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The Military’s Tech Matchmaker Is Getting Ready to Open Its Wallet
Carter says DIUx will also get a new Austin branch, its third after Boston and Silicon Valley.
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Special Operators Are Getting a New Autonomous Tactical Drone
A prototype microdrone that maps a building’s rooms will change the urban battlefield.
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How Will Terrorists Use the Internet of Things? The Justice Department Is Trying to Figure That Out
As the business of connected devices explodes, DOJ joins other agencies in evaluating the national-security risks.
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A New AI Learns Through Observation Alone: What That Means for Drone Surveillance
The military spends hundreds of man hours on intelligence collection and image analysis. Drones that could learn about human behavior with less human guidance could cut that time considerably.
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The Same Culprits That Targeted US Election Boards Might Have Also Targeted Ukraine
More circumstantial evidence suggests Russian-backed actors targeted state election boards.
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5 Steps To Make U.S. Elections Less Hackable
As shadowy actors work to hack U.S. elections, a few simple steps could make electronic voting more secure, says one expert.
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To Counter Russia’s Cyber Prowess, US Army Launches Rapid-Tech Office
The battle for eastern Ukraine shows how the pace of innovation in electronic warfare is picking up.
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EXCLUSIVE: Russia-Backed DNC Hackers Strike Washington Think Tanks
The same Kremlin-backed group that hacked the Pentagon, State Department, and DNC targeted DC insiders last week.
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DOD Science Board Recommends “Immediate Action” to Counter Enemy AI
Pentagon scientists worry that the U.S. could be on the losing side of a AI arms race.
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Boeing Wants to Patent a Fire-Fighting Howitzer Round
Suppressent-filled shell would help firefighters gun down wildfires.
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Two Iraqi Guys Built an Armed Robot to Fight ISIS
The Baghdad Post says the machine-gun-wielding unmanned ground vehicle will be used in the effort to retake Mosul.
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Twitter Suspends Another 235,000 Accounts Promoting Terrorism
ISIS is losing territory online, too, as Twitter joins social media companies accelerating efforts to purge extremist speech from their sites.
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Naval Aviators Describe How the F-35's Brains Will Change Air Warfare
They gave the F-35 rave reviews during a show-and-tell at sea, but questions remain about its troubled software.
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Russian-Linked Group Leaks US Lawmakers’ Phone Numbers, Emails
Late Friday, an online figure linked to Russian intelligence groups released the personal information of several lawmakers, part of an established pattern.
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The Pentagon Needs You To Help Them Take Down Small Drones
As tiny drones proliferate and make their way onto the battlefield, the Pentagon calls for solutions.
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Artificial Intelligence Just Changed the Future of Information Security
At DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, bots showed off their ability to help a world wallowing in vulnerable code.
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Russia Wanted to be Caught, Says Company Waging War on the DNC Hackers
Pointing a finger at Russia is easy. Punishing them is hard. That’s why they hacked the DNC, according to the company that first named one of the key suspects.
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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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