Google and NASA recently bought a quantum computer for use in an artificial intelligence laboratory, they say.

Presidential commencement speeches are annual traditions, and often highly involve media institutions and political savvy. In this first post in a five part series on presidential commencement speeches, Alec Hopkins focuses on President Bill Clinton’s 1997 speech. 

Politicians from Bill Clinton to Cory Booker are becoming more adapt at developing and distributing their own viral content. Here's how they are doing it - and how the traditional media can keep up. 

Federal regulations on lobbying exempt disclosure money spent on digital campaigns. How has digital lobbying grown - and how has it changed our political culture? Camille Koue's blog post looks into the secret life of digital lobbying. 

The GOP is getting the hang of memes - and using them to gain support and guffaws. 

A new Pew Internet and American Life Survey tracks how Americans are engaging in politics with new tools online. 

The research is corralled from the details of more than one million people who have signed up for a free feature on the Wolfram Alpha Web site, Personal Analytics for Facebook, that uses complex algorithms to answer questions and generate reports about the social network.