The Department of Homeland Security collaborated with the FBI, Microsoft and Facebook to inform state and local government officials at a recent joint briefing about cybersecurity initiatives ahead of midterm elections. DHS said Saturday the event aimed to encourage public and private stakeholders to exchange information on efforts to safeguard election infrastructure against foreign interference. Christopher Krebs, undersecretary of DHS’ […] More

The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate will host a live Facebook Tech Talk on May 29 to initiate a discussion on a program designed to commercialize technologies that stem from  government-funded projects. DHS announced that it will present how the Transition to Practice program is accelerating the process of developing and distributing […] More

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with Facebook‘s Building 8 research and development group to create a “silent speech” technology designed to help users type 100 words per minute using neural signals. APL said Wednesday it will apply its experience from an existing neural prosthetics program for wounded service members to support the new project. […] More

Johns Hopkins University and its Applied Physics Laboratory have joined a Facebook-sponsored academic research agreement that looks to advance the development of technology that will support collaborations between researchers and the social media company. The laboratory said Wednesday it will work with 15 other universities, including Stanford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Princeton, University of California Berkeley, California Institute of Technology, […] More

Microsoft and Facebook have agreed to collaborate on the development of a new subsea cable system across the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to expand their cloud and Internet service offerings. Microsoft said Thursday construction work on the 6,600-kilometer “Marea” submarine cable infrastructure will begin in August and is scheduled to be finished by October […] More

Regina Dugan, formerly advanced technology and products team lead at Google, has joined Facebook to lead the social networking site’s future advanced products development group, Forbes reported Wednesday. Miguel Helft writes Dugan oversaw Google’s projects to develop modular smartphones, three-dimensional mapping devices and smart fabrics since 2012. She will lead Facebook’s new team called “Building 8” […] More

Facebook is in talks to buy Titan Aerospace for $60 million, according to a TechCrunch article. Sarah Perez writes that Facebook would like to build 11,000 drones in order to blanket parts of the earth that currently do not have internet access, with connectivity. Facebook will utilize Titan Aerospace’s Solara 60 for the project, according to […] More

Microsoft Corp. has joined Facebook Inc.’s cloud initiative which aims to develop and share data center infrastructure designs, The Next Web reported Tuesday. Citing a Microsoft blog article, Kaylene Hong writes the software company intends to contribute its cloud server specification for data center hardware to the Open Compute Project. Bill Laing, Microsoft’s corporate vice […] More

DPR Construction is a leader in the construction industry, winning various U.S. government contracts. The company works with different federal agencies and contractors across several industries, such as healthcare, higher education, manufacturing, office, and more. Take a look at the DPR Construction government contracts here. 1. NAVFAC Southwest Finalized an IDIQ for the Construction of […] More

Zhouyan Liu is fixated on ideas of data, privacy, property and technology. His work as a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley zeroes in on how burgeoning artificial intelligence systems impact the aforementioned concepts in both the U.S. and abroad, in his home country of China. Liu has also recently begun work as part […] More

Regina Dugan, who led the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency from 2009 to 2012, has joined the board of directors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The nearly three-decade public and private sector veteran will serve on the technology committee of HPE’s board, the company said Thursday. Antonio Neri, CEO and president of HPE, stated that Dugan […] More

Tony Crescenzo, CEO of Intelligent Waves, recently sat down with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to discuss his promotion from president to CEO and his growth initiatives and drive for Intelligence Waves’ scalability. In addition, Crescenzo also discussed the company’s culture and how it’s addressing the recruitment challenges in the federal sector […] More