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The Arctic’s rapid transformation presents both challenges and opportunities for the United States. A recent CRS report highlights key issues shaping U.S. policy – emphasizing the need for strategic, coordinated responses.
Sweden’s modern psychological defense principles offer a robust framework to counter foreign information manipulation, safeguard democratic systems, and fortify public trust – what we call “Cognitive Infrastructure.”
Drone swarms like these are a testament to human ingenuity, designed for entertainment, logistics, or search-and-rescue operations. But their dual-use nature—the potential to be adapted for military applications—is impossible to ignore.
AI agents, enabled by breakthroughs in large language models (LLMs), are poised to transform industries and redefine human-computer interactions. Yet, their rapid advancement necessitates urgent action to manage risks, ensure accountability, and realize their potential.
Welcome to the speculative design of a world protected from deadly pathogens by AI. MedShield is a groundbreaking AI-powered biodefense system to protect the U.S. from biological threats with military-level precision.
The Biden Administration recently opted to back the UN Cybercrime Treaty despite criticism by technology and security firms that the treaty could be leveraged by some governments to ratchet up internal controlsin and criminalize legitimate security research.
To meet rising energy demands, the U.S. is targeting a tripling of nuclear power by 2050 through the integration of AI and advanced nuclear technologies to boost energy independence and achieve climate goals.
The U.S. is bolstering its national security and EV transition by investing in domestic mineral processing, aiming to reduce reliance on China and secure a resilient supply chain for critical minerals essential to advanced battery manufacturing.
China’s hacking competitions, like the Tianfu Cup, are sharpening the nation’s cybersecurity edge by aligning civilian talent with state-sponsored objectives, revealing a strategic push for dominance in global cyber operations.
AI’s integration into cryptocurrency crime is reshaping digital security, creating sophisticated scams that demand urgent action from cybersecurity and financial experts.
A new theory proposes that consciousness may not simply reside in neuron-to-neuron communication but rather within the electric fields generated by coordinated brain activity, potentially transforming our understanding of awareness itself.
Researchers have discovered that non-neural cells can replicate the classic memory formation process, challenging the idea that memory is exclusive to the brain and opening new avenues for bioengineering, cognitive enhancement, and innovative AI systems inspired by biological processes.
Effective Acceleration (e/acc) is a framework designed to harness technological progress to address the interconnected challenges of our time – focusing on directing technology to create positive and intentional societal outcomes.
Crypto’s influence on U.S. politics is ramping up, with significant financial backing for candidates across the House and Senate, aiming to sway policy in favor of the industry.
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Sudan’s army chief and de facto head of state, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has appointed former United Nations official Kamil Idris as prime minister, as the country’s civil war grinds on into its third year. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, critical infrastructure has been destroyed and more than 12 million people have been…
The conflict between China and the Philippines over control of the South China Sea is now reaching the Israeli government. The Philippines is demanding an official Israeli declaration recognizing its sovereignty over the maritime area, which has been in dispute for many years between the two Asian nations. While Israel is maintaining a neutral stance,…
Harnessing nuclear fusion—the process that powers the Sun and stars—has been a beacon of hope for scientists and energy pioneers alike. Unlike nuclear fission, which splits heavy atomic nuclei, fusion combines light atomic nuclei, such as isotopes of hydrogen, to release immense amounts of energy. This energy, derived from the fusion of hydrogen into helium,…
In mid-April, the arrival in Dhaka of three U.S. State Department officials – two deputy assistant secretaries and the charge d’affaires in Naypyidaw, Myanmar – signaled the first signs of a critical engagement between American officialdom and the Muhmmad Yunus interim government since it took charge in August 2024. Following the August 2024 political transition,…
A resurgent wave of Covid-19 is spreading through Southeast Asia, with densely populated regions in Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Thailand witnessing a spike in cases. Health authorities are on alert in major cities like Hong Kong and Singapore, China and Thailand have asked people to take new booster vaccinations. According to the Hong Kong’s…
Australia’s National Party has split from its conservative coalition partner of more than 60 years, the Liberal Party, citing policy differences over renewable energy and following a resounding loss in the national elections this month. “It’s time to have a break,” the National leader, David Littleproud, told reporters on Tuesday. The split shows the pressure…
Parts of the southern Indian city of Bengaluru, often called India’s Silicon Valley are under water after heavy rainfall. The city is on high alert for more pre-monsoon showers on Tuesday due to cyclonic formations over the Andaman Sea, according to authorities. Three people, including a 12-year-old boy were killed in rain-related incidents on Monday.…
BreachRx, provider of the first intelligent incident response platform designed for the entire enterprise, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed $15 million Series A funding round led by Ballistic Ventures, with participation from SYN Ventures, Overline, and Silver Buckshot Ventures. The company also announced the appointments of Ballistic Ventures General Partner and former Mandiant…
