Digital Government

FBI Chief: Universal Encryption Would Paralyze Law Enforcement

FBI warns the world that Apple is making is one where the FBI can’t do its job. Apple says the FBI is seeking "dangerous power." Who’s right?

Digital Government

FAA Successfully Tests New Drone-Detecting Tech At Airport

New system is geared toward protecting areas from rogue drones.

Digital Government

Military-Funded Study Predicts Twitter Uprisings

Who tweets at you, what you tweet back, and why can predict your next protest act on social media.

Artificial Intelligence

The President Needs to Issue an Executive Order Banning the Use Killer Robots

A Yale bioethicist says the United Nations won’t stop killer robots, but the United States could right now start setting a few rules limiting their development and use.

Digital Government

The Military’s Superfast Bird Drone

The Defense Department’s mad scientists show how to make superfast, light-weight drones.

Digital Government

What Obama’s Air Force Budget Request Says About the Future of Warfare

The Defense Department budget request is full of high tech-items aimed at countering the capabilities of technologically advanced adversaries.

Artificial Intelligence

The Army Has Made a Robot Cockroach

Biologically inspired robot bugs could be the next big thing in intelligence collection.

Digital Government

Twitter Steps Up Efforts To Combat ISIS

The social media giant says it is increasing efforts to combat extremism on the site.

Digital Government

New Microchip Could Increase Military Intelligence Powers

A military-funded breakthrough in microchips opens the door to portable deep learning.

Digital Government

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Is Still Riddled with Bugs

The Pentagon’s top testing official has weighed and measured the F-35 and found it wanting.

Digital Government

Smart Bombs, Swarmbots and Miniature Railguns: The New Weapons the Pentagon Says It Needs

Defense secretary lays out his vision for the next decade’s killer capabilities in 2017 budget preview.

Digital Government

USAF Stands Up Space Mission Force to Counter Russia, China

The service is reorganizing for battle in space, but threats may be progressing faster than fixes.

Modernization

ISIS' ‘Secure Messaging App’ Doesn’t Actually Work

Ghost Security Group backtracks on previous claim.

Digital Government

Refugee or Terrorist? IBM Thinks Its Software Has the Answer

A new tool to turn unstructured data into actionable intelligence could change the way law enforcement fights terrorism, and challenge the data-collection debate.

Digital Government

The Electronic Warfare Tech That’s Key to the Future of the F-35

Cognitive EW, today in its infancy, may one day justify the Joint Strike Fighter’s enormous cost.

Digital Government

Army Testing Robo-Parachutes That Don't Need GPS

The military needs what goes up to come down without the global positioning system.

Digital Government

Here’s How Federal Agencies Plan to Fight ISIS Online

Some agencies are reaching out to Silicon Valley.

Digital Government

Military Wants X-Ray Vision and Tunnel Robots To Fight Terrorists

The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has released its wish list for 2016 and beyond.

Digital Government

DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones

The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.

Artificial Intelligence

Robots are Key to Pentagon’s Defensive Cyber Operations Strategy

To gain an edge on the battlefield, artificial intelligence is increasingly necessary.