Emerging Tech

Big Rideshare Says Your Cars—Not Theirs—Are the Enemy of Public Transit

Fifteen of the world’s leading transport and technology companies  announced their shared resolve to help keep cities livable.

  • By Karen Hao, Quartz
Emerging Tech

The Case for Locking Up Your Smartphone

Lockers and sleeves for phones can feel like an infringement on personal rights, but they also might save people from their worst habits.

  • By Marcel O’Gorman, The Atlantic
Cybersecurity

Rosenstein's ‘Responsible Encryption’ Proposal is Nonsensical, Privacy Expert Says

Companies could build backdoor access into products, but it leaves users vulnerable.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Cybersecurity

How to Stay Cyber Secure at the Winter Olympics

Don't get hacked while watching the curling competition.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Policy

Pentagon Reviewing Electronic Device Policy

The Defense Department review goes beyond whether to allow staff to bring phones into the Pentagon.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Emerging Tech

All Followers Are Fake Followers

A New York Times exposé of a “black market” for online fame diagnoses the symptom of social-media despair, but misses its cause.

  • By Ian Bogost, The Atlantic
Digital Government

Ahead of Tougher EU Data Laws, Facebook Is Sharing Its Privacy Philosophy

Facebook also said that it will introduce a “privacy center,” a one-stop-shop within the platform for adjusting privacy settings.

  • By Hanna Kozlowska, Quartz
Policy

FCC, Telecom Industry Slam Idea of Government-Built 5G Network

Despite the proposal’s claim of national security concerns, experts—including the administration’s picks on the FCC—came out aggressively against the idea.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Emerging Tech

Apple May Release Another Tiny Phone This Year

This could be good news for anyone who’s not a fan of how massive smartphones have become.

  • By Mike Murphy, Quartz
Emerging Tech

Microsoft Tool Builds Apps Out of Just Sketches

It's a new way to develop an app.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Digital Government

Privacy Shouldn’t Be the Price of Progress. Here’s How to Keep Your Data Safe

Our secrets used to be our own. Now they’re owned by the platforms and the databases where we store them.

  • By Angus Hervey, Quartz
Policy

After Hawaii False Alarm, Lawmakers Want President, Pentagon Involved in Missile Alerts

It should take more than a single employee to send such an alert.

  • By Jack Corrigan
Emerging Tech

Soon We’ll Control Our Devices With Our Body Language, Not Our Voice

There are limitations to voice-enabled interactions.

  • By David Rose, Quartz
Digital Government

If You’re Using an Android Phone, Google May Be Tracking Every Move You Make

Biking? Google probably knows you are. Up a mountain? It probably knows that, too.

  • By David Yanofsky, Quartz
Emerging Tech

You Can Download an Easy Blockchain App to Help Poor People Make Bail

The app allocates a small percentage of the operating device’s excess computing power to mine cryptocurrency.

  • By Arvind Dilawar, Quartz
Modernization

Vendors Can Still Weigh in GAO’s 5-Year Tech Contract

The oversight office extended the deadline for industry to give advice on its coming modernization contract.

  • By Aaron Boyd
Digital Government

Cure Your Bad Habits With "Sludge," the Productivity Tip You've Never Heard Of

Small barriers to negative actions can help improve outcomes.

  • By Khe Hy, Quartz
Cybersecurity

The New Way Your Computer Can Be Attacked

Unprecedented computer-chip vulnerabilities exposed this month paint a grim picture of the future of cybersecurity.

  • By Bruce Schneier, The Atlantic
Emerging Tech

How to Recycle Your Old Tech

Almost everything can be recycled. Even that mysterious cord that goes to nothing.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Artificial Intelligence

The Robots of 2018 Are iPads on Wheels

Information robots took over the robot section of CES 2018.

  • By Dave Gershgorn, Quartz
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