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US Considers Using Portable DNA Labs, Iris Scans to Vet Syrian Refugees
Throughout the Syrian civil war the UN has relied on portable eye-scanning machines to register fleeing Syrians, but the US has yet to make use of that data.
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These Are the Decisions the Pentagon Wants to Leave to Robots
The U.S. military believes its battlefield edge will increasingly depend on automation and artificial intelligence.
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FAA Gets Serious About Drones
If your new Christmas toy outweighs two butter sticks, you need to register it with the feds. Do it now for free.
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US Air Force to Ask for More Drones
Plan would add 3,500 Reaper pilots and up to five more ops centers around the country.
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State Department Says Hackers May Have Stolen Sensitive Data
The revelation, buried in a new inspector general report, is the first acknowledgment that foreign spies might have grabbed national secrets during a months-long campaign last fall.
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Meet the Military-Funded AI that Learns as Fast as a Human
Today, it recognizes handwriting; tomorrow, it may vastly improve the military’s surveillance and targeting efforts.
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DARPA Wants Networks to Find and Fix Security Holes — In Seconds
The Pentagon is seeking an "automation revolution in computer security” in which machines swiftly detect attacks and patch their vulnerabilities.
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America's Spies Want to Speed Up IBM's Quest for a Quantum Computer
IBM has been working on quantum computers for decades, and now it has the support of IARPA, the U.S. intelligence community’s research agency.
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US Intel Community Taps Encryption-Busting Tech Firm for Digital Spying
The venture capital arm of the CIA is buying in to a Canadian company that says it can access certain encrypted technologies.
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Kazakhstan's New Encryption Law Could Be a Preview of US Policy
The Central Asian country will require 'back doors' that will allow the government to surveil and censor Internet traffic.
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JLENS Supporters: Never Mind the Blimp, Save the Radar
The super-sophisticated sensor remains America’s best near-term defense against Russian cruise missiles, retired brass argue.
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DHS Wants Silicon Valley to Help It Secure the Internet of Things
The agency is dangling grant money to small business and big investors in the backyard of American tech giants like Facebook and Google.
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How a Poorly Rigged Antenna Contributed to Kunduz Hospital Strike
AFSOC commander describes new drones, training, and gear could prevent future deadly mistakes.
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A Glimpse At Tomorrow's Electromagnetic Spectrum Weapons
The electromagnetic spectrum is where the wars of the future will be won or lost. Here’s a brief glimpse of what those battles will look like.
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AI Program Beats Humans On College Acceptance Test
Japanese researchers have created a computer program capable of limited humanistic understanding.
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The US Military Just Ditched Plans to Launch Satellites with F-15s
DARPA was looking for a way to get small sats into orbit more quickly, but the fuel proved too dangerous.
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Why Your Plane Can’t Have An Escape Pod
Recent terrorism alerts may put the flying public on edge. But not every would-be solution ought to get off the ground.
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Shutting Down Jihadist Websites Won't Stop Terrorism
Censoring the web won’t squelch radical voices — and it just might help terrorists achieve their aims.
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Can the Military Design a Disaster-Resilient City?
Cities are incredibly complex, and break in complicated ways. Understanding that complexity will be key to mitigating tomorrow’s disasters.
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