Digital Government
US Government Requests for Information on Twitter Users Spike
Most of the time, the publishing platform gave officials what they wanted.
Modernization
What Back to the Future II Got Wrong About 2015
The two big things the classic trilogy missed: The rise of mobile and the Internet.
Digital Government
Most Americans Still Want Landlines at Work
Cell phones still aren't as important as their old-school counterparts, according to new Pew survey.
Emerging Tech
Sneaky Impersonator Robots Are Taking Over the Web
A new report finds overall bot traffic dipped, but "bad robots" are on the rise.
Cybersecurity
Report: Definition of ‘Privacy’ Evolving
In a new paper from Pew, experts warn that surveillance-free spaces are disappearing.
Cybersecurity
Santa Claus and the Surveillance State
It's not just the Elf on the Shelf; children have been taught for centuries that dangerous authorities are watching and judging them.
Digital Government
The First Computer Mouse was Patented in the 1960s
The pointing device was "a major selling point of the Macintosh" when personal computing went mainstream.
Digital Government
The Power of Big Data: What Your Zip Code Says About You
Software company Esri's database files Americans into one of 67 consumer groups.
Digital Government
What Good Is All This Tech Diversity Data, Anyway?
Publicly counting men and women is a start, but on its own, the data is not likely to make tech companies any more diverse.
Emerging Tech
The Robots Are Coming, but Are They Really Taking Our Jobs?
A new study shows experts are split on whether artificial intelligence will boost—or decimate—the economy.
Digital Government
Facebook Is Expanding the Way It Tracks You and Your Data
The social giant is digging into information from your smartphone and tracking the other websites you visit.
Emerging Tech
NASA's Supersonic Parachute Is Running Out of Time
Before humans can land on Mars, scientists have to wrestle with atmospheric conditions back home.
Digital Government
The U.S. Army Says It Can Teleport Quantum Data Now, Too
This kind of tech has implications that extend beyond the battlefield.
Digital Government
The Promise of a New Internet
It's not too late to rebuild this thing for the people.
Emerging Tech
Gecko Toe Hair and Other Magnified Scientific Images on Display at NIH
The foreign familiarity of the cellular world on exhibit.
Emerging Tech
NASA Is About to Test a Mega-Parachute at the Edge of Space
If the largest ever supersonic parachute works, we'll be a step closer to putting a human on Mars.
Digital Government
Skip the Humans: Drug Discovery by Simulating Cells
Virtual clinical trials would combine big data and computer simulation.
Digital Government
The Library of Congress Wants to Destroy Your Old CDs (For Science)
That old Michael Jackson disc? You've probably been treating it wrong.
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