Emerging Tech

These Smart Gloves Can Translate Sign Language

This wearable tech could improve communication for the hearing impaired.

Modernization

Prudence over panic

A seasoned CISO explains why focusing too much on zero-days can distract from older vulnerabilities.

Modernization

AT&T seeks tough standards for FirstNet opt-outs

Telecom providers argue about the role and impact of state-run networks on FirstNet's nationwide public safety broadband network.

Modernization

What's slowing down DOD's data center consolidation?

The Defense Department is working through a variety of barriers, including legacy tech and cloud requirements, as it continues its effort to consolidate data centers.

Emerging Tech

The Rise of Cryptocurrency Ponzi Schemes

Scammers are making big money off people who want in on the latest digital gold rush but don’t understand how the technology works.

Modernization

Booz Allen, NGA probe intel leak

Defense and intelligence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency are investigating how a trove of sensitive program data was apparently uploaded to a public Amazon cloud server.

Modernization

VA chief will seek IT funding supplemental

Once the Department of Veterans Affairs makes a decision on the future of its electronic health records system, it will seek money from Congress to put the plan into place.

Modernization

In-Q-Tel Invests Fresh Funds to Ditch Desktops

The venture capital firm for the 17 agencies that comprise the IC joined Bain Capital Ventures and Microsoft Ventures in making a $16 million investment in San Mateo-based Frame.

Modernization

Windstream drops EIS protest

The company withdraws its pre-award protest of GSA's massive telecommunications contract, paving the way for an agency award.

Modernization

One Way to Hide Your Data from Digital Border Searches

A popular password manager unveiled a feature to temporarily remove data from devices.

Modernization

Distracted Drivers May Actually Benefit From Using Tech While Driving

What we really need is technology that holds us accountable for our driving behaviors and encourages us to focus on the road, not our phones.

Modernization

Moran pushes MGT in the Senate

The MGT Act's Republican sponsor discusses the bill's prospects for passage.

Ideas

How to Spot Problems Before You Start Moving to the Cloud

Simply knowing these challenges exist is half the battle of solving any potential migration problems.

Digital Government

How Apple Watches Could Detect a Stroke

The watch currently has a basic heart rate sensor to monitor a wearer's pulse during exercise, but what if it could do more?

Modernization

Signal Jammers Stymie First Responders, and DHS Wants It To Stop

Though they're banned in the U.S., illegally imported jammers could delay emergency responders.

Modernization

Senate looks to tackle overseas data access

The Senate is exploring options to resolve conflicts when U.S. law enforcement has a warrant for electronic data that a U.S. provider is storing overseas and the host country has laws preventing the disclosure of the data.