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Artificial Intelligence
Computers Can Tell Republicans From Democrats Based on How They Talk
How artificial intelligence can recognize left from right.
Digital Government
What Do Americans Hate More: Their Internet Providers or Their Government?
Customer satisfaction with the federal government is declining, according to a new survey.
Digital Government
A Brief History of Militarized Lasers
The Navy recently mounted a laser cannon on a ship. It's been a long time coming.
Cybersecurity
Why the U.S. Government Is Extra Worried About the Huge Internet Explorer Bug
Old computers are much more vulnerable.
Digital Government
Why We Can't Name a Planet After Joe Biden—Yet
Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet. For now, they're calling it 'Biden.'
Digital Government
Should Wikipedia Put Crimea on the Russian Map?
The world's largest source of human knowledge cedes Crimea to Russia on the map, but the debate is far from over.
Digital Government
Latest NSA Leak Nears Science Fiction Levels
Documents reveal the intelligence agency is racing NASA, Google and the scientific community to build the most powerful computer in the world.
Digital Government
Task Force Blasts NSA's Collection and Storage of Personal Data
A group of presidential advisers recommends more than 40 changes to the NSA's data collection program.
Digital Government
Obama: 'I Was Not Informed Website Wasn't Working'
Obamacare Fix Allows Outdated Insurance Plans Through 2014
Digital Government
What to Know About the Drug-Resistant Superbugs That Killed 23,000 Last Year
A Q&A with a CDC scientist.
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Emerging Tech
The U.S. Has a Huge Backlog of Untested DNA Evidence
And the Supreme Court might have made it worse.
Digital Government
How the Bradley Manning Verdict Avoided a Serious Chill on Whistleblowing
And what it means for the future of national security leaks.
Digital Government
Don’t Be Alarmed By the Drone Blimps Hovering Over D.C.
They’re here to stop cruise missiles.
Digital Government
How PayPal Almost Erased the National Debt and Ruined the Global Economy
World's 1st quadrillionaire wanted to pay off the national debt. But it was just a terrible mistake.
Emerging Tech
84 Senators Still Stand for the Tyranny of Paper
Filling campaign finance docs online would save government time and money.
Digital Government
Lawmakers Introduce a Bill to Establish a National Park on the Moon
Are we there yet? No.
Digital Government
Why College Students Make Better Decisions Than Intelligence Agents
Science says collegians make the more rational decisions. Really.
Digital Government
Is 16 Minutes the Best We Can Do for Tornado Warnings?
For now, yes. But Congress would like to change that.
Digital Government
Is There Such Thing as Too Much Evidence?
Assembling the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won't be as simple as it appears from the news.
