Emerging Tech

Video: Inside the Technology of an Amazon Warehouse

This 360-degree video shows off the company's robotic systems.

Digital Government

Air Force launches Defense Technology Accelerator

The Air Force is launching a technology accelerator program as part of a new effort to reform acquisition procedures and rapidly field commercial technology to address military needs.

Digital Government

New 18F rules for bug hunters

The General Services Administration's Technology Transformation Service spelled out exactly how it wants security researchers to report vulnerabilities found on a variety of government systems.

Modernization

IT, cyber challenges loom for next administration

Big data, modernization and other issues will link the incoming and outgoing administrations.

Cybersecurity

San Francisco Subway Responds to Ransomware with Free Rides

Transportation // San Francisco, U.S.

Cybersecurity

DHS opens up infrastructure protection program

DHS wants innovators to help address cybersecurity in the financial sector.

Digital Government

Microsoft’s HoloLens Headset Will Allow Real Tank Operators to See the Battlefield Outside

The 360-degree view extends over 300 meters.

Emerging Tech

Inside Google Jigsaw, the Powerful Tech Incubator That Could Reshape Geopolitics

The world’s second-most valuable corporation is trying to influence international affairs.

Cybersecurity

How to close the cybersecurity talent gap

By analyzing data on workforce needs and hiring efforts, agencies can take the lead in the race to recruit and retain cybersecurity professionals.

Cybersecurity

Fight Over FBI Hacking Powers Comes Down to the Wire

Justice Department pushes back against critics day before rules expansion takes effect.

Emerging Tech

Video: NASA Explores the Great Barrier Reef

The agency is looking to corral some coral.

Emerging Tech

DHS Wants New Facial Recognition Cameras in Airports

Customs and Border Protection is ramping up plans for biometrics data collection.

Digital Government

Astronauts Develop Worse Vision After Long Trips in Space, and Scientists Think They Know Why

Gravity also affects how the fluids in our bodies flow.

Digital Government

18F Co-Founder on Why Tech Transcends Party Politics

18F Co-founder and former Executive Director Aaron Snow discusses the tech team's future.

Cybersecurity

DOJ defends new cyber snooping regulations

The Justice Department said changes to criminal rules will help catch pedophiles and cybercriminals, but privacy advocates say the rules are a dangerous expansion of government hacking powers.

Digital Government

FAA should examine near-space vehicles, GAO says

GAO has told the FAA to take a look at how it might regulate near-space vehicles as commercialization of the last frontier continues.

Digital Government

NARA names new FOIA ombudsman

Alina Semo, a veteran litigator at the National Archives and the Justice Department, will take over as director of the Office of Government Information Services.

Acquisition

Is GSA doing enough about contractor tax-delinquents?

A House committee wants the General Services Administration to ensure that its primary contractor database contains accurate information on companies that are delinquent on their taxes.

Cybersecurity

A Website That Gives You Points as It Spies on You

Click, and a calm voice explains how easy it is to follow your cursor’s every move.