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The 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, featured 22 heads of state and delegations from over 30 countries. Key topics of the summit include further expansion of BRICS and the establishment of a new payment system for member countries—the beginnings of what some call the “de-dollarization” of the global economy and the strategic toppling of…
Find the details here of the inaugural NSM on AI, entitled “Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Fulfill National Security Objectives; and Fostering the Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence.”
This report provides nearly 40 recommendations to better position the country to address current and future cyber threats. Guess What? It reads like every other report.
We return to the balance of the August 2024 OODA Loop Network Member discussion of the unprecedented CrowdStrike Incident in July of this year, focusing on the cybersecurity community response to the incident while convening at big annual conferences for 2024 – and placing the incident in a larger threat matrix for consideration of a…
The recent election in Moldova on Sunday, October 20th, alongside a referendum on EU membership, was marred by Russian interference. Moldova is a strategic battleground in Russia’s ongoing hybrid warfare campaign, with implications for the country’s future alignment between Russia and Europe – and the fast approaching U.S. Election
A declassified National Intelligence Council (NIC) report warns that foreign adversaries could exploit the period after voting ends to undermine trust in U.S. elections.
Recent SEC enforcement actions against Unisys, Avaya, Check Point, and Mimecast underscore the need for stronger board level oversight on cybersecurity disclosures.
We stand on the precipice of a new era defined by rapid technology. There are lessons from a previous gilded age that can inform our actions today.
I’ve either been in or around the US intelligence community for my entire adult life. But hearing that it was these three masters of intelligence teaching the course made me instantly recognize I had to sign up and watch.
Gillian Hodge and Brady Helwig of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) recently provided a very cogent synopsis of how the United States and China are positioning themselves in humanoid robotics.
Readers have no doubt noticed a trend in corporate use of nuclear energy. This is smart for all of us (see: Google Partners with Kairos Power to Develop Small Modular Nuclear Reactors to Power AI Needs ). Would be great if governments also ran towards good clean energy like this. Amazon has now announced they…
No longer content with relying on its denials to combat the accusations, Beijing has leveraged its extensive media apparatus to take its case to the international audience to combat the negative press.
In the spirit of the theme of OODAcon 2024—Convergence—we explore the intersection of the future of material science, space, and the human body as the form fact of HCI – human-computer interfaces) – aka “wearables.”
Apple researchers make it pretty clear, LLMs are not as good at reasoning than benchmarks are leading us to believe.
As we set the stage for the OODAcon 2024 Keynote Conversation between OODA CEO Matt Devost and U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy Nate Fick, we explore the baseline AI governance policy and initiatives through the prism of Ambassador Fick’s cyber and digital policy role at the State Department.
Poland is accusing Russia of sabotage, summoning the country’s ambassador and closing its consulate in Krakow. The actions were announced on Monday, coming as Poland reported that following an investigation, it was revealed that a massive fire in Warsaw in May 2024 at a shopping center had been orchestrated by Russian intelligence services. Poland’s role…
On Monday, officials from India and Pakistan held talks over extending the fragile ceasefire between the two countries. The agreement has stopped the most expansive fighting between the two states in decades, but it could collapse at any moment. India has announced that civilian flights will resume in its north, and all airports in Pakistan…
President Trump’s efforts to refuel the oil industry have been hindered by his trade war. When Trump first arrived in office, he began rolling back environmental regulations, also expediting permitting in an effort to increase drilling. However, Trump’s trade war has also hindered global demand for oil, decreasing the benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil price…
A recently disclosed data breach of healthcare system Ascension Health is impacting over 437,000 patients. Although the incident did not involve Ascension Health’s systems, a business partner of Ascension was victim to the hack which inadvertently exposed patient data. Hackers were able to target a vulnerability in Ascension’s third-party software. Patients in Alabama, Michigan, Indiana,…
U.S. airline Global Crossing Airlines, which operates as GlobalX, has confirmed that it was the victim of a data breach in which hackers leaked data stolen from its systems. GlobalX has been in the news recently for its involvement in the Trump administration’s recent deportations, including controversial deportations to El Salvador of Venezuelan gang members.…
The LockBit ransomware group was hacked last week after its network was compromised, suffering another setback. The attack exposed LockBit data including Bitcoin addresses, private chats with victim organizations, and user information such as credentials. The attack was conducted by an unknown adversary who appears to be from Prague. The hacker posted a link to…
The Black Lotus Labs team and the U.S. Department of Justice have taken down two proxy services powered by a botnet. The DoJ worked with police in the Netherlands and Thailand to take down the proxy services, which were named Anyproxy and 5socks. Four individuals have also been charged for their alleged role in operating…
