The efforts may eventually support scientists on their quest for the cure. | Continue reading
The space agency announced several health and biotech technology transfer opportunities. | Continue reading
The chairman of a House Oversight panel wants a briefing with Amazon officials about the consumer security tool. | Continue reading
Amazon Web Services also wants to hear from Defense Secretary Mark Esper and asked for White House communications in its case against the Defense Department. | Continue reading
The technology is already being used at 15 airports—including three abroad—to speed pre-approved travelers through the customs process. | Continue reading
The new remote ID rule would require all unmanned aircraft systems to have a unique identifier that can be tracked by the FAA, law enforcement and the general public. | Continue reading
Such a network could potentially reach remote and underserved areas. | Continue reading
A National Institute of Standards and Technology report found age, race and gender could impact the accuracy in some commonly-used facial recognition algorithms. | Continue reading
Self-aware artificial intelligence, biology-based computers and “smart” surveillance are just a few. | Continue reading
After criticism from Congress and privacy advocates, the border security agency says it will pull back a proposed rule change. | Continue reading
The document refocuses objectives from the country’s 2016 computing plan. | Continue reading
Quantum computers could crack the codes that secure the world’s digital information but racing to a solution could create more threats, according to Dr. Deborah Frincke. | Continue reading
The low-powered presentation tool/dangerous children’s toy is becoming a weapon of choice for protesters around the world trying to take down or disable surveillance tech. | Continue reading
Ongoing stress—like constant alerts and notifications—can lead to health problems and shorter lives. | Continue reading
The program lead says future troops might be deployed with wearables like watches or chest straps that will know when they are getting sick and how long it will take them to get better. | Continue reading
The department will release a draft solicitation for the program in November. | Continue reading
Insiders from both the tech giant and the government detailed how the breakthrough was made possible through public-private collaboration. | Continue reading
Twenty states considered bills to allow independent repair shops and tinkerers to fix broken smartphones, laptops and other equipment. | Continue reading
Unmanned aircraft could transport packages across tough terrains and inform future initiatives to introduce autonomous vehicles. | Continue reading
What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us. | Continue reading
An agency shared new details around its recent observations of one TSA biometrics pilot—and what it aims to assess in a comprehensive report it’s generating over the course of the next year. | Continue reading
The company’s subsidiary will expand its unmanned aircraft operation to transport potentially life-saving medical supplies. | Continue reading
The cloud-based HART system, which will house data on hundreds of millions of people, promises to significantly expand the department’s use of facial recognition and other biometric software, as well as its partnerships with external agencies. | Continue reading
The agency is piloting a proof-of-concept that will track how individual taxpayers interact with its online systems. | Continue reading
The new office will synchronize all departmentwide AI activities, facilitate partnerships and accelerate the delivery of AI capabilities. | Continue reading
A new IARPA program aims to build biometric technology that can identify people using cameras stationed on far off rooftops and unmanned aircraft. | Continue reading
The outcomes could inform the city’s future procurement decisions. | Continue reading
The agency will assess how the tech verifies travelers’ live facial images against pictures taken from travelers’ identity documents. | Continue reading
The agency wants to teach computers to detect errors in manipulated media using logic and common sense. | Continue reading
The agency will accept comments for 45 days. | Continue reading
Participants who took phone breaks experienced the highest levels of mental depletion. | Continue reading
As of March, the cyber and electronic warfare units the Army deployed last year had less than 40% of their combined positions filled. | Continue reading
The Boston Public School District held a contest to determine the best solution for busing around 25,000 students to school every day. The winning algorithm improved the efficiency of the routes in 30 minutes. | Continue reading
Hiring tech talent is the beginning, not the end. | Continue reading
Lowball estimates for operating the current electronic health records system through the transition to Cerner cast doubt that overall projections are accurate. | Continue reading
The wargames are meant to teach airmen about these new weapons and help the Air Force develop new tactics and procedures. | Continue reading
A modified gamer headset will allow soldiers to see through a drone’s eyes, aim around corners, and identify the faces of enemies in their sights. | Continue reading
The ruling against Oracle clears the way for the government to award the contract in August to Microsoft or Amazon Web Services. | Continue reading
Homeland Security is looking for innovative robots that can navigate underground tunnels and communicate with headquarters. | Continue reading
The department seeks a new platform to identify people using fingerprints, irises and faces, and eventually DNA, palm prints, scars and tattoos. | Continue reading
A new study identifies powerful psychological factors that connect people to places, and that mean more to them than money. | Continue reading
Top experts and officials working on artificial intelligence say global competition has set the stage for a very different standards discussion than with past technologies. | Continue reading
The city of Baltimore had more than two years to defend itself against the attack, and it’s officials’ fault they dropped the ball, according to NSA cyber chief Rob Joyce. | Continue reading
Governments are collecting lots of data on the people using roads, trains and buses, and without proper oversight, that information could easily be misused. | Continue reading
Through online course materials, the tech giant hopes to help governments better implement the budding tech. | Continue reading
The form of malware is targeting mostly the United States and Britain. | Continue reading
The robots would service military, government and commercial spacecraft more than 22,000 miles above the Earth. | Continue reading
Microsoft is building data centers and expanding security capabilities to compete with Amazon to host sensitive government data. | Continue reading