The office of the Defense Department’s chief information officer is working on a document to clarify references in policy to various endpoints, according to an…
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Telecom operators applauded legislation introduced this week by a senior group of senators promoting an effort to require mobile networking equipment meet interoperability standards as…
Roundabouts—the traffic management construction that is popular overseas but so often infuriating for American drivers—are designed to keep the flow of traffic moving through intersections.…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday it will begin informing state election officials when local election systems are hacked, a policy change intended to…
We’ve been hearing for a while about the promises of 5G wireless: greater networking capacity, throughput up to 10 times faster, better connectivity and more…
The 2019 tax filing season was a tough one for IRS employees and taxpayers alike, according to an audit by the Government Accountability Office released…
Over the last few years, Customs and Border Protection has been rolling out facial recognition programs at ports of entry across the country, including the…
The Pentagon’s nascent center devoted to artificial intelligence research and development wants to learn more about people’s perceptions of the budding technology. According to a…
The Defense Department agreed with Government Accountability Office recommendations on the importance of highlighting reliability—a foundational principle of cybersecurity—in procuring weapons systems, amid consternation from…
A Democratic lawmaker wants answers and actions taken to address unsecured servers at three military medical facilities that he said are putting service members’ personal…
Russian President Vladimir Putin wouldn’t seem to be a man with any real check on his authority, but there is still the Russian constitution, which…
Federal employees are showing increased interest in leaving government for private sector technology jobs, according to a new report, and have become especially enticed since…
Don’t Die Wondering: Apps May Soon Be Able to Predict Your Life Expectancy, but Do You Want to Know?
When will I die? This question has endured across cultures and civilizations. It has given rise to a plethora of religions and spiritual paths over…
Artificial intelligence, robotics and other automation technologies will likely drastically disrupt countless aspects of the American workforce over the course of the next decade. Though…
House lawmakers—and, according to those representatives, their constituents—are wary of facial recognition and are working on legislation that would halt its progress as Congress and…
A sweeping plan to conduct independent third-party cybersecurity audits of prospective Defense Department contractors’ management of sensitive information will be subject to a formal rulemaking…
The Trump administration signaled last month that it will expand a pilot program aimed at improving the federal hiring process later this year. Last year,…
With the dawning of a new year and decade, I got to watch quite a few news programs interviewing people who have lived a long…
In 2020, bipartisan legislation aimed at helping strategically pave America’s way to the Internet of Things could (finally) become law. The Senate late last week…
Iran and other nations have waged a stealth cyberwar against the United States for at least the past decade, largely targeting not the government itself…