Scale AI, a startup backed by Amazon.com Inc. that helps companies develop artificial intelligence products, plans to open an office in Saudi Arabia by the end of the year in a broader regional expansion. A spokesperson for the San Francisco-based company confirmed the plans for a Riyadh location and said Scale AI will open another…
Shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on Monday, red streaks filled skies again, after 10 to 12 drones were intercepted in Samba, prompting a blackout in the region and Jammu, for the fourth consecutive night. Sometime after the first wave of drones was intercepted, no more drone activity has been observed…
Home remodeling and architectural design are among the new areas North Korean IT workers are expanding into in an effort to continue to make money to fund their country’s weapons of mass destruction program, a source told Fortune. The IT worker scam, which has collected billions for North Korea, is innovating beyond remote tech work…
At least 130 civilians belonging to the Fulani ethnic group were killed by Burkina Faso’s army and allied militias near the western town of Solenzo in March, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said. The killings took place amid a major weeks-long military campaign by special forces that resulted in “widespread civilian deaths and massive displacement”…
On Monday, May 12, 2025, Taiwan conducted the first-ever live-fire test of the M142 HIMARS system during the annual “Thunder” military exercise, held at the Jiupeng military base in Pingtung County, as reported by The Liberty Times. This drill was part of a broader set of coordinated maneuvers titled “Thunder,” “Divine Eagle,” and “Divine Bow,”…
Heavy overnight floods have washed away several villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing more than 100 people, according to local officials, in a nation suffering war and mass displacement. The floods were triggered by torrential rains and surged through the Kasaba village, in South Kivu province, during the night of Thursday into…
The United States and China on Monday took a step to defuse the trade war threatening the world’s two largest economies, agreeing to temporarily reduce the punishing tariffs they have imposed on each other. The move by the United States, after President Trump had repeatedly declared that he would not lower tariffs without concessions from…
Chinese artificial intelligence models are roughly three to six months behind US versions, and closing fast. That innovation speed is bound to put even more pressure on organizations already struggling against AI-powered cyber threats. But maybe there are a few lessons defenders could learn from the Chinese approach to promote their own advancements amid the…
Military forces must prioritise a counter to drone swarming tactics with which inexpensive, mass-produced drones can overwhelm defences. What is needed is a layered defensive system that includes systems that can neutralise many threats within seconds. One such solution is now becoming available: the contemporary high-energy, high-power microwave (HPM) weapon. The employment of lethal drones…
It’s already been a tumultuous year for the U.S. semiconductor industry. The semiconductor industry plays a sizable role in the “AI race” that the U.S. seems determined to win, which is why this context is worth paying attention to: from Intel’s appointment of Lip-Bu Tan to CEO — who wasted no time getting to work…
Israeli quantum computing startup Classiq has raised $110 million in a mid-stage private funding round, it said on Monday, bringing its total fundraising to $173 million. Quantum computing holds the promise of carrying out calculations that would take today’s systems millions of years, and could unlock discoveries in medicine, chemistry and many other fields. Classiq’s…
Robot path planning is traditionally a complex, time-consuming, and brittle process, according to Realtime Robotics. The company today launched Resolver, a cloud-based motion control system that it said can accelerate the design and deployment of robotic workcells. Many workcells use multiple robots, and avoiding collisions during production processes often requires tedious manual labor to create…
Last week, a U.S. congressman announced a plan to introduce a bill that would mandate producers of high-performance AI processors to track them geographically in a bid to limit their usage by unauthorized foreign actors, such as China. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas then introduced a legislative measure later in the week. The bill covers…
Saudi Arabia has launched a new artificial intelligence company that will be chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and be Riyadh’s prime vehicle to drive the kingdom’s strategy and investments as it seeks to become a global AI hub. The new multibillion-dollar entity, named Humain, was unveiled a day before US President Donald Trump…
Burmese academic Sophia Htwe spent hours desperately trying to call home from Australia after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck her hometown in Myanmar in late March, learning that a childhood friend had been trapped in the rubble. Friends from the central-northwestern region of Sagaing told her that she had been freed but died from her…
South Korea’s presidential race has been shaken by allegations that the wife of conservative front runner and former acting president Han Duck-soo is deeply involved in superstitious practices – claims Han has strongly denied. The controversy has drawn comparisons to past accusations against former first lady Kim Keon-hee, wife of impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol, whose…
Among the flurry of executive orders that President Donald Trump has signed since Jan. 20, one is titled “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance,” which describes how the US lost its commercial shipbuilding industry to China. The executive order introduced a series of measures to bolster US shipbuilding, including the creation of a trust fund to provide…
