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The Subatomic Race to Harness Quantum Science
US, China are betting millions on the promise of this newish field, but the real-world potential remains a mystery.
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Is This the Warship of the Future?
Laser-armed battleships that print their own drones will have to survive anti-ship missiles plummeting from space.
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Here’s What The Military’s Top Roboticist Is Afraid Of (It’s Not Killer Robots)
We’re on the verge of an explosion in robotic capability and diversity, and it would be folly to stop exploring now, says the man who ran DARPA’s Grand Robotics Challenge.
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The Military Wants Swarm Bots It Can Retrieve in Midair
They'll bite through your aileron wires. They'll insert toasting forks in your tyres. That is the tale of the Gremlins.
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Flexible Electronics Are the Goal of Pentagon's First Silicon Valley Partnership
Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces a five-year, $171 million effort to make and improve bendable circuitry.
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Oshkosh Wins $30 Billion Army Contract Battle to Replace Humvee
The Wisconsin truck-maker has won the coveted megacontract to replace most of the Army’s iconic Humvees.
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Chuck Schumer’s No-Fly-Zone Rule for Drones Won’t Work
U.S. lawmakers and the military worry about small consumer drones running afoul of planes and emergency crews. But there may be no simple fix.
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The Ashley Madison Hack Is Not OPM (But the Government May Be Watching It Anyway)
Thousands of the site’s affair-seeking users registered from .mil and .gov domains — at least ostensibly.
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Predator Drone Maker General Atomics Flying Spy Missions For the Pentagon
The US military has hired General Atomics to fly some missions — just ISR so far, but what about the future?
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A Congressman Goes to DEF CON
Amid the fun and fanfare of the world’s largest hacking conference, the cyber-political battles of the future are taking shape.
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After Ferguson Unrest, St. Louis Police Bought Stink Weapons to Launch at Protesters
If the current situation escalates, protesters could be in for a horrible-smelling surprise.
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Someone At DEF CON Made a Drone That Hacks Computers
You can buy it for $2,500 — and turn it into a flying malware injector.
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Hackers to Military: Replace Us With Robots? Ha!
Next year’s Cyber Grand Challenge event will pit humans against machines in a grand hacking war. DEF CON’s war gamers like their chances.
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The Robots Taking Your Job Could Get You Killed
Automating processes at chemical and pharmaceutical plants could save money, but at what cost to safety?
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Hacker Cracks Satellite Communications Network
Satellite tracking of people and objects was supposed to make the world safer. If only it was secure.
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The Air Force Wants To Make Its Drones Smarter and Deadlier
The Reaper's next chapter includes better sensors, more autonomy, bigger weapons.
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Hacking Critical Infrastructure: A How-To Guide
Cyber-aided physical attacks on power plants and the like are a growing concern. A pair of experts is set to reveal how to pull them off — and how to defend against them.
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This Isn’t The Death Star Laser You’re Looking For
Japanese scientists have created the world’s most powerful light beam, but its military use is limited.
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US Drone Pilots Are As Skeptical of Autonomy As Are Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk
There are many reasons to be cautious about greater autonomy in weapons like drones, according to the men and women at the joystick.
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