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
Improve Your Agency's Customer Experience in 8 Steps
ACT-IAC unveiled a playbook for overhauling citizen-facing services.
Modernization
Pentagon Expands Mobile Device Management Services
DISA is offering new unclassified services to Defense Department mission partners.
Emerging Tech
White House Sets Top Research & Development Priorities for 2020
Expect artificial intelligence, quantum computing and space travel to get budgetary attention in fiscal 2020.
Modernization
How GSA is Helping Small Businesses Get Contracts Faster
A newly launched pilot program lets the agency’s contracting experts help push deals over the finish line.
Emerging Tech
Waymo Just Laid Out Its Vision For a Driverless Future
The company wants to incorporate ride-sharing into its business model.
Modernization
White House Seeks Input on Reskilling Feds and Upgrading Agency Services
As part of its government reorganization, the administration wants advice on how to establish the tech-focused GEAR Center.
Digital Government
Acquisition Professionals Place Little Importance on Innovation, Survey Finds
Respondents found some recurring challenges were offset by an improvement in acquisition talent.
Emerging Tech
DARPA Plans Bugbot ‘Olympics’ to Foster Breakthrough in Tiny Machines
Redesigning tiny motors and limbs could make microbots a reality.
Digital Government
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.
Emerging Tech
Why The World Is So Excited About Electric Cars
Consumer spending on electric cars is growing fast.
Emerging Tech
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.
Emerging Tech
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.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Is Getting Closer to Replacing Animal Testing
The algorithm can predict results from nine different tests.
Emerging Tech
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.
Emerging Tech
These Magnetic Robots Might Someday Crawl Around Inside You
They're made of 3D-printer ink.
Digital Government
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.
Emerging Tech
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.
Policy