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Air Force to Delay A-10 Retirement, Thanks to ISIS
After trying to retire the battle-tested Warthog for the past two years, Air Force officials concede that the plane is key to the war on ISIS.
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This Cyber ‘Safeguard’ Is Hurting US Defenses
Tech execs and DHS' cyber czar say a multinational pact keeps them from sharing information about intruders' tools.
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Pentagon Will Investigate NSA Crackdown on Would-Be Snowdens
The Defense Department inspector general has Congress' attention with a new probe into rogue IT employees.
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Researchers: ISIS Has Built A Secure Messaging App
Facebook and other big tech companies aren’t the only ones who can create apps for encrypted communication.
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America’s New Plan to Fight ISIS Online
The State Department will diversify its one-way approach, while other agencies reach out to Silicon Valley.
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Why Amazon's Data Centers Are Hidden in US Spy Country
You'll need to go back to where a lot of significant moments in Internet history took place: the Cold War.
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Military Wants X-Ray Vision and Tunnel Robots To Fight Terrorists
The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office has released their wish list for 2016 and beyond.
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US Suspects Russian Hackers in Unprecedented Ukraine Blackout
It’s a scenario that has long worried cyber security experts.
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The Flaw in ISIS's Favorite Messaging App
And what it says about the difficulties around encryption.
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The US Marines Won’t Be Using Google’s Robot Dogs Because They Fail a Pretty Basic Test
A spokesperson called the LS3 "a loud robot that’s going to give away their position."
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Feds Scrambling to Close Backdoor in Widely Purchased IT Gear
One former NSA employee calls it "a perfect case example of why cryptographic backdoors are so dangerous in the real world.”
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DHS: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones
The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.
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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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