificial Intelligence
Podcast: How the Government is Putting Artificial Intelligence to Work
While the private sector puts AI to use in eye-catching projects, the government is taking a different path.
Artificial Intelligence
Automation Is Coming For You Too
65 percent of survey respondents agreed that their job was safe from automation.
Digital Government
The future of open data in the Trump administration
Government transparency advocates expect Obama-era open data policies to continue but would like to see agencies and Congress prioritize their expansion.
Cybersecurity
How Einstein changes the way government does business
The Department of Commerce is revising its confidentiality agreement for statistical data survey respondents to reflect the fact that the Department of Homeland Security could see some of that data if it is captured by the Einstein system.
Digital Government
Will agencies get the full value of their information?
According to a recent survey, gaps between existing skill sets and new requirements could hinder records management outcomes.
Digital Government
How Trump’s Immigrant Dragnet Might Catch Your Personal Data, Too
A DHS rule change aimed at undocumented immigrants could invade the personal privacy of far more people than the ones they’re targeting.
Digital Government
The 'Curious' Robots Searching for the Ocean's Secrets
A new class of machines knows how to recognize and investigate unexpected things that pop up underwater.
Cybersecurity
How to define cyber-enabled economic warfare
The U.S. and the international community have yet to agree to standard definitions of cyber attacks and cyber-enabled economic warfare, and that's hindering effective policy responses to attacks, according to a new report.
Digital Government
More states say DHS scanned election systems
Reports from two more states say their election systems were scanned without authorization by DHS during election season.
Artificial Intelligence
China Is Funding Baidu to Take on the US in Deep-Learning Research
The amount of funding was not disclosed.
Emerging Tech
IARPA Wants Ways to Protect Nation from Genome Editing
Gene editing could create pest-resistant crops, but it could also create new organisms that threaten humans, according to IARPA.
Emerging Tech
Seven Earth-Sized Planets Have Been Spotted Around a Nearby Star
And all of them are in the temperate zone.
Digital Government