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COVID-19 Froze Digital Transformation Initiatives. Here’s How to Overcome That.
It’s essential to focus on citizen experience innovations that will deliver the most impact without breaking the bank.
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How Government Agencies Can Use Tech to Safely Get Back to Their Workplaces
Now is the time to prioritize collaboration between the IT, physical security and human resources teams.
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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.
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Will Quantum Computing Supercharge Artificial Intelligence?
Imagine if we could simply train an AI to look at the data coming from the quantum machine, figure out what makes sense and what is probably wrong without human intervention.
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Why Tech Needs Women Leaders and How to Get Them
Mixed leadership teams perform better simply because they can solve problems more quickly and more creatively than less diverse teams.
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19th-Century Political Parties Kidnapped Reluctant Voters and Printed Their Own Ballots—and That's Why We've Got Laws Regulating Behavior at Polling Places
All 50 states have laws that ban potentially intimidating behavior at polling places.
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How Tech Firms Have Tried to Stop Disinformation and Voter Intimidation – and Come Up Short
The time has come for the U.S. to learn from the experiences of other nations and hold tech firms accountable for ensuring that their platforms are not misused to undermine the country’s democratic foundations.
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Google Antitrust Case Suggests Apple Should Be in the Department of Justice’s Crosshairs Too
Apple’s role as the gateway to billions of searches is the critical factor here.
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Why Sleep Experts Say It's Time to Ditch Daylight Saving Time
Our internal circadian clocks would not be misaligned for half the year.
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Will Russia Influence the American Vote?
U.S. voters should prepare for even more strange and unexpected examples of information warfare between now and Election Day.
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To Achieve Cyber Agility, Think Long-Term
Agencies must instead invest in cyber platforms to become more agile and responsive to adversaries.
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If a Robot Is Conscious, Is It OK to Turn It Off? The Moral Implications of Building True AIs.
As real artificial intelligence technology advances toward Hollywood’s imagined versions, the question of moral standing grows more important.
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Old Dog Training Methods Teach Robots New Tricks
Roboticists are still figuring out how robots can learn efficiently from their mistakes.
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The Future of Work Post-Pandemic: We’re Not Going Back
Suddenly, the conversation about telework has shifted from “do we have the right technologies in place?” to “do we have the right people policies and training in place?”
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Health Insurers Are Starting to Roll Back Coverage for Telehealth – Even Though Demand Is Way Up Due to COVID-19
Due to the financial strain on health care systems and insurers, the increase in telehealth use may be forced to shrink even though the public health crisis remains.
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Stress Shows Up in Your Spit After Work Interruptions
But not all interruptions have the same effect.
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How High-Performance Computing Can Strengthen the U.S. Government
More computing power means more mission delivery.
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3 Steps U.S. Officials Can Take to Shore Up Election Cybersecurity
Securing the 2020 election will be an immense undertaking.
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How to Use COVID-19 Testing and Quarantining to Safely Travel for the Holidays
COVID-19 testing is not as simple as yes or no, infected or safe.
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