Emerging Tech
14 Gigabit Projects in 5 Cities Get Mozilla Money
The winning initiatives leverage high-speed internet along with everything from virtual reality to GIS to better local education and workforce opportunities.
Artificial Intelligence
Patent Filings Reveal the Untapped Potential of Google and Amazon Smart Devices
They could become uncomfortably intelligent.
Emerging Tech
Musk and Zuckerberg Are Fighting Over Whether We Rule Technology—Or it Rules Us
The default setting for Silicon Valley is in question.
Digital Government
Trump’s Complaints About Amazon Have a Historical Precedent
The fraught history of government-subsidized package delivery.
Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Reshuffles to Bring More AI Into Products
The tech company is restructuring its leadership.
Podcasts
Nextgov Podcast: How Not To End Up In a GAO Report
Introducing Critical Update, Nextgov’s new podcast on emerging tech in government.
Digital Government
Women in Government Tech Have ‘One Bad-Ass Mission,' New Federal CIO Says
Suzette Kent highlighted the power of women in government in her first address as federal CIO.
Emerging Tech
Meet The Woman Who’s Making Soldiers More Energy Efficient
On the battlefield, power matters in more ways than you think.
Emerging Tech
The Most Important Self-Driving Car Announcement Yet
Autonomous vehicles will transform urban life by 2020, if Waymo’s time line is correct.
Emerging Tech
Can a Mobile App Stop Veteran Suicides?
The VA is calling on industry to help build an app that can rapidly connect veterans to mental health resources.
Modernization
U.S. Digital Service to Congress: We’ve Made A Measurable Impact
The government’s technology tiger team gives an update on what it accomplished in 2017 and the projects it has in process.
Emerging Tech
Government Seeks Biometric Tech That Doesn’t Need People To Scan Fingerprints
New technology suggests automated machines might be the ones scanning your fingerprints from surfaces in the near future.
Modernization
The Scary New Contracting Model That Isn’t Scary or New
“Other Transaction Authorities” might seem like a risky new acquisition method, but it’s been around longer than the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Emerging Tech
DHS Commercialized A Tool That Applies AI To Pharmaceutical Research
It comes as the seventh piece of tech the agency shepherded from lab to the marketplace this year.
Emerging Tech
Amazon Developing Drone That Understands Hands Signals & Human Voice
Drones might one day be able to "see" us waving.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon’s New Arms-Research Chief Eyes Space-Based Ray Guns
Neutral-particle beams, a concept first tried in the 1980s, may get a fresh look under Michael Griffin.
Digital Government
Office of American Innovation Leader Takes New Job
Chris Liddell is the latest in staff changes at the tech-focused office.
Emerging Tech
Lana Awad Is Engineering the Neuro-Tech That Will Transform Humanity
Technologists are working on projects that sound like the stuff of fiction.
Digital Government
YouTube Is Turning to Wikipedia to Help It Fight Conspiracy Theories
The company also wants to include other “information cues."
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