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Trump Says Russia Isn’t Still Targeting the U.S.—But He’s Wrong

Putin’s government is waging information warfare against America, but the president is ignoring his intelligence advisers as they sound the alarm.

Pentagon Wants to Move Some Cyber Defense Operations to the Cloud

The Defense Department’s considering a cloud extension of its Acropolis system, which it describes as “where we fight” in cyberspace.

DARPA Plans Bugbot ‘Olympics’ to Foster Breakthrough in Tiny Machines

Redesigning tiny motors and limbs could make microbots a reality.

The Pentagon Wants to Bring Mind-Controlled Tech To Troops

The Defense Department’s research arm is working on a project that connects human operators’ brains to the systems they’re controlling—and vice versa.

Episode 12: Charles Lister on the future of Syria and ISIS; Mara Karlin on the US and fragile states; Lockheed’s Greg Ulmer on the F-35 and more.

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There’s No Defending Trump Anymore

The spectacle in Helsinki is over. Now it’s time for Congress—and the American people—to act.

Anti-Trump Hysteria Isn’t Helping

The president’s performance in Helsinki wasn’t defensible—but neither was it treasonous.

Trump tries damage control; Russia ‘ready to move on new agreements’; Researchers pledge no lethal AI work; China’s quantum advances; and just a bit more…

Damage control. President Trump, reportedly shocked at how badly his performance in Helsinki went over, tried some damage control Tuesday, telling reporters that he accepts the U.S. intelligence …

Pentagon Plans to Publish Broad Artificial Intelligence Strategy ‘Within Weeks’

The report will focus on long-term plans and how it will funnel resources to developing the technology, a Defense official said.