In a Salem factory on a Tuesday afternoon, Digit the robot is being tested. The humanlike robot uses its two legs to walk up to a storage bin. Digit’s two arms reach for the bin, and its clawlike hands grip the sides. The robot gracefully lifts the storage box up so it’s level with its…
ANorth Korean has been arrested in China after allegedly stealing information related to Chinese military technology on behalf of his country, according to a recent report. Newsweek reached out to the North Korean embassy in Beijing and the Chinese Foreign Ministry with emailed requests for comment. The arrest offered a rare glimpse into strains between…
A long-simmering dispute between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group exploded into a full-blown civil war in April 2023. At least 150,000 people may have been killed since then, according to US estimates, and the violence shows little sign of abating. Millions have fled their homes, leading to what the United Nations has described as…
The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan could be offering the world a first real glimpse into how advanced Chinese military technology performs against proven Western hardware – and Chinese defense stocks are already surging. Shares of China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft rose 40% this week, as Pakistan claimed it used AVIC-produced J-10C fighter jets to…
China and Cambodia will hold their seventh “Golden Dragon” joint military exercise starting on Wednesday, and this year’s drills are expected to feature more troops and advanced equipment than previous exercises.The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theatre Command announced on Thursday that a departure ceremony had been held at a military port in Zhanjiang in…
Imagine you’re in a car with your loved ones, following an unfamiliar road up a spectacular mountain range. The problem? The way ahead is shrouded in fog, newly built, and lacking both signposts and guardrails. The farther you go, the more it’s clear you might be the first ones to ever drive this route. To…
In 2019, Meta announced an audacious project: a new cryptocurrency that could be used across Facebook, WhatsApp, and a host of other digital platforms. The company, though, pulled the plug on its plans in the face of withering opposition from Congress and other lawmakers. Now, Meta is testing the crypto waters again. According to five…
Another major player has entered the quantum-computing race: Amazon. The tech giant is the latest to make waves in the field with the February announcement of Ocelot, its own quantum chip. Amazon joins fierce competition from familiar rivals in cloud computing as Google, Microsoft and others race after what they say could be their next…
Researchers at Alibaba Group have developed a novel approach that could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of training AI systems to search for information, eliminating the need for expensive commercial search engine APIs altogether. The technique, called “ZeroSearch,” allows large language models (LLMs) to develop advanced search capabilities through a simulation approach rather than…
Sonair, a sensor technology company in Oslo, Norway, is set to debut its ADAR (Acoustic Detection and Ranging) sensor to North American audiences at Automate 2025 next week in Detroit. Designed to boost safety in collaborative human-robot workspaces, ADAR aims to improve how autonomous mobile robots perceive and interact with their surroundings. “Safety just got…
Apple Inc.’s silicon design group is working on new chips that will serve as the brains for future devices, including its first smart glasses, more powerful Macs and artificial intelligence servers. The company has made progress on the chip that it’s developing for smart glasses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The move…
What do CEOs really think of artificial intelligence? The question nagged Dataiku CEO Florian Douetteau—whose company sells AI software to enterprises—and his team enough to commission a survey to find out. One thing became clear from the results: CEOs see AI as a threat to their positions. In the survey, 74% of CEOs overall—and 79%…
World leaders are rallying behind the idea of forming a tribunaul for Ukraine. World leaders have endorsed forming a special tribunal for the prosecutation of crimes committed in Ukraine. The aim of the tribunal would be to circumvent issue concerning the jurisdiction of the ICC as Russia is not a member of the organization. The…
Syria’s president has visited Bahrain in an attempt to mend ties. Syria’s interim president has visited Bahrain in an attempt to mend ties and restart the country’s diplomatic relations. Syria’s president has also visited several neighboring states as well as France. He has focused on trying to have sanctions removed so that Syria’s economy can…
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have agreed to a draft peace proposal. The United States has annouced that the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a draft peace proposal. Details of the agreement have not yet been made public. National leaders have indicated that it seeks to work towards a long term…
Lare protests breakout accross Romania as the country begins its final presidential vote. Pro-EU protests were held accross Romania as the country begins its final presidential vote. The run-off election between a centrist and far-right candidate is largely seen as a referendum on Romania’s continued relationship with the EU and NATO. Romania’s first attempt at…
Threat actors have compromised the NPM Package supply chain. Researchers have found that the popular scraping tool has had its supply chain compromised with malicous code. The NPM Package had its supply chain infected with code that installs a remote access trojan on users systems. The code was not found in the package’s GitHub repository.…
The admin panel of the LockBit Ransomware website has been hacked. The admin panel of the LockBit Ransomware website has been hacked and its data leaked. The leaked data reveals details about the group’s operations, finances, and targets. The leader of the LockBit group has annouced a bounty for any information related to the breach…
