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Humanoid robotics in the United States is transitioning from research and pilot projects to commercial deployment, with American companies and policymakers driving innovation for both economic and national security interests. While global statistics highlight a rapidly expanding market, the U.S. is emerging as a leader in advanced robotics, AI integration, and strategic applications. This post…
A recent article intimated that the United States has taken a step back from addressing foreign influence and interference in cyberspace, raising the question if the United States and by extension the West has limited its capabilities to identify and counter such threats. The author cites the dismissal of senior officials and organizations that have led the…
The Trump Administration’s Executive Order 14306 marks a strategic pivot in U.S. cybersecurity policy, reducing federal cybersecurity responsibilities in favor of private sector autonomy and amending prior Biden and Obama initiatives focused on centralizing cybersecurity governance.
This week’s member only OODA Network Dispatch focuses on context you can use to inform your decision-making in an age of disruptive technology.
In a week packed with nonstop tech, talk, and tactical briefings, the OODA Network Cybersecurity Pool Party offers something rare: a chance to connect in person with the strategists, technologists, investors, and decision-makers shaping the future of cybersecurity, defense, and innovation. On Thursday, August 7, we’re hosting our annual OODA Network Social at Daylight Beach Club at Mandalay Bay,…
The U.S. is accelerating investment in hypersonic weapons to maintain strategic military advantage amid increasing capabilities from Russia and China. These systems offer unique speed and maneuverability, but raise questions about strategic stability, deterrence, and defense infrastructure.
The rapid proliferation of low-cost drones has outpaced U.S. counter-UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) capabilities, creating a critical vulnerability across defense and civilian infrastructure. A recent June OODA Network discussion underscored a stark reality: the United States remains dangerously exposed to low-cost drone threats
As kinetic warfare expanded globally, an OODA Network Member posed the question: “What does this mean now? Does it mean Iran will stop funding and supporting the Houthis?” Recent OODA Network discussions also pondered the type of retaliation to expect from Iranian proxies. The Houthis and Undersea Cable sabotage in the Red Sea and the…
Recent news reporting indicates that Chinese-sponsored cyber espionage threat actors have been conducting operations against Russia in an attempt to collect sensitive military and defense systems since the Ukraine war began. Researchersfrom a Taiwan cybersecurity company these incursions have been occurring since at least May 2022 and have been collecting information related to Russia’s planning such as battlefield…
Recent technology developments from Atlanta-based startup Hermeus have surfaced in many OODA Network internal discussions. Why? Hermeus has achieved a breakthrough in hypersonic aircraft with the successful first flight of its Quarterhorse Mk 1 and the activation of its proprietary test facility, placing it at the forefront of rapid, reusable hypersonic aviation.
Agentic AI systems demand a new kind of red teaming that tests for emergent, goal-driven behavior across complex attack surfaces and operational environments.
The partners are Covertix, Heimore, Exabeam, LogRhythm, Osirium, PlainID, SecureAuth, Thycotic and Wallix. The Identity+ Alliance program provides standards and tools to ease the integration of IT and security products with SailPoint’s IAM platform IdentityIQ. These additional partners broaden the technology categories in the Identity+ Alliance ecosystem, which now include: adaptive authentication, data management, enterprise…
The United States’ approval of Malaysia’s purchase of dozens of fighter jets is set to bolster the Southeast Asian country’s air capabilities – especially in the South China Sea – as part of a strategy to “quietly” build deterrence while also preserving cordial ties with China. Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) chief General Tan Sri…
An airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar ‘s central Sagaing region killed at least 23 people who were taking shelter in the compound, separate sources said Friday. The overnight aerial attack on the monastery in Lin Ta Lu village, in Sagaing region’s Sagaing township, injured about 30 other people, of which 10 were in…
Iran’s security services have threatened the life of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi after her native country’s war with Israel, the Norwegian Nobel Committee and activists said Friday. Mohammadi said that the threats have come through both her lawyer and other indirect channels as she’s kept up public statements about the Islamic Republic’s theocracy,…
A police-owned AS355 helicopter crashed near the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Jetty in Gelang Patah on Thursday morning. There were no fatalities. The aircraft crashed while the officers were performing a ceremonial flypast as part of the Mitsatom 2025 exercises (Multilateral Nuclear Security Detection Exercise) involving Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Singapore. Per reports, tenders…
Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan abducted and killed nine people after stopping two passenger buses on a highway Thursday night, officials said. The overnight attacks occurred in the Zhob and Loralai districts of Balochistan province as the buses traveled from the provincial capital, Quetta, to Punjab province, district administrator Saadat Husain said Friday. The attackers fled…
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has begun the first steps towards disarmament, closing a chapter on a four-decade armed campaign against the Turkish state in a conflict that has killed more than 40,000 people. A small ceremony was held on Friday in Sulaimaniyah in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, where 20 to 30 PKK fighters were…
