Defense
While Twitter Chases Islamic State Accounts, Homegrown Extremists are Thriving on the Platform
White nationalist groups, among others, are becoming more active with the looming US election.
Nextgov
Hacker ‘Guccifer’ Sentenced to 52 Months
Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, will serve time for unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft.
Nextgov
Report: Backups May Not Be Enough Protection from Ransomware
Threat intelligence firm CrowdStrike warns criminals are ramping up the frequency and cost of ransomware attacks.
Nextgov
FAA Announces First Drone Advisory Council Meeting
The agency's long-term advisory board for unmanned aircraft systems will meet later this month.
Nextgov
Facebook’s DC Office Seeks Analyst to Combat Hate Groups, Terrorist Content
Candidates should "be excited to delve into the details of understanding and mitigating propaganda networks employed by militant organizations.”
Nextgov
Secret Service's New Threat Tracker Underway
The agency is trotting out a new system that replaces two old ones.
Defense
To Counter Russia’s Cyber Prowess, Army Launches Rapid-Tech Office
The battle for eastern Ukraine shows how the pace of innovation in electronic warfare is picking up.
Nextgov
Frequently Automated Questions: Is Artificial Intelligence the Future of FAQ?
Finely tuned chatbots could tackle the public's millions of questions.
Nextgov
How the Federal Government is Thinking About AI
Artificial intelligence's first forays into federal government operations won't be decision-making.
Nextgov
Survey: New IT Means New Complexity
A new survey found piggybacking new technologies onto old systems is sometimes problematic.
Nextgov
Obama to Host Tech Conference in Pittsburgh
The president is also scheduled to guest-edit an issue of Wired magazine.
Nextgov
Want a Job With FBI’s Elite Cyber Team? You Need These 3 Things
Cyber special agents at the bureau need more than technical skills: They also need to carry a gun.
Nextgov
FBI Director: Americans Never Had 'Absolute Privacy'
A renewed debate about encryption is coming, according to James Comey.
Oversight
The Permit Test for Flying a Drone is a Lot More Difficult Than the Average Driving Test
For anyone that wants to start a drone business—this is not a simple test.
Nextgov
Thanks to Virtual Reality, You Too Can Hang Out With Obama
Virtual reality is such a new technology that it’s really cool, and perhaps a little surprising, to see a sitting president embrace it in such a big way.
Nextgov
HHS Posts Draft Electronic Health Record Standards
The department is collecting comments until October.
Nextgov
IARPA's New 3-D Mapping Effort: Drones, Sensors and No Humans
The intelligence agency wants technology that can automatically recreate a geographic scene, including buildings, from sensor data.
Nextgov
Report: If DOD Doesn't Embrace Open Source, It'll 'Be Left Behind'
Currently, the department uses open source software “infrequently and on an ad hoc basis,” unlike tech companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook that wouldn’t exist without open source software.
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