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The emergence of cryptocurrency may reshape the global political economy, with the U.S. increasingly at the forefront of leveraging and accelerating its potential.
We kick off our annual series of expanded summaries from OODAcon 2024 with the keynote presentation from Matt Devost, CEO and Co-founder of OODA: “Bootstrapping the Future – Welcome to OODAcon 2024”.
Promising innovations – to enable seamless data exchange across vast distances – will transform humanity’s ability to explore, operate, and communicate beyond Earth.
The accelerating great power competition between the United States and China has shifted to a deeply tactical stage, where control over advanced technologies, critical resources, and global supply chains has become a battleground.
A recent report by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) explores how the economics of IP should be adapted to encourage innovation while addressing the unique challenges posed by AI-generated inventions and creations.
OODA Network member Joshua Ray has extended an offer to any other network member who would like free trial access to Blackwire labs.
Recent reports highlight Russia’s intensified espionage activities in the Arctic and a collaborative propaganda effort between Russia and China to undermine democratic values globally.
We have been closely watching the Geopolitical flashpoints of Syria and Georgia. Here is a brief update and thoughts on what may come next.
Welcome to 8th edition of my annual top 10 books list! Each year, I read close to 100 books and distill down my 10 favorite security, technology and business books into this top 10 list and also include my favorite fiction books of year and a handful of honorable mentions that didn’t make the top…
China’s cyber operations have grown into sophisticated campaigns targeting critical infrastructure. The hacking group Volt Typhoon, operating under Beijing’s directives, infiltrated U.S. internet providers, gaining access to systems essential to our national security.
This just got serious. This is not just an intrusion or malware or an implant for future use. This is total compromise of all major telecommunications firms.
What cyber policies the new cyber team will implement remains a question, but there may be some indication of what will come to pass based on what was observed during Trump’s first term, and his views on what needs to be done in cyberspace.
The 2024 report, “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work,” published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, provides a detailed examination of the evolving implications of AI on productivity, workforce dynamics, and education.
U.S. policymakers are evaluating the creation of a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. So too are U.S. States and international entities – all signs of a broader global trend of integrating digital assets into public finance strategies.
When an idealistic movement led by students toppled the increasingly autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina last August, millions of Bangladeshis celebrated the imminent revival of democracy. Almost nine months on, an appointed interim government is frustrating everyone who wanted to vote in new leaders right away. Now its celebrated leader, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate…
The contest in Silicon Valley to dominate artificial intelligence is playing out on a new court: superstar researchers. While the scramble to attract top talent and keep them happy has always been a hallmark of the tech industry, since ChatGPT launched in late 2022, recruiting has escalated to professional athlete levels, a dozen people who…
A group of big banks and other financial institutions are stepping up their efforts to tokenise global stock and bond markets by using solana, the blockchain best known for hosting the memecoins of Donald and Melania Trump. R3, a UK software group that has been developing blockchains for some of these big institutions, on Thursday…
Genmab has shared the first data on rinatabart sesutecan (Rina-S) in advanced endometrial cancer. The biotech reported a 50% unconfirmed response rate, beating the expectations of William Blair analysts to boost confidence in the program ahead of its move into phase 3. Rina-S is a FRα-directed ADC that Genmab picked up last year in its…
Quantum computers could crack a common data encryption technique once they have a million qubits, or quantum bits. While this is still well beyond the capabilities of existing quantum computers, this new estimate is 20 times lower than previously thought, suggesting the day encryption is cracked is closer than we think. The widely used RSA…
China’s UBTech Robotics Corp. is planning to unveil a $20,000 humanoid robot that can serve as a household companion this year, seeking to expand beyond factories. The company sees “home companion” robots as a bright spot in China partly because of the growing need for elderly care, Chief Brand Officer Michael Tam told Bloomberg News…
Apple Inc. is aiming to release smart glasses at the end of next year as part of a push into AI-enhanced gadgets, but it has shelved plans for a smartwatch that can analyze its surroundings with a built-in camera.Company engineers are ramping up work on the glasses — a rival to Meta Platforms Inc.’s popular…
Anthropic, the Amazon-backed OpenAI rival, on Thursday launched its most powerful group of artificial intelligence models yet: Claude 4. The company said the two models, called Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, are defining a “new standard” when it comes to AI agents and “can analyze thousands of data sources, execute long-running tasks, write…
Iraq and China have signed a deal concerning the expansion of the Tuba oilfield. Iraq and China’s Geo-Jade have signed a to expand the Tuba oilfield. Geo-Jade plans to invest over $800 million in the region. The deal is expected to increase production by 100,000 barrels per day. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/iraq-chinas-geo-jade-sign-deal-tuba-oilfield-expansion-2025-05-23/
