Category: Events

April 16, 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders spent much of a Fox News town hall Monday discussing his signature “Medicare for All” proposal, which has energized liberals and fueled conservative backlash. The Vermont independent should be encouraged by the Bethlehem, Pa. crowd’s reaction to […]

March 15, 2019

On March 25, Apple executives and partners will take to the stage in the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple’s Cupertino campus to talk about subscriptions, software, services, entertainment, and media. These are all things Apple has dealt with before, but […]

February 22, 2019

Mobile World Congress (MWC), a massive conference for electronics and telecommunications companies, officially kicks off Monday in Barcelona, Spain. Tech giants will launch some of their latest mobile products this weekend ahead of the event, while discussions about 5G technology […]

January 16, 2019

Chief information officers should continue to expand the roles they play in their organizations’ cybersecurity policies, especially as enterprise networks evolve to support new products and malware becomes more sophisticated, Linda Gerull, the chief information officer of San Francisco, said […]

January 14, 2019

CES exhibitors continue their tradition of zany tech announcements, almost all of which are cool. However, some of the innovations signal trends IT should consider. CES 2019 continued its tradition of being the destination for consumer electronics news. At one […]

November 9, 2018

The 2018 Government Innovation Awards — a joint effort of GCN, FCW, Washington Technology and Defense Systems — honored a broad range of projects, individuals and companies working at all levels of government. At the Nov. 8 awards dinner, however, […]

October 29, 2018

DJI announced today at an event in Texas a modified version of its well-received Mavic 2 aimed squarely at business ranging from government to education. The base of the folding drone is the same as the commercial one that launched […]

September 25, 2018

IBM InterConnect, Code/Media, SXSW, Google Next, Microsoft WPC, Adobe Summit…conferences you may have only dreamed of attending! So many technology conferences, so little time (or money). Maybe you’re looking to stay on top of emerging trends in your industry, or […]

June 28, 2018

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will meet in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16 for their first bilateral summit as the leaders seek to reverse a downward spiral in relations that has been exacerbated by findings that Russia meddled in U.S. […]

February 2, 2018

YouTube today said it’s launching a change to its service that will offer viewers more transparency around where news broadcasters get their funding. According to a company announcement, YouTube will now add notices below videos that are uploaded by broadcasters […]

December 11, 2017

Even software that has been built with secure development procedures may still be vulnerable to attack, due to flaws in the interpreted programming languages they depend on. IOActive researcher Fernando Arnaboldi revealed at last week’s Black Hat Europe conference that […]

December 4, 2017

The Congressional Hackathon included pitches from tech groups to improve citizens’ access to government, including the House Office of the Clerk’s plans to begin posting the redlining and markup history of legislation by Jan. 1. At the third Congressional Hackathon […]

November 2, 2017

The federal government has big plans for a public-private cybersecurity information exchange, if only it can get buy-in from the private sector. Acting federal Chief Information Security Officer Grant Schneider told attendees at a Nov. 1 information sharing conference in […]

October 20, 2017

A senior Department of Justice official said a framework to clarify how private companies can conduct information security research without running afoul of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is gaining traction, but that the government is content for now […]

September 25, 2017

The 2017 edition of Ignite, Microsoft’s conference for IT professionals and developers, kicks off Monday in Orlando. And the Redmond, Wash.-based company has plenty to talk about, with a host of product announcements set for an unveilingthis week. They include […]

September 15, 2017

Even though the federal government is a big user of secure identity technology and a major target for online fraud, it shouldn’t develop solutions to protect an increasingly complex worldwide financial ecosystem, said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. He wants government […]

August 15, 2017

From smart assistants like Alexa and Siri to the latest bleeding edge advancements in robotics, there’s no buzzier buzzwords in the tech world than artificial intelligence. The topic of AI has been a primary focus for Intel’s Brian Krzanich, as […]

July 27, 2017

If the security industry wants to succeed in the long run, it needs to undergo a cultural shift, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos said in a keynote at Black Hat 2017 in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Stamos, who is […]

July 21, 2017

Chris Liddell, the president’s director of strategic initiatives, thinks the federal government may be spending as much as $200 billion on IT each year — far more than is generally acknowledged. Better data and metrics, he argued at a July […]

June 29, 2017

Cities should focus on the aggregation of data and the agile delivery of services as they evolve their smart city operations, Salesforce’s chief digital evangelist said Tuesday. Vala Afshar said at the Smart Cities Connect conference that the organization and […]