The cybersecurity industry’s giving Chicken Little a run for his money. Companies have been quick to proclaim that AI will fundamentally change the security landscape, which means every new capability added to a large language model (LLM) can be made into a “the sky is falling” moment, with the latest example being the development of…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching an AI agent marketplace next week and Anthropic is one of its partners, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The AWS agent marketplace launch will take place at the AWS Summit in New York City on July 15, two people familiar with the development told TechCrunch. AWS and Anthropic did not…
Sooner or later, quantum computers will be able to break through today’s encryption, and when that happens, critical industries such as defense, critical infrastructure, telecommunications, and others, will be at risk of nation-state attackers with enough resources to use the advanced tech for nefarious purposes such as espionage or data theft, research has warned. In…
Intel is spinning out its artificial intelligence robotics and biometric venture as more companies bet big on automation tools. The new company, known as RealSense, was announced Friday and comes alongside a $50 million Series A funding round that includes MediaTek Innovation Fund and Intel Capital, the chipmaker’s venture arm that it is also spinning…
The buzz about AI coding tools is unrelenting. To listen to the reports, startups are launching with tiny engineering teams, non-programmers are “vibe-coding” entire apps, and the job market for entry-level programmers is crashing. But according to a METR experiment conducted in the spring of 2025, there’s at least one cohort that AI tools still…
Harmonic AI, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Robinhood Markets Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vlad Tenev, has raised $100 million in funding to tackle a problem that has sometimes confounded AI models: math. The Series B funding round was led by Kleiner Perkins, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures and Paradigm. The deal values…
Recruit Holdings, the Japanese parent of Indeed and Glassdoor, will reduce headcount by around 1,300 across the two job sites amid a shift in focus toward artificial intelligence, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. The cuts — representing about 6% of the HR technology segment workforce — are mostly in the U.S.…
Bitcoin extended its rally on Friday, rising to new records overnight after bitcoin ETFs saw their biggest day of inflows of the year. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 3% at $117,297.10, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $118,872.85. Ether rose nearly 6% at $2,976.90. Earlier, it…
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence has acquired of eight V-BAT uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) from deep-tech firm Shield AI for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNN) and Marine Corps. The procurement aims to strengthen maritime intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations. This acquisition, which is part of a larger initiative to enhance the naval forces, was…
Tayyip Erdogan’s main political opponents have faced an unprecedented crackdown that has seen more than 500 detained in just nine months, according to a Reuters review of a sprawling investigation that has accelerated dramatically in recent days. Turkey’s president says the probe tackles what he calls a corrupt network that is like “an octopus whose…
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was back in a solitary jail cell on Thursday with basic food and a khaki prison uniform after prosecutors secured a new detention warrant over his bid to impose martial law last year. The Seoul Central District Court’s decision to approve the warrant bolstered the special counsel investigation…
Hong Kong police announced on Thursday that they arrested four people linked to a Taiwan-based group under a Beijing-imposed national security law, accusing them of conspiracy to commit subversion. Steve Li, Chief Superintendent of the National Security Department, said the arrests on Wednesday involved four men between 15 and 47 years old. They face up…
Saudi Arabia put two Ethiopians to death Thursday, pushing this year’s number of foreigners executed past 100 — a spike in capital punishment that human rights groups have strongly condemned. The pair were executed on drug charges, the interior ministry said, bringing AFP’s tally of foreigners put to death since the beginning of the year…
China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, Malaysia’s foreign minister said on Thursday. The Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, or SEANWFZ, has been in force since 1997, limiting the use of nuclear power by members to peaceful purposes, such…
Nigeria’s military and security forces have killed dozens of armed men in separate operations in the northwest and the northeast of the country, authorities have said. Security forces killed at least 30 gunmen after armed attacks in the restive northwest, Nasir Mua’zu, Katsina state’s commissioner for internal affairs, said on Thursday. He claimed “criminals” were…
China has entered a new era of ocean exploration. Its top leader, Xi Jinping, has pushed to make China a maritime power — with a world-class navy, the largest deep-sea fishing fleet, and an interest in extracting minerals from the seabed. He wants China’s research abilities to match those ambitions. China’s scientific research ships are…
Nothing says talent war like a $100 million job offer. Mark Zuckerberg has been on a hiring blitz for AI’s most revered scientists, sending them cold emails and offering them roles in his new Superintelligence Labs division whose goal is nothing less than to build artificial-intelligence software that’s smarter than humans. You might wonder why…
Quantum computers theoretically could rapidly find answers to problems that regular computers would take eons to solve, but they have to first overcome their error-prone nature. Now quantum computing firm Quantinuum says their machines can, for the first time, run all the operations needed to answer otherwise intractable questions in an error-compensating way. Quantum computers…
