Amazon and the Commerce Department have hosted a data challenge event in Seattle for software developers and civic hackers o develop systems that connect open data with voice recognition. Justin Antonipillai, counselor to Commerce
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NASA Langley Research Center employees are looking to utilize virtual reality systems for mission research to educational outreach purposes and other potential applications. The space agency said Wednesday virtual reality technologies such as the Oculus
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Bruce Andrews, deputy secretary at the Commerce Department, is scheduled to visit Beijing and Chongqing, China, for a six-day business development mission that is set to kick off Oct. 16 in an effort
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The U.S. Army and Marine Corps plan to conduct tests on Oshkosh Defense-built Joint Light Tactical Vehicles over the next year at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona and other military sites across the country, the Army News Service
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The White House’s National Science and Technology Council has released a report on current and potential applications of artificial intelligence as well as public policy issues related to AI. NSTC said in the
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Facebook‘s information security organization looks for a counterterrorism research analyst to work with the company’s team in Washington. Menlo Park, California-based Facebook said the selected candidate will help identify tools, tactics and infrastructure that terrorist actors use as they
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The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has developed and adopted a new process designed to expedite the acquisition and deployment of cyber capabilities in response to emergency requirements of the service branch’s
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Peter Lavoy, the National Security Council’s senior official for South Asia, believes trade and security relationships between the U.S. and India present opportunities to the next administration, USNI News reported Wednesday. Lavoy
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David Bray, chief information officer at the Federal Communications Commission, has said he believes that government CIOs should help their agencies’ C-level executives to understand how technology can support organizational missions, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jason
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The U.S. will work with 13 new countries and the Caribbean region to design roadmaps and build partnerships as part of efforts to achieve targets under a 55-nation initiative that aims to mitigate infectious disease outbreaks. The
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