Innovation

Acquisition Professionals Place Little Importance on Innovation, Survey Finds

Respondents found some recurring challenges were offset by an improvement in acquisition talent.

  • By Frank Konkel

DARPA Plans Bugbot ‘Olympics’ to Foster Breakthrough in Tiny Machines

Redesigning tiny motors and limbs could make microbots a reality.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Defense One
Rupinder Garha, an immigrant from India, holds a small U.S. flag during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Los Angeles. Rupinder Garha, an immigrant from India, holds a small U.S. flag during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Los Angeles.

Here’s Proof That H-1B Workers Make American Companies More Innovative

These immigrants play a key role in addressing the U.S.’s acute skills-crunch.

  • By Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz

Why The World Is So Excited About Electric Cars

Consumer spending on electric cars is growing fast.

  • By Akshat Rathi, Quartz

The Pentagon Wants to Bring Mind-Controlled Tech To Troops

The Defense Department’s research arm is working on a project that connects human operators’ brains to the systems they’re controlling—and vice versa.

  • By Jack Corrigan

Pentagon Seeks an Edge in Quantum Computing

The Pentagon’s research arm wants to get up to speed on quantum computing before China and other adversaries.

  • By Jack Corrigan

AI Is Getting Closer to Replacing Animal Testing

The algorithm can predict results from nine different tests.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz
A Project Loon balloon. A Project Loon balloon.

Google’s High-Altitude Internet Balloons Could Soon Connect Rural Kenya

If implemented, the project could have the potential of extending online connectivity to thousands of people across Kenya.

  • By Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz

These Magnetic Robots Might Someday Crawl Around Inside You

They're made of 3D-printer ink.

  • By Erik Olsen, Quartz

HHS is Using Data to Fight Opioid Abuse, Fraud and Just About Everything Else

HHS’ investments in data science, people and tools are paying off in a big way.

  • By Jack Corrigan
An Apple iPhone X on display during an Apple event at their main store Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Chicago. An Apple iPhone X on display during an Apple event at their main store Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Chicago.

It Looks Like the Next iPhone Will Have a New Type of Charging Cable

It can send and receive far more power and data than a traditional USB cables.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz
Microsoft President Bill Gates, left, and other software industry executives testify on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 3, 1998. Microsoft President Bill Gates, left, and other software industry executives testify on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 3, 1998.

The 17 Years Since the Microsoft Antitrust Case Taught Us That Regulation Can Spur Innovation

The Microsoft case set a precedent for not breaking up big tech companies.

  • By Simone Stolzoff, Quartz

VA’s Billion-Dollar Health Records Project Will Be Tracked by New House Subcommittee

Lawmakers worry the department’s lack of leadership and hiccups in Defense’s rollout of its MHS Genesis platform could derail the $16 billion project.

  • By Heather Kuldell
Jennifer Pahlka, the founder of Code for America Jennifer Pahlka, the founder of Code for America

Civic Tech in a Time of Technopessimism

Since 2016, the technology industry has been looking for answers. Code for America might have one.

  • By Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic

This Is How Dramatically China’s Beating the U.S. in its Share of Supercomputers

Is it about quality or quantity?

  • By Echo Huang, Quartz
Dr. Noam Slonim, principal investigator, stands with the IBM Project Debater before a debate between the computer and two human debaters Monday, June 18, 2018, in San Francisco. Dr. Noam Slonim, principal investigator, stands with the IBM Project Debater before a debate between the computer and two human debaters Monday, June 18, 2018, in San Francisco.

IBM's Project Debater Wants to Argue With You

It just might win.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild

CIA Official: Cloud Is More Secure Than Old Tech, Less 'Soul-Crushing'

Is cloud more secure than traditional government data centers? The CIA seems to think so.

  • By Jack Corrigan

White House Reorganization Addresses Cyber Workforce Gap

The White House wants to build a single, unified strategy for strengthening the cybersecurity workforce at every agency across government.

  • By Jack Corrigan

The Tech Side of Trump’s Plan to Reorganize Government

The plans would force government to get digital, as well as improve the way it provides services to citizens.

  • By Aaron Boyd and Frank Konkel

NSA ‘Systematically Moving’ All Its Data to The Cloud

The National Security Agency is all-in on cloud.

  • By Frank Konkel