Emerging Tech
NASA, FAA Make Moves to Offer Some Staff App-Based Personalized, Professional Coaching
The agencies are set to tap into BetterUp’s mobile platform, which uses AI algorithms to match employees with the right coaches for their needs.
IT Modernization
Pentagon Releases Mobile App for Community Support Services
The Defense Department released a mobile app version of its Military OneSource Program.
Ideas
Phones Actually Pop Skewed 'News Bubbles'
In an era where mobile phones are increasingly the gateway to the internet for the majority worldwide, this insight into mobile news exposure is an encouraging sign.
Emerging Tech
What the Army's Next App Reveals About Defense Innovation
A major wins an innovation award by proposing to bring hotel-style booking to training ranges.
Ideas
What the Rise of Digital Handouts on Venmo and Cash App Says about Our Fraying Social Safety Net
There's an uptick of people tuning to Twitter to ask for financial support during the pandemic.
Ideas
Religious Life Was Converting to Tech Before COVID
Livestreamed services, which people view from home, are the new normal.
IT Modernization
Most Federal Workers Expect to Telework at Least Three Days per Week in the Future, Survey Says
But securing and managing the information technology that enables work from home is a top challenge during the pandemic, respondents indicated.
Ideas
Phones in Class Don't Actually Hamper Learning
A two-year study among a large group of students shows that learning and grades are not negatively affected when the students use their mobile device in class.
Data
Lawmakers: Did DHS Surveil Portland Protesters’ Phones?
Lawmakers want to know if federal agencies intercepted messages or collected cellphone data—including through commercial sources—during Portland protests.
Ideas
Why You're Getting So Many Political Text Messages Right Now
Campaigns get more than just your money.
Ideas
On TikTok, the Trump Administration Is Adopting China’s Own Vision for the Internet
Until recently, the United States has been a staunch opponent of data localization laws.
Cybersecurity
Commerce Department to Bar TikTok, WeChat from U.S. App Stores
The Commerce Department announced a list of prohibitions meant to protect U.S. national security against the two Chinese-owned apps.
Emerging Tech
Justice Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Marshals’ Smartphones
The service is looking for a software development kit to help it integrate biometrics tools with an app used to facilitate prisoner transfers.
Emerging Tech
The Air Force’s ‘Connect Everything’ Project Just Had a Big Success
The simulated cruise missile intercept harnessed widely dispersed systems — all supervised by tablets in a flight-line hangar.
Cybersecurity
The U.S. Has Lots to Lose and Little to Gain by Banning TikTok and WeChat
The bans threaten Americans’ freedom of speech, and may harm foreign investment in the U.S. and American companies’ ability to sell software abroad.
Ideas
Can the U.S. Government Really Ban TikTok?
It is nearly impossible to ban any application completely.
Cybersecurity
Tracking Robocalls Debunks Myths and Clears Up Mysteries
Researchers found that answering a robocall doesn't doom you to more.
Policy
CBP Shifts to Enterprise Approach to Manage Phone Searches at U.S. Borders
The agency uses metadata to create a system of record for electronic device searches but agents may be able to access information irrelevant to their cases.
Ideas
Does Your Agency Pass the Telework Stress Test?
If you haven’t already, ensure your capacity and licensing are at the levels needed for sustained telework.
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