Emerging Tech
A Smart City Is an Accessible City
A new breed of accessibility apps can make life easier for people with disabilities. They can also make it harder.
Cybersecurity
NIST Wants to Make PIV Cards Work for Smartphones in Two Years
The effort mirrors a Pentagon plan to improve identity verification on mobile devices.
Modernization
DISA Prepping Three Contracts to Manage All Its Mobility Services
The military’s IT office plans to award all three contracts for mobile services and content management—classified and unclassified—before the end of fiscal 2019.
Emerging Tech
We Tested Facebook’s Ad Screeners and Some Were Too Strict
The platform mistook a disabled veterans fundraiser for a political ad.
Emerging Tech
Cell-Phone Radiation Can Cause Cancer in Rats. The Next Question: What Does it Mean For Humans?
The studies were nearly two decades in the making.
Artificial Intelligence
Alexa Will Now Talk to You About the Midterms
She can answer most of your election questions.
Emerging Tech
Intel Community is Developing a More Spy-Proof Room
The intelligence community’s research arm is upgrading SCIF security to protect against threats from personal devices and sensors.
Cybersecurity
Google Introduces New Security Push For User Accounts
These are small tweaks to close out Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Cybersecurity
Signal's New Feature Lets Users Send Messages Anonymously
Signal can remove the return address entirely.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Postal Service Will Email You Photos of Your Mail Before It’s Delivered
The service does have limitations, however.
Emerging Tech
Trump Blames Twitter For Slowing His Follower Growth. It’s Actually Steadily Climbing
There was no noticeable blip in October.
Emerging Tech
Three Settings You Can Change On Your Phone Right Now to Help You Focus
Stop the mindless scrolling.
Emerging Tech
New Apple Portal Lets Customers Download All Their Data
What dirt does Apple have you?
Cybersecurity
If You’re Worried About Online Privacy, You No Longer Have An Excuse
Just about every web service that isn’t selling you something is selling you to someone else.
Digital Government
Is Turning Off Your Notifications the Ultimate Productivity Hack?
Periodic pings about the recent past can be the enemy of staying in the present.
Cybersecurity
The State of Cybersecurity
Federal agencies surge to combat ever-growing threats—but is it enough?
Cybersecurity
Repeating Kanye West’s Phone Password Is Not a Federal Crime
Unless you’re Ye himself, you’ve got little cause for concern.
Emerging Tech
DHS Funds Airport Navigation App that Guides You from Check-in to Gate
It also allows federal agencies to send messages to passengers in real time.
Artificial Intelligence