Modernization
A Digital Rat Brain Could Power Future Smartphones
Rather than a traditional computer, these computer chips are designed to work like neurons.
Modernization
ICANN handoff officially delayed
It will be at least another year before Internet domain naming and addressing functions are handed off to a global, multi-stakeholder body.
Modernization
Is the IRS thinking about a switch to off-the-shelf CRM?
A recent sources sought notice indicates the IRS might be looking to a commercial customer relationship management tool as a way to lower the cost of taxpayer contact.
Emerging Tech
QTS Sets Eyes on Federal Market with Carpathia Acquisition
The Kansas-based company, which already services many federal customers through 12 nationwide data centers, spent $326 million acquiring the cloud services provider.
Modernization
State Department Looks to Outfit Workers with 'the Most Contemporary' Mobile Devices
This is no small task considering the agency currently provides 36,000 mobile devices to its employees stationed in almost every country in the world.
Digital Government
How Phone Companies Used 'Supercookies' to Track Customers' Web Browsing
AT&T and Verizon continued tracking users' unencrypted traffic for months after backlash over the practice erupted in November 2014, researchers found.
Modernization
Video: Meet the Next Tech Entrepreneurs: Young Women
The Technovation Challenge hopes to equip girls with the skills to make it in the tech industry.
Cybersecurity
White House and India Consider Counterhack Measures in Foggy Bottom
Many U.S. cyber outfits see business opportunities in India where cyber theft is a growing problem.
Modernization
3 keys to building a federal DevOps culture
Government lags behind the private sector in breaking down the wall between the development and operations teams. Here's how agencies can close the gap.
Modernization
GSA plots Schedule 70 cyber assurance SIN
The latest special item number RFI follows on the addition earlier this year of a cloud SIN, and a proposed SIN for health IT.
Modernization
NRO opens up on R&D
A broad agency announcement presents an uncommon window into the secretive National Reconnaissance Office.
Modernization
What's the Most Commonly Used Mobile App for Governments Across the World?
About 47 percent of apps activated by government groups worldwide were related to document editing,
Digital Government
Video: Everything Google Knows About You
And how to manage it in Google's privacy settings.
Modernization
Feds talk app stores
Mobility is just as much about apps as it is devices. But vetting and featuring good apps is still a challenge for federal agencies.
Emerging Tech
NASA Wants to Know if Open Innovation Challenges Are Working
The agency is looking for research on ways to crowdsource, such as through competitions.
Modernization
Computer Scientists Invented a Way to Turn Your Skin Into a Mobile Touch Pad
A new product called iSkin uses silicon rubber and pressure-sensitive sensors to create an elastic film.
Modernization
Do Police Need a Warrant to See Where a Phone Is?
Right now, no. But that could change soon.
Cybersecurity
Video: Hackers Expose Security Flaws in Cars and Guns
Cyberattacks and bullets could be a very dangerous combination.
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