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Pentagon Opens Boston Tech Outreach Office, With an Eye to BioTech
The East Coast Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental, or DIUx, joins the Pentagon’s other DIUx office, based in the Silicon Valley area and unveiled in 2015.
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Obama Finally Decides Who’s In Charge When America Comes Under Cyberattack
For years, there’s been confusion in the private sector and among agencies about who does what when hackers hit the homeland. Not anymore.
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How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election of an American President
Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election.
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A Quick Guide to the Jihadist Communications Toolkit
A new report documents how extremist groups’ use of secure digital tools software has evolved.
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Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand Cyberwar
The nominee is woefully unprepared for questions about the future of digital conflict.
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The Fight Over Consumer Encryption Is Moving Into a Strange New Phase
Law enforcement officials say it’s on the tech world and privacy advocates to prove that a backdoor would undermine data security.
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Pentagon Wants to Automate Social-Media Checks on Clearance Holders
The program would analyze public posts to help determine an employee's suitability for Defense Intelligence Agency classified work.
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The Pentagon’s Massive IT Consolidation Plan Is In Trouble
Defense officials can’t project the program's cost because of its complexity, and because officials can’t even agree what is or isn’t included.
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Is Your Network Acting Odd? DARPA’s Latest Tool Aims to Sound the Alarm
The system is intended to track activity across an entire network over long periods of time, seeking out deviations from normal activity.
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America’s Network of Secret Bomb Detectors Could Be Growing
Can a mysterious device help the government protect Northern Virginia from a nuclear attack?
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The Navy’s Future Submarines May Go to Sea with Robot Remoras
The sucker-headed fish are drawing attention as the fleet imagines ways to bring drones to the undersea domain.
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In The Future, We’ll Stop Truck Attacks With the Push Of a Button
Sound guns, car zappers, and pain rays are some of the ways we will (and won’t) stop vehicle-based terrorism in the next decade.
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Tech Hates Trump. What Does That Mean For the Pentagon?
An open letter from Silicon Valley leaders suggests a GOP victory would scuttle Ash Carter’s outreach effort.
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Like Battlebots, Except These Robots Automatically Patch CyberSecurity Holes
Hacking teams and their algorithms will square off in a Las Vegas arena, in a contest sponsored by DARPA.
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White House Wants 3,500 ‘Critical’ New Cyber Jobs Filled In 5 Months
One of the administration’s short-term moves calls for agencies to more than double the number of new people hired in 'critical cybersecurity and IT positions’ since October 2015.
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The Pentagon’s Secret Weapons Guru Asked For Your Crazy Ideas & Got 1,000 in 1 Month
Will Roper, director of the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities Office, got "exactly what we want" from the public.
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After Delay, New Air Force Tanker Successfully Refuels C-17
The Boeing-made plane, with some new hardware, successfully refueled a C-17 during a test Tuesday night.
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The Army is Testing Genetically Engineered Spider Silk for Body Armor
Inserting spider DNA into silkworms yields a tough fabric that’s far more flexible than Kevlar.
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Military Robotics Makers See a Future for Armed Police Robots
As military-grade robotics get cheaper and more capable, someone will arm them and put them on American streets.
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