The Justice Department aims to drastically expand its collection of DNA samples to cover nearly all migrants who are held, even temporarily, in custody. The…
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The federal leaders who head the Technology Modernization Fund on Monday selected two more IT improvement projects to receive extra injections of government cash, marking…
Researchers find nefarious uses for Google Home and Amazon Alexa devices Google Home and Amazon Alexa can easily be hacked to eavesdrop on users or…
Facebook has set out extra measures for fighting the spread of disinformation at the next UK election. These include extending its partnership with fact checker…
Gartner identified the top strategic technology trends likely to reach tipping points in the near future. The top 10 technology trends for 2020 presented at…
As of Nov. 12, Federal Business Opportunities, the website for publishing all public government procurements, will be officially decommissioned. After Veterans Day, the authoritative source…
WeWork, once valued at $47 billion, will be worth as little as $7.5 billion on paper as SoftBank takes control of the struggling co-working business,…
Composite metal foam, with ruler for scale. Credit: Afsaneh Rabiei The leading edges of aircraft wings have to meet a very demanding set of characteristics.…
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine took part in a joint presentation by the chiefs of a number of International space agencies at the annual International Astronautical…
The public has a little over a week left to weigh in on the Federal Communications Commission’s latest digitization efforts to fully transition to electronic…
In China, Toutiao is literally big news. Not only has its parent company ByteDance achieved a $75 billion valuation, two of its apps — Toutiao,…
Heaven forbid a political candidate’s Facebook account gets hacked. They might spread disinformation…like they’re already allowed to do in Facebook ads… Today Facebook made a…
If you’ve ever seen a self-driving car in the wild, you might wonder about that spinning cylinder on top of it. It’s a “lidar sensor,”…
Calls for the financial system to wake up to the looming threat of climate change are growing louder by the day. Those calls have been…
This ‘artificial leaf’ uses water, sunlight and carbon dioxide to produce a widely-used gas, inspired by the natural process by which plants use the energy…
The founder of one of 2019’s most buzzworthy startups is putting on his VC hat. Rahul Vohra, the creator of the $30/month subscription emailing service…
One ongoing theme in the world of smart homes has been the emergence of gadgets and other tools that can turn “ordinary” objects and systems…
The plasma channel’s electron density profile (blue) formed inside a sapphire tube (gray) with the combination of an electrical discharge and an 8 billionths of…
Chad Hurley is hunting for what comes after fantasy sports. He envisions a new way for fans to play by watching live and cheering for…
As the election cycle heats up, the potential for domestic and international meddling needs to be a chief concern for all campaigns—in every party and…