Emerging Tech
Should We Feed the Trolls?
When it comes to reducing online harassment, deeper social change could have a bigger impact than fighting back one jerk at a time.
Digital Government
Pentagon: F-35 Will Still Fly, Despite Software Flaw
Officials say the plane can fly without the aircraft’s enormously complex diagnostics system.
Digital Government
Puerto Rico tabbed as proving ground for 2020 Census tech
Puerto Rico will be a 2017 testing site for new tech in the lead-up to the 2020 Census.
Cybersecurity
Familiar face returns to Cyber Command
After two years as commanding general of the Army's Intelligence and Security Command, Maj. Gen. George J. Franz III is heading back to Cyber Command, where he will be director of operations, the Pentagon announced.
Digital Government
NOAA Pushes Forward with Commercial Weather Data Pilot
The initiative will act as a test for future commercial satellite efforts.
Cybersecurity
DHS CIO walks back staff comments on open source
In comments on GitHub, Homeland Security CIO Luke McCormack sought to set the record straight on how the agency views open source.
Modernization
Lieu calls for House probe into mobile security flaw
A flaw in a common telephony protocol that allows hackers to eavesdrop on calls poses a threat to national security, said Rep. Ted Lieu.
Digital Government
Federal Researchers Build Massive Online Database of Genomic Data
The portal is supposed to help biomedical researchers analyze similar individuals across many studies.
Digital Government
New EU passenger data measure gets warm reception at DHS
The European Union's vote to relax privacy restrictions on collecting and disseminating airline passenger data will help sharpen its anti-terrorism focus, said DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson.
Cybersecurity
NSA cyber exercise hones skills at military academies
Fifteen years since its inception, the Cyber Defense Exercise has added new dimensions, including the hacking of drone communications.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Attack Baltimore Personnel & Turner Construction Workers; FDIC Worker Accidentally Walks Out With Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Emerging Tech
Meet the Scientist Helping the Pentagon Build Solar-Powered Tents
UCF is one of many groups partnering with DOD on hi-tech textiles.
Digital Government
How the Senate Encryption Bill Resembles Chinese Law (And How it Does Not)
The legislation would bring the U.S. jurisprudence into greater harmony with China.
Digital Government
'Do Not Misrepresent NASA': US Space Agency Strikes Back at Climate Change Deniers on Facebook
The U.S. space and science agency gives a public smackdown.
Cybersecurity
Email Scam at Turner Construction Co. Affects Employees Nationwide
Manufacturing // United States
Emerging Tech
Your Web Searches Are Probably Going to Be Powered by Wind
Corporations are no longer waiting to buy power from utilities: they’re going straight to the source.
Cybersecurity
Fraudsters Stole Data on Baltimore City Employees
Government (U.S.) // Maryland, United States
Cybersecurity
