Emerging Tech
IBM Wants to Use Your Smartphone to Better Predict the Weather
The company wants to explore untapped sensors in phones to take barometric readings.
Emerging Tech
L.A.’s Public Earthquake-Warning App Is the First in the U.S.
ShakeAlertLA aims to give smartphone users a few seconds’ warning of imminent quakes.
Emerging Tech
Embracing Apple’s Boring Future
The company’s most exciting years may be behind it, but that’s okay.
Emerging Tech
FCC Approves Google's Motion Sensor Tech
Radar-based motion sensing gets a government thumbs up.
Digital Government
If Feds Go Home For a Shutdown, Do Their Phones Go With Them?
A handful of potentially impacted agencies have updated their guidance since the last shutdown.
Cybersecurity
How One Lightbulb Could Allow Hackers to Burgle Your Home
The internet of things is full of vulnerabilities.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Could 3D Print Your Head to Unlock Your Phone
Facial recognition is not foolproof.
Cybersecurity
Facebook Faces Another Privacy Scandal
This time it's over user photos that have been exposed.
Digital Government
Farm Bill Expands Rural Broadband Funding
But some remain concerned that the money will not get to many places that need it to expand access.
Cybersecurity
State Department Is Buying Phone Hacking Tools for Ghanaian Police
The department issued a solicitation for specific hacking tools, which it plans to give to partners in Ghana to stem international crime.
Modernization
Congress Votes For Better Government Websites, Digital Services
The Senate passed the 21st Century IDEA Act, giving agencies one year to improve citizens’ digital experiences.
Emerging Tech
New Facebook Patent Predicts Your Location Before You Get There
It's like location tracking...but in the future.
Emerging Tech
The Future of Software Isn’t an App. It’s a Habit
This is especially true in the age of the smart speaker.
Cybersecurity
CBP Officers Aren’t Deleting Data After Warrantless Device Searches, IG Says
An inspector general report found Border Patrol officers didn’t follow standard procedures during device searches, mostly because those procedures weren’t clearly laid out.
Digital Government
The U.S. is Worried About China Spying via Huawei Because it Did the Same in the Past
One example goes back to the late 1980s.
Cybersecurity
South Bend’s Mayor on What Local Governments Can Learn From Estonia
The Indiana city’s new mobility-as-a-service pilot is helping low-income shift workers commute for free.
Emerging Tech
A New App Flags The Old Tweets That Could Get You Fired
A wise job candidate is a vigilant curator of their own social media history.
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