Threats
N. Korean Hackers Upgraded Their Financial-Theft Tools, Feds Warn
The BeagleBoyz — tied to Pyongyang’s General Reconnaissance Bureau — are thought to have stolen some $2 billion since 2015.
Science & Tech
Can AI Solve the Rare Earths Problem? Chinese and US Researchers Think So
A research effort funded by China and the U.S. could speed up the discovery of new materials to use in electronics.
Ideas
In a Robot War, Kill the Humans
Even if advances in robotics mean fewer humans on the battlefield, the fight will increasingly focus on those that remain.
Science & Tech
US Navy Turns to Drones, AI to Monitor Rust
The service has hired a Google partner to apply technology that has already changed cancer treatment and road repair.
Policy
Vindman Twin Alleges Retaliation To DOD IG
Lt. Col. Yevgeny Vindman says he reported “legal compliance and ethics violations” by NSA Robert O’Brien.
Defense Systems
DISA plans single award for $11.7B IT contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency is working on the solicitation for an $11.7 IT support contract and as things currently stand, there will be one winner.
Defense Systems
DOD's China-tech waiver targets bulk buys, excludes major weapons systems
Nearly three-fourths of what the Defense Department buys will be temporarily exempt from the government-wide Huawei ban.
Defense Systems
DARPA's new hardware proves tough to crack
The Defense Department's advanced research arm has early results from its effort to prove that re-engineering hardware makes for fewer cyber vulnerabilities.
Defense Systems
How Cyber Command is taking the fight abroad
The head of U.S. Cyber Command defends "persistent engagement" strategy with adversaries, explaining that proactive cyber operations won't lead the U.S. into an "all out war."
Defense Systems
Energy Department's AI office looking for partnerships
Two recently announced artificial intelligence collaborations show how the technology can affect real world problems, according to the head of the Energy Department's AI office.
Defense Systems
Pentagon advances domestic drone plan
The Defense Department names five U.S. vendors for domestic sourcing of small drone aircraft.
Defense Systems
JEDI may be Microsoft's key to global government market
JEDI is a huge contract on its own, but Microsoft also apparently sees its win of the Defense Department's cloud infrastructure contract as a launching pad for similar projects with international governments.
Policy
Some Federal Agencies Worry About Proposal to Welcome White-Hat Hacking
A draft CISA directive asks civilian agencies not to punish outsiders who probe their systems.
Exclusive
Business
CIA’s In-Q-Tel Among Backers of German Satellite-Thruster Startup
Morpheus Space’s small and simple electric thrusters could upend the satellite industry.
Policy