Latest articles on Election Tech 2016
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Analysts question whether FBI election cybersecurity changes are robust enough
New guidelines show how the agency will coordinate with state officials in the event of a cyberattack on election infrastructure.
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Eric Trump during the campaign: "You can't allow [hackers] to attack the government."
If America is hacked the country must show backbone, the president's son told TechRepublic during the 2016 campaign. A year later, are we more secure?
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Video: Eric Trump: Hacking has been happening for years and we have to stop it
"Every single day American companies are being hacked. You have to be every bit as tough on cyersecurity as you are on regular security," Eric Trump told TechRepublic at the 2016 New Hampshire primary
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Election tech: The truth about Cambridge Analytica's political big data
Did political analytics firm Cambridge Analytica exaggerate the role analytics played in helping Donald Trump win? Crowdskout CEO Zack Christenson separates election tech facts from fiction.
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Gallery: The future impact of big data in politics
Big data was the big winner of the presidential election, and political tech companies are booming. Learn how innovations learned on the campaign are now used to microtarget consumers.
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How AT&T built the data network for Trump's inauguration
This week nearly a million mobile phone users will attend inaugural events in Washington, D.C. Here's how AT&T spent two years and $15 million to prepare for the next president.
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A data visualization of Trump trends on social media
The internet is on fire with conversation about the next president of the United States. Twitter data illuminates Trump's trending topics and shows just how partisan the online conversation really is.
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Cybersecurity in President Trump's America: The first 100 days
It could take months to know what the Trump administration's cybersecurity policy will be. Cyber-defense experts weigh in with advice and best practices for securing your company today.
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Fake news is everywhere. Should the tech world help stop the spread?
Fake news ran rampant in Facebook news feeds before the election. Programmers, and Facebook itself, are trying to stop it, but this gets into ethical questions.
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Election tech: Lies, damned lies, and statistics
In the aftermath of the election, pollsters and pundits are scrambling to account for misguided forecasts. What went wrong (and right)? Political analysts weigh in on the role of data in politics.
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A Trump presidency could mean trouble for net neutrality rules
President-elect Donald Trump publicly stated that he disagrees with net neutrality rules. Here's why rolling net neutrality back could be costly for businesses and consumers.
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Trump's hostile attitude toward free trade could threaten tech sector and overseas commerce for US
With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office in January 2017, economists and tech leaders weigh in on how his presidency could impact global trade agreements and the tech sector.
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Election Day 2016: Photos of behind-the-scenes tech, campaign HQs, voters in NYC
TechRepublic's Dan Patterson is covering the 2016 presidential race from New York City on election day. Check out his photos of election tech, voters, the Hillary Clinton headquarters, and more.
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The 2016 presidential election is far worse, and much better, because of technology
One of the ugliest presidential elections in American history has been powered by advances in technology. And yet, tech is making this election more democratic than ever.
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Hackers attempt DDoS attacks on Clinton and Trump campaign websites using Mirai botnet
This week, hackers attempted four 30-second HTTP layer 7 attacks targeting the campaign websites of Clinton and Trump. Here's what you need to know.
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