Cybersecurity
Here’s Your Federal RSA Rundown
Officials from DHS, DARPA and NIST are all on the docket.
Cybersecurity
Huawei Pushes Back On FCC Efforts to Bar It From U.S. Networks
FCC’s concerns Huawei is a Chinese spying tool are unfounded and based in rumor, the company said.
Cybersecurity
How to Practice Cybersecurity With The Whole Family
Kids are often more concerned with Minecraft than malware.
Artificial Intelligence
Patent Filings Reveal the Untapped Potential of Google and Amazon Smart Devices
They could become uncomfortably intelligent.
Digital Government
Facebook's Ideological Imperialism
Andrew Bosworth’s memo may seem insidious, but its logic used to be very popular.
Emerging Tech
Google Has Made it Official: The Internet Is Now Mobile-First
This may go down in history as the week the mobile web became the web.
Digital Government
Android Phone Users, Facebook Was Tracking Your Calls And Texts
Android users may have given Facebook access to this data unknowingly.
Emerging Tech
Amnesty International Wants to Solve Twitter's Big Problem
Can Twitter become less toxic?
Digital Government
NASA Figures Out a New Way to Bring Satellite Data Back Down To Earth
Communicating with satellites is trickier than you might think.
Ideas
What Federal Mobile Security is Missing
We need to rethink our approach to fighting foreign cyber threats.
Modernization
Local Officials to FCC: We’re Not the Ones Impeding 5G
A group of mostly mayors encouraged the Federal Communications Commission to refocus its efforts on new broadband investment, instead of preempting their oversight of public rights of way.
Policy
5G Faceoff on Capitol Hill
Localities want more of a say in broadband policymaking. The U.S. wireless industry wants to win its race with China.
Digital Government
TSA Sued Over Electronic Devices Screenings
The American Civil Liberties Union wants to know the agency's intentions behind searching domestic travelers' devices
Policy
Trump Just Blocked What Would Have Been the Largest Tech Acquisition Ever—Because China
The deal would have been the largest in tech history had it gone through.
Emerging Tech
FAA Expands Instant-Approval Flight Plan Program for Drones
Once deployed, the system would authorize drone flights in minutes instead of months.
Digital Government
Your Next Work Computer Could Be Your Phone
This could change the nature of work computing.
Emerging Tech
USAID Launches Program To Bring More Women Online
The WomenConnect Challenge is offering $1 million to projects that address why women in low- and middle-income countries are offline.
Modernization
5G Preemption Is Coming
The streamlined broadband deployment the FCC is contemplating will lessen local control without making rural build-outs more likely.
Cybersecurity
Google Will Soon Let You Easily Download All of Your Chrome Passwords
Get your password game right.
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