A Venezuelan opposition leader has been arrested. A major Venezuelan opposition leader has been arrested. Government officials reguarly investigate and arrest opposition figures. This arrest was carried out days before parliamentary elections are scheduled to being. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-leader-guanipa-under-arrest-interior-minister-2025-05-23/
Nigeria has signed an agreement with to open lithium processing plants backed by China. Nigeria has signed agreements to open two lithium processing plants with the backing of Chinese companies. The plants are expected to unlock hundreds of millions of dollars in mineral wealth. The agreements were signed as part of a set of recommendations…
North Macedonia aims to persue talks with Bulgaria. North Macedonia has said they want to persue talks with Bulgaria at an upcoming NATO summit. North Macedonia’s EU membership has been held up by Bulgaria over disputes related to recognition of minority groups in North Macedonia. North Macedonia has asked NATO and EU officials to moderate…
The leader of the Qakbot gang has been indicted by the United States. The leader of the Russian Qakbot gang has been indicted in the US. The Qakbot malware has been used in various forms since 2008 and the US has alleged that the current leader of the group helped develop the original version. The…
European authorities have disrupted the DanaBot botnet. European authorities have announced that they have taken action to disrupt the DanaBot Botnet. They have arrested 16 suspects and taken down 300 servers used by the Botnet. The United States also took part in the operation and said that the Botnet had compromised over 300,000 devices. Read…
Researchers found Chinese linked hackers exploited a Cityworks zero-day exploit to attack governments. Researchers have discovered that Chinese linked hackers have exploited a Cityworks zero-day exploit to attack local governments in the United States. The Researchers said that the attacks used the exploit to deploy malware and infiltrate sensitive systems.
Chinese hackers have exploited vulnerabilities in Ivanti. Researchers have found that Chinese hackers have been exploiting several vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile. The attacks were focused on gaining access to critical systems related to government operations. Updates have been deployed to patch most of the vulnerabilities. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-spies-exploit-ivanti-vulnerabilities-against-critical-sectors/
China and the Philippines traded accusations on Thursday following a confrontation between two of their vessels in contested waters of the South China Sea, the latest incident in a long-running maritime standoff in the strategic waterway. The Philippines’ fisheries bureau said the lives of a civilian crew were put at risk when the Chinese Coast…
Twenty-one people have been trapped after torrential rain triggered landslides in China’s southwestern Guizhou province on Thursday, with the military deployed to assist in rescue efforts. One landslide struck Qingyang village trapping 19 people from eight different households, state broadcaster CCTV reported citing preliminary reports. A further two were trapped in nearby Changshi township, the…
MFE Inspection Solutions, the leading provider of advanced inspection tools, has been granted a broad BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) waiver by the FAA to operate the Skydio X10 and Dock for X10. Skydio’s Regulatory Services team secured the waiver in partnership with MFE. MFE’s new waiver is expansive, allowing it to fly drone…
Sri Lanka’s long-standing policy of non-alignment is facing renewed scrutiny, as deepening ties with India strain its neutrality amid rising tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad. Analysts say Colombo’s recent tilt towards India in the security realm – most notably through a formal defence pact – risks unsettling its delicate balancing act, particularly as it…
North Korea has placed a cover over a destroyer that suffered damage in a botched launch attempt, with the vessel now appearing to be on its side and partially submerged, satellite imagery indicates. The 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class destroyer — one of the North Korea’s largest warships — was a key part of the state’s naval…
The British government has finalised a deal to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after a court-ordered injunction briefly delayed the signing, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said. Speaking to reporters on Thursday afternoon, Starmer said the deal is “absolutely vital for our defence and intelligence, and therefore, for the safety and security of…
Foreign investors could once barely imagine that China would invade neighbouring Taiwan, but with Donald Trump as president of the United States, many view it as a tail-risk scenario they must prepare for, although they cannot find ways to do so. The democratically-governed island has long been a point of contention in U.S.-China relations, which…
Qatar plans to pour $1 billion over the next decade into quantum computing, one of the biggest government sponsorships of the technology. A joint venture between US quantum computing company Quantinuum and privately held Qatari investment firm Al Rabban Capital is spearheading the effort to boost adoption in Qatar and the Gulf. The government’s investment…
Google this week announced a series of impressive AI updates at its IO developer conference, including improved video generation, expanded AI Mode in search, and an advanced reasoning architecture called Deep Think. But the news came as the AI industry reckons with questions about how much better these models can get, and whether there is…
