Ideas
New Tech Aims to Help Societies Learn to Spot Fake News
Qatar’s QCRI and Finland’s Faktabaari make tools that help users from all over the political spectrum realize when they’re getting played.
Science & Tech
New Tech Promises to Stop Drones from Overflying Stadiums — and Find the People Flying Them
Raytheon says its products helped police nab four flying drones over an outdoor concert.
Business
New Tech Aims to Tell Pilots When Their Plane Has Been Hacked
Raytheon is pitching a product to detect cyber intrusions into aircraft, drones, and even missiles.
Threats
China, Russia Deepen Technological Ties
With joint dialogues, incubators, and technology parks, Beijing and Moscow are seeking to overcome deficiencies and compete with the United States.
Science & Tech
The Future of the Marines Is Smaller, More Robotic, More Naval
The new Commandant of the Marine Corps lays out a vision for high-tech force that will often operate like special forces.
Science & Tech
USAF Seeks Custom Game Environment to Test New Ideas
So it's inviting game builders to compete in a three-part contest.
Science & Tech
AI Will Tell Future Medics Who Lives and Dies on the Battlefield
Machine learning, sensors, and next-generation vision equipment will tell medics where to spend their resources — before they get off the evac chopper.
Science & Tech
Big Tech Bulks Up Its Anti-Extremism Group. But Will It Do More than Talk?
Facebook and others launched GIFCT to stop violent groups from exploiting online platforms.
Science & Tech
DHS is Struggling to Coordinate Its Sprawling Research Efforts
Inspector general finds poor oversight and shoddy data management in the department's Science and Technology Directorate.
Science & Tech
A New Joystick For the Brain-Controlled Vehicles Of the Future
An innovative sensor strip promises a far better way to connect human brains to machines.
Science & Tech
The Intel Community Wants to ID People from Hundreds of Yards Away
Face recognition alone isn't good enough, so a new IARPA program is looking to combine multiple biometric indicators to get good matches.
Science & Tech
This Formula Predicts Soldier Firepower in 2050
Drawing trend lines across seven centuries suggests that tomorrow’s troops will rock some seriously heavy gear.
Ideas
So Many Innovation Centers. So Hard to Find the One You Need
It’s still too hard for innovative tech companies and the agencies looking for them to find each other.
Science & Tech
Pentagon’s Former Top Hacker Wants His Startup to Inject Some Silicon Valley into the Defense Industry
"If the nerds don’t show up and work on the mission of national defense...then I’m not sure who will," says Chris Lynch, of Rebellion Defense.
Science & Tech
A Rocket-Fuel Additive Could Be the Next Great Power Breakthrough
Aluminum hydride promises to make nonpolluting fuel cells far safer and more powerful.
Science & Tech
Twitter Bots Are Becoming More Human-Like: Study
In 2016, they were mostly retweeters on timers. Now they’re gathering intelligence.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Shelves Neutral Particle Beam Research
One of the U.S. military’s most ambitious space-based projects has crashed back to Earth.
Science & Tech
How AI Will Predict Chinese and Russian Moves in the Pacific
As Pacific Air Forces builds a picture of normal traffic, they'll start looking for suspicious patterns — and even predict what's coming.
Ideas
Welcome to the New Phase of US-China Tech Competition
The previous era entwined the two economies. This one is splitting them apart.
Science & Tech