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Foreign Governments Are Still Targeting Americans on Social Media, NSA Says
China and other foreign governments are still working to weaponize information against Americans, despite efforts by the U.S. government and social-media companies, the head of the National Security Agency testified on Tuesday. 'We've seen it in the elections. We've seen it with Russia, Ukraine, we've seen it with Iran, the same actors that...interfere in our elections are the same actors that… → Read More
US working on AI to predict Ukraine’s ammo and weapons needs
At a large office building amidst closely-cut grass the International Donor Coordination Center, or IDCC, one of the U.S. military's top data → Read More
Pic: The military is buying electric jet-ski robots
Jet skis look great in spy movies, but for actual military use, they have some big drawbacks. They're noisy gas-guzzlers and → Read More
US soldiers provide telemaintenance as Ukrainians MacGyver their weapons
Some four dozen U.S. troops here are helping their Ukrainian counterparts across the border fix and maintain 155mm howitzers, Javelin launders, → Read More
Ukraine war offers clues to future war, Gen. Milley says
The future of warfare will look smaller, faster, more urban, and more precise than many Western military planners are anticipating, Gen. Mark Milley, → Read More
US trails China in key tech areas, new report warns
Imagine a future in which the most skilled U.S. tech workers can't find jobs, authoritarian regimes exert more power than democratic → Read More
US adds $675M in arms, $2B in financial aid for Ukraine, region
The Biden administration has approved a $675 million package of arms for Ukraine plus $1 billion in financial aid for the besieged country and → Read More
Iranian hacker group posed as journalists to hunt dissidents
A hacker group likely linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard used sophisticated means and elaborate false identities to steal information from government → Read More
Russia is training drone hobbyists to fight in Ukraine
Russia's heavy losses in Ukraine have forced it to send conscripts and convicts to the front lines. A new center in occupied Ukraine is training Russian → Read More
An experiment showed that the military must change its cybersecurity approach
Two years ago, a pair of Navy information leaders decided to attack their own networks—and not just once or twice a year during scheduled → Read More
Chinese disinformation group targeted Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
As international attention focused on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan this week, a Chinese → Read More
The Navy is testing 5G for future forward operating bases
The Navy's SoCal Tech Bridge at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is experimenting with new 5G networks carried on the back of → Read More
How NORAD plans to ward off cruise missiles fired at the US
Lawmakers who worry that the United States cannot ward off the kind of cruise missiles that Russia is lobbing → Read More
Military-funded program produces a self-propelling mesh network in space
A new type of satellite—capable of moving itself in low-Earth orbit by adjusting the direction of its solar panels and then riding the (very) low amount → Read More
Senators take aim at future quantum-enabled hacking with new bill
Experts believe quantum computing may render some of the core cybersecurity algorithms at the heart of many modern-day digital experiences—from accessing → Read More
SOCOM nominee sees China fight as more partner building, less door kicking
Special operations forces are already prepared for possible action against China in defense in Taiwan, but the role of special operators in → Read More
Self-driving cars could soon see much better
Self-driving vehicles, including the ones that the U.S. military is experimenting with, are still pretty bad at picking out small details as → Read More
New Google division will take aim at Pentagon battle-network contracts
Google is creating a division to help win more federal and state government contracts, including work for the Defense Department's battle → Read More
Russia is boosting food prices to undermine global support for sanctions, officials say
Russia is using the massive increase in global food prices as a "weapon" to turn countries against the sanctions that Western nations imposed → Read More
Russia might try reckless cyber-attacks as Ukraine war drags on, US warns
As the Ukraine war continues, U.S. officials worry that Russia might resort to new sorts of cyber attacks that could have → Read More