Heavy industry remains one of the last frontiers of automation. In an age of digital transformation, many of society’s foundational industries – shipbuilding, construction, offshore energy – remain predominantly analogue. These sectors form the physical backbone of our economies, yet their production methods are often manual, slow and difficult to scale or decarbonize. This presents…
OpenAI said it was partnering with United Arab Emirates firm G42 and others to build a huge artificial-intelligence data center in Abu Dhabi, the ChatGPT maker’s first large-scale project outside the U.S. OpenAI and G42 said Thursday the data center would have a capacity of 1 gigawatt, putting it among the most powerful in the…
More details are trickling out about Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s new AI device. In a post on Thursday, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says his research indicates that the device could be larger than Humane’s AI pin, but with a “form factor as compact and elegant as an iPod Shuffle.” Kuo adds that “one of…
OpenAI will acquire the AI device startup co-founded by Apple Inc. veteran Jony Ive in a nearly $6.5 billion all-stock deal, joining forces with the legendary designer to make a push into hardware. The purchase — the largest in OpenAI’s history — will provide the company with a dedicated unit for developing AI-powered devices. Acquiring…
Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high above $111,000. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 3% at $111,529.78, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $111,886.41. Unlike the fast rallies to new records long-time bitcoin observers are used to, it’s been a slow…
A main opposition party leader has been placed in pre-trial detention. A main leader of the Georgian opposition leader has been placed in pre-trial detention. The charge made against him is contempt of parliament for refusing to cooperate with an invesitgation into crimes committed under former President Mikheil Saakashvili. The opposition party has said the…
The EU and Mexico have moved to finalize a trade agreement. After being stalled for several years, the EU and Mexico are moving foward on a trade agreement. Italy has lead the charge to restart talks due to the nation’s interest in investing in the region. Officials expect an agreement to be signed by the…
South Sudan’s government have been reorgnized as violence continues to increase. South Sudan’s President has ordered a reorganization of the government to take place. Several senior officials have been replaced as violence accross the country continues to increase. The President choose to replace officials with sanctioned allies. Questions also continue to be raised about the…
European countries have condemned Israel for firing at diplomats in the West Bank. Several european countries have condemned Israel for an incident that occured in the West Bank. Israeli soliders fired several shots at a group of European diplomats visiting the West Bank. Nobody in the group was injured and Israel has said that its…
Coinbase has disclosed that nearly 70 thousands users’ data was compromised in after a data breach. Coinbase has disclosed that nearly 69,461 users’ data was compromised as a result of data breach. The data breach occured after an ex-employee stole data and demanded a ransomware for its return. Coinbase refused to pay the ransomware but…
A pathology lab in North Carolina has disclosed that thousands of people had their data stolen. Marlboro-Chesterfield Pathology has disclosed that a databreach has impacted 235,000 individuals. The ransomware group SafePay has taken credit for the breach. Observers have noted that the group has removed the group from its victim list which typically means that…
UK retailor Marks & Spencer estimates the cost of a recent ransomware attack to be $400 Million. Major UK retailor Marks & Spencer has disclosed that a recent ransomware attack caused roughly $400 million in damage. The attack significantly disrupted the companies internal operations and the company is still restoring operations. The ransomware group DragonForce…
US and other Western governments are warning that Russia is targeting supply lines to Ukraine. The US and other Western government have released a warning that Russian government hackers are zeroing in on companies which provide equipment and support to Ukraine. The warning notes that attacks these companies are increasing in frequency and success. The…
The US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration has been pursuing a diplomatic deal with Tehran, multiple US officials familiar with the latest intelligence told CNN. Such a strike would be a brazen break with President Donald Trump, US officials said.…
Heavy rain in Australia’s southeast triggered flash flooding and cut off entire towns on Wednesday, stranding some residents on the roofs of their homes, as authorities issued snap evacuation orders with rivers staying above danger levels. Rural towns in the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, were…
OQC, a global leader in quantum computing, today announced the appointment of Sir Jeremy Fleming KCMG, former Director of GCHQ, to its Board. The appointment underscores the critical importance of quantum computing for the UK’s economic growth and its industrial strategy for the future of sectors such as national security, defence, and cyber security. Sir…
The Myanmar junta’s growing use of advanced drones – many supplied by China and Russia – has intensified its campaign against resistance forces, shifting the momentum on the battlefield and inflicting rising civilian casualties, analysts say. While the military’s gains remain limited, experts warn that the deployment of infrared and night-vision-equipped drones has raised the…
Uganda’s parliament has passed a controversial bill authorising military tribunals for civilians, drawing condemnation from opposition figures and rights groups, who accuse the government of trying to silence opponents, which it denies. The practice has long been used in Uganda, but was struck down by the country’s top court in January. The Supreme Court had…
