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A series of recent drone strikes—from Ukraine to Iran and Israel—confirms that drone swarm warfare is now a globally operational, scalable, and deeply destabilizing capability.
The accelerating demand for AI infrastructure has triggered a global race for critical minerals, transforming extraction zones into geopolitical flashpoints and reshaping the balance of power between the Global North and South.
Circle’s recent IPO – and a wave of related filings – mark a turning point in the convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and digital assets. Is stablecoin now positioned as critical infrastructure for the next era of global capital markets?
Our consistent approach at OODA regarding prediction of geopolitical events and conflict situation is founded on the principle that no one can predict with any certainty how war will unfold and what its impact will be on businesses, global markets and supply chains. This is why it is far more important to conduct scenario analysis…
The future of AI, and thus the future of military, economic, and industrial advantage, will be decided at the semiconductor level.
Researchers at UC Berkeley unveiled Berkeley Humanoid Lite, a fully open-source, mid-scale humanoid robot platform designed to radically lower the barrier of entry for robotics research, education, and innovation through low-cost, modular 3D-printed design.
Recently, Microsoft and CrowdStrike are collaborating in order to streamline the naming conventions of state and nonstate cyber activity in an effort to clarify current inconsistencies across the cybersecurity industry’s attribution taxonomies. As anyone involved in cybersecurity knows, vendor reporting of hostile campaigns can be confusing as companies use unique identifiers to classify campaigns to differentiate the orchestrators…
At the 2025 SCSP AI Expo, Extropic CEO Guillaume Verdon provided details and updates that build on his presentation from OODAcon 2024 back in November. Verdon continues to provide real-world updates on the traction of his startup operation while broadly evangelizing a vision of the future of thermodynamic computing, which promises orders-of-magnitude improvements in energy…
Generative AI is transforming robotics from code-heavy systems into intuitive tools, enabling non-experts to program complex tasks and unlocking massive gains in automation, productivity, and adaptability.
Former Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt is the Chair of the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), which hosted its annual AI Expo and Ash Carter Exchange last week. Speaking at the event, Schmidt warned that AI is transforming not just knowledge creation, but the very workflows that underpin national power, enterprise innovation, and personal…
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.
Recently, Russia signed a joint “International Cooperation in the Field of Information Security” agreement with several authoritarian governments to include but not limited to Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela. The agreement asserts that the motivation behind this agreement is to sustain “transparent and equitable system of international information security based on the principles…
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on U.S. Quantum Leadership warns that without immediate, large-scale federal investment and policy support, the United States risks falling behind in the race for quantum supremacy, particularly against China. Why This Matters …China’s state-backed surge in funding and infrastructure threatens to outpace American efforts. Quantum technologies—from…
Ukraine has become the proving ground, and increasingly the foundry, for the future of security-related technologies. We need that learning, and we need it more quickly and at greater scale.
SQL injection flaw in Catwatchful stalkerware leaks 62,000 user records Catwatchful, an Android spyware disguised as parental-control software, contained an SQL injection vulnerability that exposed plaintext logins, passwords, and device-tracking data for more than 62,000 accounts, according to researcher Eric Daigle. The breach also revealed the operation’s administrator’s identity, Firebase database address, and linked device…
Hard-coded root credentials create a backdoor in Cisco’s Unified CM software Cisco patched a maximum-severity flaw in Unified Communications Manager and its SME edition after discovering immutable, development-only root credentials that allow unauthenticated remote login and full command execution. A standalone patch file is available now, and the fix will be built into the upcoming…
Misconfigured Azure Blob container spills nearly 26 million resumes, exposing job seekers’ data. Cybernews researchers discovered a misconfigured Microsoft Azure Blob storage container belonging to TalentHook that exposed almost 26 million CV files with full names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, education details, and employment history. The leaked information enables tailored phishing, identity theft,…
Server-side request forgery exploit exposes DarkForums users’ IP addresses. An attacker known as “test55” exploited a server-side request forgery flaw in DarkForums.st—a major English-language cybercrime marketplace for stolen data, hacking tools, and illicit services. The critical flaw scrapes the IP addresses of anyone loading their posts. DarkForums administrators quietly launched a Tor-only onion domain to…
Firestorm Labs will distribute HP’s Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing technologies in mobile and field-deployable environments. Securing exclusive distribution rights for this market, Firestorm Labs believes the deal will mark a ‘major leap forward’ in how commercial, humanitarian, and medical sectors respond to ‘urgent, on-the-ground needs.’ Through the partnership, HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology…
Malaysian authorities have dismantled a network that used social media to spread ideology and raise funds for the Islamic State militant group among Bangladeshi nationals working in the country, its top police official said on Friday. Muslim-majority Malaysia has detained hundreds of people for suspected militant activities after a 2016 attack in the capital Kuala…
Myanmar’s ruling junta said on July 4 that it has already discharged 93 minors from military service, responding to a UN report in June accusing it and its allies of recruiting over 400 children, many in combat roles. In a rare admission published in its mouthpiece newspaper, the junta said it conducted a verification process…
Pakistani security forces killed 30 militants who attempted to enter the country from Afghanistan, the military said Friday. It said the members of the Pakistani Taliban were spotted overnight in the North Waziristan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the troops seized weapons, ammunition and explosives from the militants. The military’s statement did not mention…
Under the mild afternoon sun, 45-year-old Safiruddin sits outside his incomplete brick-walled house in Baiguni village of Kalai Upazila in Bangladesh, nursing a dull ache in his side. In the summer of 2024, he sold his kidney in India for 3.5 lakh taka ($2,900), hoping to lift his family out of poverty and build a…
Mali’s military authorities have granted coup leader Assimi Goita a five-year presidential mandate, renewable “as many times as necessary” and without requiring an election. The country’s transitional parliament approved the move on Thursday, clearing the way for Goita to lead Mali until at least 2030. “This is a major step forward in the rebuilding of…