Insight Partners has reported to its partner that it was the victim of a data breach. Venture capital firm Insight Partners has disclosed to its partners that it was the vicitm of a data breach. The company said that the breach likely included financial data. It is not currently known if this attack was part…
Canada based company Valsoft has disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach. Canda based software company Valsoft has disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach. The company said that the attackers had access to the company’s files for sevearl days in February. The company has said that personal information…
Thailand has issued nationwide health alerts after confirmed outbreaks of anthrax and Streptococcus suis, a bacterial infection locally known as “deafness fever”, from eating or handling raw pork. Public health authorities in the Mukdahan province have identified three confirmed anthrax cases so far, Pattaya Mail reported. While one of the patients has since died, the…
Recent U.S. sanctions on two small Chinese refiners for buying Iranian oil have created difficulties receiving crude and led them to sell product under other names, sources familiar with the matter said, evidence of the disruption that Washington’s stepped-up pressure is inflicting on Tehran’s biggest oil buyer. The targeting of independent refiners, known as teapots,…
Skydio has fulfilled the first order of its X10D small unmanned aerial systems for the US Army as part of its quadcopter replacement program. The Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 initiative, signed in 2021, will transition the military from its aging RQ-28A rotary-wing survey drones to a more modern fleet by 2026. Once fielded, the…
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has compared his nation to the European countries heading for conflict with Nazi Germany in the 1930s, in a punchy speech commemorating the end of the second world war in Europe. “Eighty years after the end of the European war, the message of history is clear. Today, 80 years later, we…
The United States simulated anti-ship operations in a key Western Pacific Ocean waterway during a war game in the Philippines, amid an expanding Chinese naval presence in the region. Newsweek has reached out to the Chinese Defense Ministry for comment by email. The Philippines, which has signed a mutual defense treaty with Washington, forms part…
India and Pakistan accused each other of drone attacks on military targets Thursday, turning up the heat in the confrontation between the two nuclear-armed states that has been simmering since a militant assault on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir just over two weeks ago. India said it had struck Pakistani air-defense radar systems in response to…
North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Thursday, possibly to test the performance and stability of various projectiles intended for export. The missiles were launched from Wonsan, North Korea’s eastern coastal city, around 8:10 a.m. (2310 GMT Wednesday) and flew up to…
Anthropic is launching a new API that allows its Claude AI models to search across the web. Developers using it can build Claude-powered apps that deliver up-to-date info, the company said in a press release published Wednesday. The rollout of the API comes as AI companies look to augment their models in various ways that…
Cisco has launched a research prototype for a quantum networking chip and opened a new dedicated quantum lab, marking its formal entry into quantum networking and positioning itself as a foundational infrastructure provider for the future quantum internet. According to a company blog post by Vijoy Pandey, Senior Vice President of Outshift by Cisco, the…
Cybersecurity software maker CrowdStrike said Wednesday it plans to lay off 500 employees, representing about 5% of its workforce, a move CEO George Kurtz said reflects advances in artificial intelligence. “AI has always been foundational to how we operate,” Kurtz wrote in a memo included in a securities filing. “AI flattens our hiring curve, and…
Bitcoin on Thursday hit its highest level since February and climbing back above the key $100,000 level. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 4% at $100,801.04, according to Coin Metrics. The move began overnight after Trump first teased an announcement between the U.S. and the UK on trade. Bitcoin…
Amazon said it has made a “fundamental leap forward in robotics” after developing a robot with a sense of touch that will be capable of grabbing about three-quarters of the items in its vast warehouses. Vulcan – which launches at the US firm’s “Delivering the Future” event in Dortmund, Germany, on Wednesday and is to…
Google may not be such a hard habit to break after all. A senior Apple executive said Wednesday that Google searches over the Safari web browser fell over the last two months. “That has not happened in over 20 years,” Eddie Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, said on the witness stand during the…
Design company Figma today announced multiple features, including AI-powered site and web app creation, a way for marketers to create assets in bulk, and a new drawing tool. With this launch, the company is taking on other creative solutions such as Canva and Adobe, along with AI-powered website and prototype creators such as WordPress, Wix,…
North Korea has carried tests of new short-range missiles. North Korea has conducted tests of new short-range missiles. Officials in South Korea believe this to have been a demostration of their performance for export. Private analysts beleive these missiles will likely be used by Russia. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-fires-missile-off-east-coast-south-korea-says-2025-05-07/
UK-India trade pact likely to be signed. The UK and India have annouced that a trade deal will be signed in a few months. The annoucement comes after long standing talks between the two countries. The UK sought to have less restrictions on british car exports while India sought for the UK to lesson their…
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