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Ban Killer Robocops Before It's Too Late, Rights Groups Say
Autonomous robots would lack proper judgment to use lethal force, according to Human Rights Watch.
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Estonian Electronic Voting System Vulnerable to Attacks, Researchers Say
International research team finds insecure operational procedures and fundamental weaknesses in Estonian Internet voting system
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US Justice Department to Charge Chinese Military Officials with Hacking
Five people said to work for the Chinese People's Liberation Army are expected to be charged with hacking later Monday
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China Retaliates, Nixes Windows 8 on Government PCs
China has banned the use of Windows 8 on government computers, a move officials there claimed was a reaction to the end of Windows XP's support.
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U.S. Military Plans to Beef Up Soldiers With Iron Man-Like Suit
The U.S. military is just weeks away from getting a prototype for an Iron Man-like suit that would make soldiers stronger, give them real-time battlefield information, monitor their vital signs and...
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Cyber-Physical Systems Readied for Demos by White House-Led Team
A White House-led effort to show that the Internet of Things can save lives and create jobs is about to put on a big show.
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University Researchers Test Cyberdefense for Nation's Power Grid
University researchers are testing whether a distributed computing system could be used to prevent a major blackout during a cyberattack on the nation's power grid.
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NSA Building Global Identity Database From Intercepted Images, New Snowden...
The NSA is processing millions of facial images from intercepted communications as part of a program to build a global identity database of persons of interest, documents from the Edward Snowden cache...
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U.S. Ambassador Decides to Get Sworn in on a Kindle
When George Washington started the tradition of swearing in on a bible, he probably couldn't have dreamed of electronic ink.
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CIO-CFO Collaboration Critical for Advancing Federal IT
As the federal government look to cut IT costs, drive efficiencies and advance objectives, department CIOs and CFOs are urged to break down siloes within and among agencies. One idea: Eliminate...
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Why Health Data Is a Big Data Challenge
There's no shortage of health data, and it's growing at a rapid clip, but experts in the field cite challenges around making that information useful, readable and relevant to the physicians and...
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How CIOs Can Tailor BYOD Initiatives for the Public Sector
For all the buzz around mobility and BYOD, the entry of new devices into the network poses challenges for federal CIOs, who must tailor policies to address security and usage challenges.
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At NASA's Robot Challenge, Don't Mistake Trouble for Failure
After years of research and late nights, a team of scientists set up their robot Thursday to take on a NASA-funded autonomous robotics challenge.
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NASA to Launch Asteroid-Grabbing Spacecraft in 2019
NASA expects expects to launch a robotic spacecraft in 2019 to direct an asteroid into an orbit around the moon.
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Hadoop Aanalysis Now Tackling IoT to Improve Transit
A new consultancy crunches data from different sources for insights into agencies' operations
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