Artificial Intelligence
DeepMind AI’s Next Challenge: Prevent Blindness
Researchers will use machine learning to analyze anonymous eye scans, which they will then use to create an algorithm that can better spot early signs of eye conditions.
Emerging Tech
The Hazard of Tesla’s Approach to Driverless Cars
A fatal crash calls into question the car company’s approach to building autonomous vehicles—and underscores the stark contrast between its strategy and Google’s.
Digital Government
FBI Head: 'No Reasonable Prosecutor Would Bring Such a Case'
Director James Comey said the agency had concluded its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server on Tuesday.
Digital Government
NASA nails wry Juno outreach
Adding a sardonic dash to its trademark social media openness, NASA celebrated the initial success of its mission to Jupiter.
Cybersecurity
Is analog the answer for securing the grid?
The scope and nature of the cyberattack on the Ukrainian power grid last year has spurred legislation in Congress that would make the U.S. grid less digitized.
Modernization
GSA warns agencies that telecom transition is coming fast
The director of the $50 billion EIS contract reminded agencies that they have only four months to complete plans to transition their telecom services.
Cybersecurity
Army seeks to use cyber at tactical level
Feedback from a series of exercises will inform how the Army fights on a future digital battlefield and could have a ripple effect on U.S. Cyber Command.
Cybersecurity
No charges in Clinton email case
In unusual public statement, FBI Director Comey slams Hillary Clinton's e-mail practices and lax security culture at State Department, while declining to recommend charges.
Digital Government
Q&A: Silicon Valley Needs Government Buying to Change
DHS wants to dispel the myth that startups don’t do business with the government.
Cybersecurity
Tech in the service of performance measurement
Steve Kelman reports on innovations at DHS that could help analysts across government.
Cybersecurity
When Should Hacking Be Legal?
A group of academics and journalists say a federal computer-fraud law criminalizes their work.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Leak Muslim Dating Site Messages, Command Zombie Security Cameras to Crash Sites Worldwide and Hit up Vegas Hard Rock
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
25,000 Zombie Security Cameras Pounce On Computers Worldwide
Other Critical Infrastructure
Digital Government
White House Thinks Data Could Keep Many With Mental Illness Out of Jail
Amazon, Esri and other tech companies are also on board.
People
Milholland exits IRS
Without a restoration of the hiring authority that brought him in, the long-serving CTO departed the IRS at the end of June.
Digital Government
As Term Winds Down, Obama Signs FOIA Reform Bill
The president plans to promote a "release to one is a release to all" policy.
Digital Government