Emerging Tech
Facial Recognition Bill Would Ban Companies From Sharing Your Face Without Consent
A bipartisan bill introduced this week would strengthen consumer protections around facial recognition technology.
Digital Government
Your Health Data Are a Gold Mine for Advertisers
In the hospital and at home, illness data can be lucrative.
Emerging Tech
Government Needs An ‘Ethical Framework’ to Tackle Emerging Technology
At SXSW, a beacon of technology idealism, mayors discuss how to deal with the difficult problems that can come with new tech.
Cybersecurity
Phone Scammers Are Impersonating the Social Security Administration, Too
The Federal Trade Commission warns that even if a call doesn’t seem like a scam, it probably is.
Digital Government
Big Tech Claps Back at Warren’s Proposal to Break Up Amazon, Google, Facebook
The tech industry doesn’t think Sen. Warren’s idea to break up big tech companies is a good idea.
Digital Government
What Mark Zuckerberg Thinks People Want
The Facebook CEO had a change of heart that could recast the future of the internet.
Digital Government
Congress Moves to Ban Discriminatory Advertising on Social Media
Lawmakers also introduced bills to help both vets and the larger U.S. workforce navigate an increasingly tech-centric job market.
Modernization
New York's Online Voter Registration Will Become Accessible to Blind Voters
Websites for the board of elections and DMV must be accessible by the end of the year under the terms of a lawsuit settlement.
Emerging Tech
Las Vegas Gambles on a 'Smart City' Technology Makeover
The casino mecca is piloting countless new technologies in public spaces in a bid to boost its smart-city brand. Worrying about the risks will come later.
Ideas
White House’s Race to Maintain AI Dominance Misses Opportunity
The administration supported a race for AI when it could have supported a race for ethical innovation.
Emerging Tech
Lawmakers Demand Answers on Surprise Microphones Inside Google Nest
The group wants Google CEO Sundar Pichai to provide answers—in writing, and in person—on the microphones discovered in Nest products.
Cybersecurity
House Lawmakers Want to Avoid a Patchwork of State Data Privacy Laws
Experts outlined what they would like to see included in a federal data privacy law.
Cybersecurity
Senator to Agencies: What Are You Doing to Secure Health Tech?
Sen. Mark Warner wants to develop a wide-ranging strategy to combat cybersecurity vulnerabilities targeting America’s health care sector.
Emerging Tech
The Microphones That May Be Hidden in Your Home
The controversy around Google’s Nest home-security devices shows that consumers never really know what their personal technology is capable of.
Cybersecurity
Senator Seeks Input on Health Care Cyber Strategy
A Virginia senator sent letters to health sector leaders for preliminary feedback on what a national strategy should entail.
Ideas
The Dangers of a Mandatory DNA Database
A controversy in Arizona is a portent of future public-policy fights.
Emerging Tech
Managing the Risks Inherent to Smart Cities
A new guide for non-technologists aims to help local officials avoid technology and policy pitfalls.
Ideas
The Problem With a ‘Smart’ Border Wall
To resolve Trump’s impasse, many lawmakers have proposed boosting surveillance technology to create a virtual border wall. Is that more humane and effective?
Policy
GAO Urges Congress to Start Moving on a Privacy Law
Researchers recommended lawmakers give regulators more power to write rules and punish the companies that break them.
Digital Government