Digital Government
FAA releases drone registration rules
Private owners of small unmanned aircraft must register their names, physical and email addresses via an online database under new rules issued by the FAA.
Cybersecurity
Hurd urges changes to Visa Waiver Program
Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), one of leading tech experts on Capitol Hill, is looking to pressure European allies to disclose more data to the Visa Waiver Program.
Digital Government
Pentagon wants to go all-in on automation
Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work foresees a near future in which men and women in combat will have wearable electronics equipped with software applications.
Digital Government
Can ISPs help power the 2020 census?
The fast-approaching 2020 count requires more investment in R&D, full use of Internet opportunities and possible partnerships with companies -- but not necessarily the obvious choices.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Pocket IBM Secrets in China, File Maine Health Records Elsewhere, and Defraud Elephant Bar Diners
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Emerging Tech
Algorithms Will Manage Trillions of Dollars in a Few Years—Thanks to Millennials
Robo-advising—which relies on complex algorithms to manage wealth—is an up-and-coming area of financial technology.
Emerging Tech
Robots Are Now Fighting Fires in Australia
These fire-fighters can shoot out mists of water or foam from 60 meters away.
Cybersecurity
Even Hackers Hate Donald Trump
The hacktivist group Anonymous took down the Trump Tower website for about an hour.
Cybersecurity
MaineGeneral Health Suffers Mysterious Data Theft
Healthcare and Public Health // Maine, United States
Cybersecurity
Ex-IBM employee from China Allegedly Stole Trade Secrets
Technology // China and the United States
Cybersecurity
Crooks Tampered with Payments at Elephant Bar Restaurants
Food and Beverage // Retailer // United States
Digital Government
CIOs May Find a Secret Weapon in FITARA
One CIO threatened to cut off access for insecure users and put a freeze on IT spending.
Cybersecurity
Government Finishes Mailing Letters to Hack Victims -- But Still Can’t Track Down 1.5 Million of Them
The government has finished mailing 93 percent of the victims.
Emerging Tech
Video: Are Self-Driving Cars Really Safer?
Research shows that automated vehicles might not be accident free.
Cybersecurity
OPM finishes mailing most notification letters to breach victims
OPM announced it has mailed notification letters to nearly all the breach victims of the cyber-attack that the agency discovered in April 2015.
Modernization
GSA pushes EIS proposal date
The General Services Administration extended the deadline for vendor proposal submissions to its massive next-generation telecom contract by a week.
Modernization
DOD looking to put classified data in commercial cloud
Rob Vietmeyer, DOD CIO's point man on cloud, said it could be over a year before a commercial cloud provider handles Level 6 data
Digital Government
Tokyo Police Use Nets to Capture Rogue Drones
The idea of catching drones this way isn’t new, and Tokyo’s police chose the method after reviewing various anti-drone efforts underway in other nations.
Artificial Intelligence