Digital Government
A New Kind of Labor Movement in Silicon Valley
Employees at Google and elsewhere are protesting their bosses’ business decisions. Will that evolve into a more sustained labor movement?
Cybersecurity
Hey Tech Support Scams, Google Is On To You
The tech giant is taking action against this common scheme.
Emerging Tech
The Online Gig Economy’s ‘Race to the Bottom’
When the whole world is fighting for the same jobs, what happens to workers?
Cybersecurity
Five Eyes Intel Alliance Urges Big Tech to Help Break Encrypted Messages
The U.S. and four major allies warn new legislation might be necessary to ensure law enforcement can access communications.
Artificial Intelligence
Google and Harvard Made AI to Predict Earthquake Aftershocks
They used a database of more than 131,000 earthquakes.
Modernization
Oracle Files Supplemental Protest Against Pentagon's JEDI Cloud Contract
The company’s keeping the heat on the Defense Department.
Digital Government
Big Tech's Newest Experiment in Criminal-Justice Reform
Unicorn startup Slack is launching an apprenticeship program for formerly incarcerated people. But will the industry ever hire from the inside en masse?
Emerging Tech
Austin, Texas, Just Became the U.S. Army’s Silicon Valley
The service is making a big bet that getting closer to tech startups will help deter future adversaries.
Digital Government
Apple, IBM, and Google Don’t Care Anymore if You Went to College
Companies will hire the candidates whose experience and skills best suit them for the job.
Emerging Tech
Slack Was Able to Become a $7 Billion Company by Playing Nice With Others
Slack’s ethos is one of inclusion
Modernization
Someone Is Waging a Secret War to Undermine the Pentagon’s Huge Cloud Contract
The battle for the Defense Department’s $10 billion war cloud is getting a lot more interesting.
Emerging Tech
Teaching Kids to Code During the Summer—for $1,000 a Week
Are private summer camps exacerbating tech's diversity problem?
Digital Government
1,400 Google Employees Are Demanding Transparency Around the Company’s Return to China
Google pulled out of China in 2010 because of the country’s censorship policies.
Digital Government
Space as a Service: NASA and SpaceX Find a New Way of Putting People Into Orbit
SpaceX could be ferrying astronauts by April 2019.
Emerging Tech
A Silicon Valley Startup is Giving Lithium-Ion Batteries a Much-Needed Silicon Boost
The tech needs to undergo a step change, and there are many startups currently trying to make it happen.
Digital Government
Industry Groups Push for Background Check Reform In Intelligence Appropriations Bill
With a backlog of more than 700,000 pending investigations, the groups are pushing for tools to speed up information collection and ways to reduce redundant investigations.
Emerging Tech
The Next Stop on Amazon’s Journey Toward World Domination is Your Car
Alexa, will you turn up the air conditioning?
Emerging Tech
Google’s Larry Page Thinks We’ll Soon Be Soaring Over Traffic in These Cute Flying Cars He’s Building
For now, the Flyer is clearly a novelty, meant to appeal to the ambitions and pocketbooks of wealthy hobbyists.
Digital Government
Google Search Might Return to China’s Internet, and Some Users Can Hardly Wait
If Google does relaunch its search engine in China, it will end up compliant with some of the world’s most restrictive policies on freedom of information.
Cybersecurity