Google said on Thursday it’s adding an image-to-video generation feature to its Veo 3 AI video generator through its Gemini app. The company had already rolled out this feature in its AI-powered video tool called Flow, which was launched in May at Google’s I/O developer conference. After launching Veo 3-powered video generation in May, Google…
We have run our full suite of benchmarks and Grok 4 achieves an Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index of 73, ahead of OpenAI o3 at 70, Google Gemini 2.5 Pro at 70, Anthropic Claude 4 Opus at 64 and DeepSeek R1 0528 at 68. Full results breakdown below. This is the first time that Elon Musk’s…
An AI-powered robot was able to remove a gall bladder from a dead pig in what researchers claim is the first realistic surgery by a machine with almost no human intervention. The robot is powered by a two-tier AI system trained on 17 hours of video encompassing 16,000 motions made in operations by human surgeons.…
European Union officials unveiled new rules on Thursday to regulate artificial intelligence. Makers of the most powerful A.I. systems will have to improve transparency, limit copyright violations and protect public safety. The rules, which are voluntary to start, come during an intense debate in Brussels about how aggressively to regulate a new technology seen by…
OpenAI is reportedly readying an AI-powered web browser to challenge Google Chrome. This browser is set to debut in the coming weeks, Reuters reported Wednesday (July 9), citing sources familiar with the matter, with the goal of employing artificial intelligence (AI) to change how people browse the web. The report argues that this browser would…
Tensions still run high between Syria’s government and Kurdish forces. Tensions between Syria’s government Kurdish forces are still high. Talks concerning the integration of Kurdish forces into the regular army have stalled. A major point of conflict is whether Kurdish forces would disbanded entirely or remain as cohesive units within the Syrian Army. Read more:…
Kenya’s President has vowed to end anti-government protests. Kenya’s President has vowed to bring an end to long running anti-government protests. Protests have been ongoing for over a month following the death of a blogger in police custody. Opposition groups have condemned the President’s handling of the protests and have called on the government to…
Former President Yoon is to be arrested on new charges. Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is to be arrested on new charges. These latest charges are just the latest set of claims brough against the President over his attempt to declare martial law. It is likely that he will be detained by authorities…
Russia has launched a new set of strikes of Kyiv. Russia has carried another large scale strike on Kyiv. The attack caused widespread damage and starting several fires. Russia has also continued to launch attacks across the front line to push Ukrainian forces back at several key points. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/russia-drone-attack-ukraine-war-d16f45fdbb8fbd0152c7a2c7c5d3cf9f
Qantas has given an update on a previously reported data breach. Qantas has given an update on a previously reported data breach. The airline has now confirmed that 5.7 million individuals were impacted by the breach. The confirmed that frequent flyer account information was compromised because of the breach. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/qantas-confirms-5-7-million-impacted-by-data-breach/
Several browser extensions have been confirmed to be trojan programs. Several Chrome and Edge browser extensions have been confirmed to be trojan programs. These extensions are used by up to 2.3 million users. This attack is unique because the browser extensions had appeared to be normal for years. It was only after a recent update…
A well known Chicago radio station was the victim of a ransomware attack. The well known Chicago radio station WFMT was the victim of ransomware attack. The Play ransomware group listed the radio station on its public list of victims. Researchers found that the ransomware group had stolen payroll data along with other business records.…
McDonald’s hiring platform has exposed millions of job applications. Researchers have found that the McDonald’s hiring platform has exposed millions of job applications. They found that its login protocols allows for default passwords such as “123456” to be used to access to site. Researchers are working with the platform manager to resolve the issues. Read…
Impulse Space raised $300 million in its latest funding round as the US-based startup looks to cash in on demand for its highly agile spacecraft. Led by Tom Mueller, a founding member and employee No. 1 at Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Impulse Space develops spacecraft that can haul satellites across different orbits – known as “space…
Rescuers pulled six crew members alive from the Red Sea on Wednesday and 15 were still missing from the second of two ships sunk in recent days in attacks claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia after months of calm. Four of the 25 people aboard the Eternity C cargo ship were killed before the rest…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has approved a law to halt cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a move which will likely obscure any attempt by Tehran to restart its damaged nuclear program. Wednesday’s decision comes a week after Iran’s parliament passed a law to suspend cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog. Iran blames…
Taiwan on Wednesday launched annual military exercises intended to guard against Chinese threats to invade, including using so-called “gray zone tactics” deployed by China that stop just short of open warfare. This year’s 10-day live-fire Han Guang drills are the longest yet and follow the delivery of a range of new weaponry from tanks to…
At least nine people were killed after a bridge over a river collapsed in India’s western Gujarat state on Wednesday, news agency Press Trust of India reported while quoting police officials. Gujarat’s Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said several vehicles were on the bridge when a portion of it collapsed, sending many into the river. He…