Autonomous cars that are trained to respond more like humans to danger will cause fewer injuries during road accidents, according to a study that shows how driverless vehicles might be made safer. Vulnerable groups such as cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists saw the biggest gains in protection when driverless cars used “social sensitivity” in assessing the…
Pfizer has joined the PD-1xVEGF bispecific gold rush. The Big Pharma is paying 3SBio $1.25 billion upfront for ex-China rights to a clinical candidate, establishing itself as a challenger to BioNTech, Merck & Co. and Summit Therapeutics in a scorching-hot area of immuno-oncology. Interest in PD-1/L1xVEGF bispecifics has been high since Summit and Akeso’s ivonescimab…
Quantum computing promises transformative potential for industries and society by solving complex problems more efficiently than classical computers. However, challenges like scalability, high error rates, costs, and a skills gap hinder the commercial realisation of quantum computing. Milestones like IBM’s Flamingo machine and Microsoft’s topological qubits show progress. These advancements, alongside initiatives like the Quantum…
Apple Inc. is preparing to allow third-party developers to write software using its artificial intelligence models, aiming to spur the creation of new applications and make its devices more enticing. The iPhone maker is working on a software development kit and related frameworks that will let outsiders build AI features based on the large language…
Nvidia said it is racing ahead with humanoid robotics technology, providing a custom foundation model for humanoid reasoning, a blueprint for generating synthetic motion data, and more Blackwell systems to accelerate humanoid robot development. At the Computex 2025 trade show in Taiwan, Nvidia unveiled Isaac GR00T N1.5, the first update to Nvidia’s open, generalized, fully…
Microsoft’s GitHub unit on Monday introduced a Copilot artificial intelligence agent that can take on specific programming work and inform people once it has finished. From there, developers can check the agent’s work from GitHub, a widely used repository for code. They can request modifications and then allow GitHub to add the source code to…
Venture capital firms focused on artificial intelligence are driving much of the growth in the startup market, while companies in other areas are struggling to raise cash, according to a report from Silicon Valley Bank. About 40% of the total amount raised by U.S. venture funds last year was from funds that “list AI as…
Israeli allies including the United Kingdom, France, and Canada are threatening to take action against Israel after its recent military escalation in Gaza. The allies are urging Israel to stop its renewed offensive in Gaza and lift the restrictions it currently maintains against aid entering the area. The three countries released a joint statement on…
U.S. aid cuts to Africa are threatening key road and energy projects as large infrastructure projects financed by the U.S. face an uncertain future. Workers are rushing to complete such projects in anticipation of funding being rescinded by the U.S. government. Last week, U.S. and Ivorian companies signed multiple deals including drone supply and border…
Britain and the European Union struck a landmark deal which would remove some post-Brexit trade barriers on Monday. The agreement will increase cooperation between Britain and the E.U. on issues such as security and defense, coming as they work to reduce reliance on the United States. Several important policies have details which have not been…
On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked on the phone for over two hours. Following the conversation, Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine would immediately begin negotiations towards a ceasefire deal to end the war between the two countries. Putin stated that these efforts seemed to be “on the right…
Serviceaide, an enterprise management solutions provider, has reported a data leak to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The breach affects nearly half a million Catholic Health patients, exposing their personal and medical information. Catholic Health is a customer of Serviceaide, which discovered that the database it had maintained for Catholic Health had…
The personal data of around 200,000 customers of Georgia healthcare provider Harbin Clinic was stolen in a recent data breach. The attack was on debt collector Nationwide Recovery Services (NRS), which discovered that attackers had infiltrated its network and accessed certain data. A subsidiary debt collecting services provider subsequently notified Harbin Clinic that some stolen…
Madhu Gottumukkala has been appointed as the new deputy director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). He previously served at South Dakota’s Bureau of Information and Technology as commissioner and chief information officer (CIO), as well as chief technology officer (CTO) for South Dakota. His background includes various senior and leadership-level IT…
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange company, has disclosed a data leak after hackers broke into its systems. The cyber actors targeted Coinbase’s overseas customer support agents, offering them cash in exchange for copying data over. The attackers then used this list of customers and pretended to be Coinbase to trick them into turning over their cryptocurrency…
At least 20,000 people have fled the town of Marte in northeastern Nigeria following a surge in attacks by Islamist militants, according to Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum. Marte, near the border with Cameroon, had been resettled four years ago after years under insurgent control, but was recently overrun again by suspected Boko Haram and…
Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States “will lead nowhere” if Washington insists that Tehran drop its uranium enrichment activity to zero, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takhtravanchi was quoted by state media on Monday as saying. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff reiterated Washington’s stance on Sunday that any new deal between the U.S. and…
Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu told his supporters to have no fear as he appeared in court on Monday for the first time since his arrest on charges that include treason. Lissu refused to participate in a hearing on April 24 because authorities conducted a virtual, rather than an in-person trial, with him appearing…
Skydio has announced the delivery of the first batch of X10D small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) under the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) Tranche 2 program. This milestone marks the Skydio X10D as the only system delivered to date within Tranche 2 of the Army’s SRR Program of Record. The rapid fulfillment was crucial…
China’s “drone carrier” Jiu Tian will take off for its first mission by the end of June, laying the groundwork for expanding the Chinese air force’s operational reach in unmanned aerial combat. Chinese media reports at the weekend commented on the coming launch, and state broadcaster CCTV confirmed the mission on Monday. The first mission…
A car bomb that has exploded near a market in Pakistan’s restive southwest has killed four people and wounded 20, according to a government official. The attack was near a market in Qillah Abdullah, a city in the province of Balochistan, Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Riaz said on Monday. The province bordering Afghanistan is plagued by…
Thousands of residents evacuated on Saturday as rains lashed the north of Argentina’s Buenos Aires province, a vital agricultural hub, and caused severe flooding. The National Meteorological Service, which issued a red alert for the region on Friday evening, reported rainfall between 150 and 250mm (6-10 inches) between the cities of Zarate and Arrecifes. It…
At least 10 people were killed on Sunday after a suicide bomber targeted a queue of young recruits registering at the Damanyo military base in the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses told Reuters, in an attack claimed by terror group Al-Shabaab. Teenagers were lining up at the base’s gate when the attacker detonated his explosives, they…
Well, that was a quick 20 years… NVIDIA is reportedly in advanced talks to invest in photonic quantum computing startup PsiQuantum, a move that would mark the chipmaker’s first direct bet on hardware qubits and signal a shift in its long-term outlook for the field, according to multiple media sources. If finalized, the deal would…
A high-stakes technology race is playing out in the human brain. Brain-computer interfaces are already letting people with paralysis control computers and communicate their needs, and will soon enable them to manipulate prosthetic limbs without moving a muscle. The year ahead is pivotal for the companies behind this technology. Fewer than 100 people to date…
Nvidia Corp. unveiled the latest raft of technologies aimed at sustaining the boom in demand for AI computing — and ensuring that its products stay at the center of the action. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang on Monday kicked off Computex in Taiwan, Asia’s biggest electronics forum, touting new products and cementing ties with a…
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is buying 23andMe out of bankruptcy for $256 million, raising privacy concerns as the drugmaker takes control of the genetic data of millions of individuals who had once willingly handed it over. Regeneron said Monday that it would acquire the once-sizzling DNA-testing startup’s signature Personal Genome Service, its Total Health and Research Services…
This interview starts out discussing some of those new challenges that are related to politics in particular: we discuss last week’s deals with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the ban on H20 sales to China, and why the U.S. approach to chip controls risks America’s — and Nvidia’s — long term control. Huang…
China’s humanoid robots will not replace human workers and cause mass unemployment, according to a Chinese official who oversees a tech hub in Beijing, amid a rapid expansion of the sector and state funding for it. Liang Liang, a deputy director at the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, which hosts one of China’s largest tech hubs,…
Back in 2018 it looked like Apple Inc.’s artificial intelligence efforts were finally getting on track. Early that year, Craig Federighi, Apple’s software chief, gathered his senior staff and announced a blockbuster hire: The company had just poached John Giannandrea from Google to be its head of AI. JG, as he’s known in the industry,…
China has fired a warning shot at the Philippines following a close naval encounter with the U.S. defense treaty ally earlier this week near a contested feature in the South China Sea. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry by email with a request for comment. China claims most of the South China Sea…
There has been a sharp rise in plots by the Iranian regime to kidnap or assassinate dissidents, journalists and political foes living abroad, according to reports by Western intelligence agencies. These attempts have escalated dramatically since 2022, with even US President Donald Trump among the alleged targets. In the UK, police are questioning a number…
Russia has recently rolled out a new AI-powered machine vision kamikaze drone that narrows the technological gap between AI-powered drones fielded earlier by Ukrainian forces. The Tuvik drone is a battlefield drone designed to destroy the enemy’s armed vehicles and other military hardware. Featuring a flying wing airframe, the UAV has a range of 30…
For the first time since the creation of its Self-Defense Forces, Japan is set to carry out a live-fire long-range missile exercise within its own borders, marking a significant shift in its national defense doctrine. Scheduled between June 19 and 30, 2025, the drill will take place at the coastal missile range adjacent to Camp…
AI dubbing company Papercup co-founder and CEO, Jesse Shemen, announced via a post on LinkedIn dated May 15, 2025, that “a large portion of the Papercup team is joining Scale AI, a company I’ve long admired for shaping the future of AI across both public and enterprise sectors.” While both Shemen and AI data annotation…
