by Zinya Salfiti | Oct 26, 2021 | Technology
WASHINGTON -— Senators castigated the leaders of TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube for not doing enough to protect children against harmful content on their sites Tuesday and listed a number of legislative remedies that have been proposed to keep kids safe online. “We need...
by Joshua Irvine | Mar 4, 2020 | Technology
WASHINGTON — More than half of federal agencies surveyed have not kept pace in replacing expiring telecommunications contracts, which could cost the government millions of dollars, an official from the Government Accountability Office told a House Oversight...
by Olivia Olander | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON — With the 2020 primary season underway, voters in some states and overseas will cast their ballots electronically, instead of going to the polls or mailing in ballots. But the ease of electronic voting is unlikely to be available to most Americans in...
by Khadija Islow | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON— The United States must be the world leader in artificial intelligence to ensure the technological advances are underpinned by Western values, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Michael Kratsios said Thursday. Speaking at the Hudson Institute, Kratsios said that...
by Martha Castro | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON— The use of artificial intelligence to determine the need for pretrial detention and predict the risks of ex-felons committing more crimes doesn’t work because the underlying data can be inaccurate or biased, experts on justice reform said Wednesday. “We...
by Rupa Palla | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON – Space weather – the reactions between the sun, solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field – poses significant threats to global commerce and human life that need to be better understood, experts told a Senate committee Wednesday. Members of the Senate...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON –Record turnouts in the 2018 midterm elections coupled with high levels of “enthusiasm” among voters indicate a dramatic increase in voter participation in 2020. Election officials want to make sure they are prepared to make the electoral process run...
by Henry Erlandson | Mar 19, 2019 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON — Holding tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon accountable for how they collect and story users’ data as well as how they dominate the industry should be done through oversight by federal agencies rather than sweeping data privacy laws like those...
by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 19, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON—Hosting the 2020 summer Olympic games makes Tokyo a target for cyberattacks, and the best defense is international cooperation, experts said Tuesday. At last year’s games in South Korea, cyberattacks downed hundreds of computers, taking the Internet and TV...
by Charlotte Walsh | Mar 6, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Featured, Politics, Technology
WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats Wednesday introduced legislation to restore net neutrality protections undone by the Trump administration. The three-page “Save the Internet Act” would restore a 2015 Obama-era order allowing the Federal Communications...
by Anna Laffrey | Mar 22, 2018 | Featured, Technology
WASHINGTON— A sleek minibus cruises the streets of National Harbor, Maryland, stopping for walkways and making clean turns. The black-and-white vehicle rolls up to street curbs where riders who have summoned it with an app stand waiting, all the while avoiding...
by Catherine Kim & Ben Trachtenberg | Mar 15, 2018 | Featured, Technology
PHILADELPHIA — In a twist akin to an episode of Black Mirror, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections is turning to virtual reality to help reduce recidivism rates. The state’s program is focusing on juvenile lifers, inmates sentenced to life without parole before...
