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Trump Team Seems to Stay the Course With the Last Administration’s Cyber Efforts
Two recent moves suggest the White House isn’t seeking a sea change in international cyber policy.
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Why You Can’t Shoot Terrorists With Lasers, Yet
Military leaders are eager to have the precision of a directed-energy weapon — yet plenty of legal and practical obstacles remain.
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Border-Guard Dogs to Get Health-Monitoring Collars
K-9 units will test out high-tech sensors that keep tabs on dogs’ vital signs in hot working conditions.
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DHS Looks to Reboot Relationship with Election Officials
Local and state officials decried January's designation of election systems as critical infrastructure. Now DHS is trying to get everyone on the same page.
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Is Trump Still Tweeting From His Unsecured Android Phone?
If so, he’s extremely vulnerable to being hacked.
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DHS Cyber Strategy Delayed for Trump Team Review
The department sees a "generational" opportunity for security in IT modernization, cyber lead says.
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Facial-Recognition Tech May Turn Life into a Perpetual Police Lineup
Combined with policy body cameras, it could redefine the nature of public spaces.
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The Next Big War Will Turn on AI, Says US Secret-Weapons Czar
William Roper says the military must get better at feeding the voracious learning algorithms that will fight future battles.
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Russia Joins US in Race to Field Gun-Launched Swarmbots
A pair of Russian programs hastens the day that drone swarms may meet each other over the battlefield.
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Software Used to Predict Crime Can Now Be Scoured for Bias
Predictive-policing startup CivicScape published its code online, allowing anyone to help ensure that the algorithm doesn’t unfairly target certain groups of people.
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Why Fake News Spreads: A Neurological Explanation
The logical part of your brain really, really likes listening to the social part, which just wants to fit in.
Policy
GOP Lawmaker to FBI: Stop the Leaks in Russia Probe or Lose A Key Surveillance Tool
After top cop confirms investigating the Trump campaign, a House member threatens to hold investigatory powers hostage.
Ideas
Cybersecurity’s Human Side: How Can We Solve Our People Problem?
First, stop undermining our own efforts to fill crucial jobs. Second, cast a wide net for useful lessons.
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US Army to Test Powerful New Truck-Mounted Laser ‘Within Months’
New solid-state lasers plus ever-more-powerful mobile generators brings directed energy weapons a big step closer to reality.
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Yahoo, Erectile Dysfunction Meds, and the Sloppy Future of Russian Spying
Two hackers hired by FSB agents started running side scams. Now Moscow has account data on half a billion Yahoo users.
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WikiLeaks Dump Shines Light on Government's Shadowy Zero-Day Policy
The documents shed little light on how many unknown vulnerabilities the intelligence agency retains and how well it vets the damage they might cause.
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As Missile Defense Technology Improves, So Do Odds of an Arms Race in the Pacific
Next year, the U.S. plans to deploy a shipboard interceptor to help protect Japan. China and Russia will not be amused.
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CIA Claims No Wrongdoing As Wikileaks Claims to Publish Thousands of Agency Files
The group says the 8,000-plus files detail the existence and function of key hacking tools.
Threats
Iraq Agreed to Share More Information With US to Avoid Travel Ban
Other countries will have a harder time pulling the same trick.
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