An al-Qaeda affiliate has claimed it killed 200 soldiers in an attack on a Burkina Faso army base this week, according to an NGO that tracks armed groups’ online activity. The base in the northern town of Djibo came under attack on Sunday morning, and a police station and market were also targeted, security sources…
Earlier this month, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Doug Wickert summoned nearby civic leaders to Edwards Air Force Base in California to warn them that if China attacks Taiwan in the coming years, they should be prepared for their immediate region to suffer potentially massive disruption from the very start. In a remarkable briefing shared…
OpenAI announced on Friday it’s launching a research preview of Codex, the company’s most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of the company’s o3 AI reasoning model optimized for software engineering tasks. OpenAI says codex-1 produces “cleaner” code than o3, adheres more precisely to instructions, and will iteratively run…
Over the past week, a slew of headlines claimed Klarna’s aggressive push to automate customer service with generative AI had failed. The Swedish fintech company last year said it automated the equivalent of 700 customer service jobs with AI. And after it announced a new plan to hire human agents, the conventional wisdom was that…
Quantum computing, a field leveraging quantum mechanics to perform computations beyond classical capabilities, is witnessing rapid advance toward commercial and research uses. As of early 2025, major players like IBM, Google, Microsoft, Rigetti Computing, D-Wave, IonQ, Quantinuum, Intel, Pasqal and Amazon are shaping the future with detailed roadmaps and predictions from their experts, CEOs, and…
A Chinese startup has opened the world’s first clinic in Saudi Arabia where artificial intelligence diagnoses patients, a key step in replacing human doctors as the first line of medical treatment. Synyi AI, a Shanghai-based medical technology company, launched the trial program in Saudi Arabia’s eastern Al-Ahsa region in April in collaboration with the country’s…
Everyone is obsessed with humanoid robots right now, but the director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory thinks tomorrow’s intelligent physical machines could be something radically different. Think soft and squishy robots, says Daniela Rus. Picture flexible robots, or even edible ones. Her research group has built a robot out of sausage casing…
Satya Nadella arrived at the World Economic Forum in January ready to talk up his triumphs in artificial intelligence, when a dangerous threat emerged. A little-known Chinese startup named DeepSeek had just released an AI model that quickly became the talk of Davos, Switzerland. Nadella, the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., gathered his lieutenants…
Nvidia said it won’t be sending graphics processing unit plans to China following a report that the artificial intelligence chipmaker is working on a research and development center in Shanghai in light of recent U.S. export curbs. “We are not sending any GPU designs to China to be modified to comply with export controls,” a…
Germany has stepped up security on its borders. Germany’s interior minister has annouced that there has been a large increase in the number of people being turned away at the Germany border. Germany’s recent governments have attempted to decrease the number of individual immigrating to the country. The government has said they do not want…
Rohingya refugees have alleged mistreatment by Indian authorities. Rohingya refugees have alleged that Indian authorities have mistreat them. They specifcally alledge that in one particular incident they were forced to swim back to Myanmar. UN Officials are investigating the claims made by the refugees. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/india-rohingya-refugees-deportation-e724b7a9949192a5383f84eb98377026
Two Libyan government ministers have resigned. Two Libyan government ministers have resigned. The two ministers were part of the internationally recognized government. It is not currently known why the ministers resigned. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/libyan-economy-trade-minister-resigns-internationally-recognized-government-2025-05-16/
A UN patrol in Lebanon was attacked by civilians. A UN peacekeeping patrol in Lebanon was attacked by civilians. The UN forces used non-leathal force to dispurse the civilians. Lebanese military forces were notified and helped to escort the UN forces back to their base. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-peacekeepers-attacked-by-civilians-lebanon-no-casualties-reported-2025-05-16/
Google has warned that US retailers are being targetted by hackers. Google has warned that the hackers that targetted UK retailers have begun to target US stores. The attacks have been linked to a group which is being refered to as UNC3944. Researchers have said that the group is employing several new methods of attack…
A Russian supported APT has been exploiting vulnerabilities in mail servers. The Russian backed APT 28 has been found to be exploiting vulnerabilities in mail servers to target government organizations. France has accused the group of carrying out attacks in the past several weeks. The group has made us of XSS exploits to breach the…
The Polish ruling party has accussed Russia of carrying out attacks on its website. The Polish ruling party has accussed Russia of carrying out attacks on its website. The attacks come as Poland is about to begin its Presidential election. The hackers also attacked the website of other left leaning Polish parties. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/polish-ruling-party-reports-attack-its-website-before-election-2025-05-16/
The FBI has warned the public that deepfake messages are being used to impersonate officials. The FBI has issued a warning that Deepfake messages are being used to impersonate officials. The warning comes after the organization carried out an investigation into messages being sent to former government officials. The campaign aimed to install malware onto…
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