Somalia’s defense ministry said officials were investigating an explosion at a military training school in the capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday, an incident claimed by the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militant group as a suicide attack. It was not immediately clear if anyone else was injured or killed in the explosion at the Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy, one…
The death toll from antigovernment protests in Kenya has surged to at least 31 people, the country’s human rights commission said, with at least 107 others wounded during the nationwide marches. In a statement on Tuesday, the National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) also reported two forced disappearances in the wake of Monday’s marches, which…
AI-vision models have improved dramatically over the past decade. Yet these gains have led to neural networks that, though effective, don’t share many characteristics with human vision. For example, convolutional neural networks (CNN) are often better at noticing texture, while humans respond more strongly to shapes. A paper recently published in Nature Human Behaviour has…
Nvidia stock jumped more than 2% on Wednesday, lifting the company’s market cap past $4 trillion for the first time as investors scooped up shares of the tech giant building the bulk of the hardware for the generative artificial intelligence boom. The chipmaker is the first company to ever achieve this market value and is…
Perplexity on Wednesday launched its first AI-powered web browser, called Comet, marking the startup’s latest effort to challenge Google Search as the primary avenue people use to find information online. At launch, Comet will be available first to subscribers of Perplexity’s $200-per-month Max plan, as well as a small group of invitees that signed up…
Microsoft’s complicated relationship with OpenAI is about to take an interesting turn. As the pair continue to renegotiate a contract to allow OpenAI to restructure into a for-profit company, OpenAI is preparing to release an open language AI model that could drive even more of a wedge between the two companies. Sources familiar with OpenAI’s…
The promise of so-called “quantum advantage” is simple. By harnessing the counterintuitive rules of quantum mechanics, quantum computers should be able to—in theory—surpass the computational potential of any classical supercomputer. But before quantum advantage drastically changes information technology as we know it, researchers have yet to address the many hurdles that are preventing quantum computers…
Hugging Face, the $4.5 billion artificial intelligence platform that has become the GitHub of machine learning, announced Tuesday the launch of Reachy Mini, a $299 desktop robot designed to bring AI-powered robotics to millions of developers worldwide. The 11-inch humanoid companion represents the company’s boldest move yet to democratize robotics development and challenge the industry’s…
America’s largest power grid is under strain as data centers and AI chatbots consume power faster than new plants can be built. Electricity bills are projected to surge by more than 20% this summer in some parts of PJM Interconnection’s territory, which covers 13 states – from Illinois to Tennessee, Virginia to New Jersey –…
Publishers are stepping up efforts to protect their websites from tech companies that hoover up content for new AI tools. The media companies have sued, forged licensing deals to be compensated for the use of their material, or both. Many asked nicely for artificial-intelligence bots to stop scraping. Now, they are working to block crawlers…
Libya’s Benghazi based government has banned several European officials. The Benghazi based government in Libya has banned several European officials from its territory. No clear reason was given for the decision. The delegation of officials was in the country meeting with officials from both rival governments to discuss migration issues. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libyas-eastern-based-government-bars-entry-eu-migration-commissioner-three-2025-07-08/
EU officials are investigating the use of funds by far-right lawmakers. EU officials have confirmed that they are investigating the use of public funds by far-right lawmakers. They claim that the Identify and Democracy group misused 4.3 million euros. The group has denounced the probe as political retaliation. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-prosecutors-office-investigates-alleged-misuse-funds-by-far-right-lawmakers-2025-07-08/
Aramco is in talks to purchase liquified natural gas from Commonwealth LNG. Saudi Aramco is in talks to purchase liquified natural gas from Commonwealth LNG. Aramco has looked to increase its investments into LNG as the market for the fuel expands. The talks would also ensure that Commonwealth is able to sell the vast majority…
Report finds that armed groups have greatly expanded their membership. An internal security report has found that armed groups have greatly expanded their membership. The report is a blow to the President Petro’s claims that talks with the groups is the path towards peace. The report also found that these groups have taken control of…
Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Fictiv, a global manufacturing and supply chain company, has received the 2025 Global Supply Chain for Custom Mechanicals Technology Innovation Leadership Recognition for its outstanding achievements in technology innovation, digital orchestration, and customer value creation. Frost & Sullivan evaluates companies through a rigorous benchmarking process across two…
President Donald Trump on Monday set a 25% tax on goods imported from Japan and South Korea, as well as new tariff rates on a dozen other nations that would go into effect on Aug. 1. Trump provided notice by posting letters on Truth Social that were addressed to the leaders of the various countries.…
Japan will export used navy destroyers to the Philippines to strengthen its deterrence against China’s maritime expansion, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday, as the two U.S. allies increase cooperation to counter Beijing. The export plan involves six Abukuma-class destroyer escorts in service by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force for more than three decades, the…
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