At least three people died after heavy rainstorms hit France’s Var region causing widespread flooding on Tuesday. A couple in their 80s died in Le Lavandou on the coast, where the mayor described “scenes of war” after a “truly violent, nasty, incomprehensible phenomenon”. Aged 85 and 84, the couple were swept away with their vehicle…
At least six people, including four schoolchildren, were killed when a bomb hit a school bus in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan Province on Wednesday morning, officials said, the latest outbreak of violence in a region plagued by separatist insurgency and militancy. Sarfraz Bugti, Balochistan’s chief minister, said that, as well as the four students, the…
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang has condemned US export controls designed to limit China’s access to artificial intelligence chips as “a failure” that spurred Chinese rivals to accelerate development of their own products.In strongly worded criticisms of chip policies pursued by successive US administrations, the chief executive of the world’s leading AI processor maker also criticised…
A Texas data center that the startup Crusoe is building for OpenAI has secured $11.6 billion in new funding commitments, expanding a site that is core to increasing the ChatGPT maker’s long-term computing capabilities. The funding, a mixture of debt and equity, will expand the data center to eight buildings from two and increase the…
Scientists in the U.K. have successfully connected two separate quantum processors, paving the way for a quantum internet and, potentially, quantum supercomputers. Increasing the number of quantum bits (otherwise known as qubits) in a quantum computer has proven challenging, as quantum computers are “noisy” — they are sensitive to any interference from heat, movement or…
Weather forecasting is getting cheaper and more accurate. An AI model named Aurora used machine learning to outperform current weather prediction systems, researchers report May 21 in Nature. Aurora could accurately predict tropical cyclone paths, air pollution and ocean waves, as well as global weather at the scale of towns or cities — offering up…
AI startup Mistral on Wednesday announced a new AI model focused on coding: Devstral. Devstral, which Mistral says was developed in partnership with AI company All Hands AI, is openly available under an Apache 2.0 license, meaning it can be used commercially without restriction. Mistral claims that Devstral outperforms other open models like Google’s Gemma…
A humanoid robotics startup co-founded by prominent artificial-intelligence futurist Ray Kurzweil said on Tuesday that venture capital firm Gauntlet Ventures will back its $100 million Series B funding round. The company, Beyond Imagination, will be valued at $500 million, and venture capital firm Gauntlet Ventures will be the round’s sole investor. Kurzweil is known for…
Alphabet’s latest artificial intelligence offering has analysts on Wall Street standing by their optimistic view of the stock. The company unveiled a suite of AI-powered tools at its Google IO developer conference on Tuesday that are available via $249.99 per month subscription called “Google AI Ultra .” The service includes higher usage limits, which will…
The United Kingdom has announced the suspension of free trade negotiations with Israel in retaliation for the country’s military conduct in Gaza. The suspension comes after Israel’s launch of a new ground offensive, killing hundreds of Palestinians in recent days. The British government also announced that it would impose additional sanctions on illegal Israeli settler…
The European Union announced on Tuesday that it would lift all remaining economic sanctions on Syria, following the U.S. in a bid to help the nation recover after years of war. European officials have been working on lowering sanctions on Syria since January to give its government some relief while officials assess Syria’s new power…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have announced new additions to the Golden Dome missile defense program plan, including putting weapons in space for the first time. In his clearest plan yet, Trump announced his selection of the system’s architecture which will be designed to fend off missile attacks. The system…
The United Kingdom, alongside the European Union, have announced a package of sanctions against Russia. The move is an attempt by the EU and UK to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a ceasefire deal with Ukraine. The sanctions target Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers which transport oil by circumventing Western…
Wireless carrier Cellcom has confirmed that its week-long widespread service disruption was caused by a cyberattack. The Wisconsin telecommunications provider’s voice and text services have been down for a week, but Cellcom has begun to restore some of them over the past few days. The carrier is working to investigate the incident and restore impacted…
A majority of recent sophisticated cyber attacks have been enacted by China and North Korea aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) actors. While a majority of attacks from these nations have been on targets in Europe, Southeast Asia also saw an increase in state-backed attacks. These expansions of global cyberattack activity come as regional players develop…
A threat actor being tracked as “Hazy Hawk” has been found to be using a new version of an attack vector to take control of abandoned cloud resources. The attacker is using these hijacked domains to send users to malware-infected sites, scam pages, and other shady websites for malicious activity. Victims of Hazy Hawk so…
CISA and NIST researchers are proposing a vulnerability exploitation probability metric which will help to identify the likelihood that a vulnerability has been exploited in the wild. The metric would be called Likely Exploited Vulnerabilities, or LEV, and hopes to bridge the gap between the thousands of vulnerabilities discovered each year and the small percentage…
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