India on Wednesday expressed deep concern over abduction of three Indian nationals in Mali amid a series of terrorist attacks in various parts of the West African country. A day after the Indians were abducted, New Delhi on Wednesday called upon the Mali government to take all necessary measures to secure their “safe and expeditious”…
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from the likes of Nvidia Corp. to Malaysia and Thailand, part of an effort to crack down on suspected semiconductor smuggling into China.A draft rule from the Commerce Department seeks to prevent China — to which the US has effectively banned sales of Nvidia’s…
When Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia last month and damaged strategic bombers once considered untouchable, it sent shock waves through military circles. Operation Spider’s Web was more than a display of technological ingenuity; it challenged longstanding assumptions about modern warfare. An outgunned but nimble force using off-the-shelf drones disrupted a far larger adversary. Speed,…
The European Union’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause. Google owner Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and other U.S. companies as well as European businesses such as Mistral and…
Daniel Gross, the former chief executive officer and co-founder of artificial intelligence startup Safe Superintelligence Inc., is joining Meta Platforms Inc.’s new superintelligence lab focused on AI. Gross will work on AI products for the superintelligence group, according to his spokesperson, Lulu Meservey. Meta just restructured its AI unit and has gone on a major…
Here’s a stylized history of US public stock markets. In the olden days, anyone could raise money for a project by selling stock to the public, and lots of people did, often by making false promises. This crested in the 1920s, as people rushed to buy stocks and borrow money to juice their speculative bets.…
QEDMA, a leading developer of quantum noise resilience solutions, announced today $26 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Glilot Capital Partners through its early growth fund, Glilot+, with new participation from IBM, Korea Investment Partners, and others, alongside existing investors including TPY Capital. QEDMA’s software solution, addresses the critical challenge of…
Ateam of MIT researchers has developed a new imaging technique that could allow quality control robots in warehouses to peer into closed boxes. Using this new technology, robots could peer into a cardboard shipping box and see that the handle of a mug is broken, for example. The new method could revolutionize warehouse quality control…
I’ve worked at the bleeding edge of robotics innovation in the United States for almost my entire professional life. Never before have I seen another country advance so quickly. In the span of the last few years, China has overtaken the U.S. as the leader in the robotics race, especially when it comes to humanoid…
CEOs are no longer dodging the question of whether AI takes jobs. Now they are giving predictions of how deep those cuts could go. “Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.,” Ford Motor Chief Executive Jim Farley said in an interview last week with author Walter Isaacson…
China is looking to invest in Brazil’s forest fund. China is likely to invest in a Brazil led global forest fund. The fund works to protect forest around the world from destruction. The move signals a greater willingness from China to invest in international environment issues. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/china-signals-investment-brazil-led-global-forest-fund-sources-say-2025-07-04/
South Africa’s ruiling party will continue its national dialogue without its coalition partner. South Africa’s ruiling party, the ANC, will continue its national dialogue program with the participation of the DA. The coalition between these two parties has been difficult due to several points of ideological conflict. However, the coalition is expected to continue even…
Palestine Action group loses bid to pause ban. The UK based group Palestine Action has lost its court bid to stop pause its ban. The court decision to not pause the ban means that the group is now label as a terrorist organization and support for it can result in criminal penalities. Parliament voted to…
Moldova is set to vote in parliamentary elections which will have implications for the Country’s EU policy. Moldova is et to hold parliamentary elections later this year. The Country’s President has said theis election will determine the fate of EU membership plans. The country has already approved a national referendum on joining the EU. Read…
Turns out that the digital infrastructure industry is so committed in its desire for future nuclear energy that it’s willing to sign up and pay for technology which doesn’t even commercially exist yet. Google has committed to a 200-MW offtake agreement with nuclear fusion firm Commonwealth Fusion Systems from its first-ever power plant to be…
Taiwan began preparations this week for its annual Han Kuang military exercise in response to what its government describes as escalating military pressure from China. The war games—scheduled to last 10 days and nine nights from July 9—are to be the largest ever across Taiwan proper and its outlying islands, officials said. More than 22,000…
Thailand’s opposition parties said on Thursday that they will hold off on launching a no-confidence vote against suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra pending a court ruling, but they vowed to work together to avoid political deadlock. Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Paetongtarn from her duties after accepting a petition from 36 senators who accused…
A Myanmar military fighter jet crashed in a combat zone in the country’s east, according to an anti-military resistance organization that claimed to have shot it down. State-run media reported about the disappearance of an aircraft. Maui, the vice commander-in-chief and Secretary No. 2 of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, or KNDF, told The Associated…
Rescuers were searching Thursday for 30 people who were missing after a ferry sank and four people died the previous night near Indonesia’s resort island of Bali. As of Thursday afternoon, 31 people had been rescued from the ferry’s 53 passengers and 12 crew members, the National Search and Rescue Agency said in a statement.…
US airstrikes on Iran set back the country’s nuclear programme by one to two years, a Pentagon spokesman said, adding to uncertainty around the status of the country’s facilities after President Donald Trump said they’d been obliterated. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said allies share the US sentiment about the degradation of Iran’s nuclear abilities…
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said a multibillion-dollar mega dam on the Blue Nile, which has caused deep consternation to downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan over its effect on their water supply, is complete and will be officially inaugurated in September. Of that regional concern over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Abiy said…
Swathes of China are on high alert for flash floods and landslides as unrelenting rain triggered deadly disasters and forced evacuations in multiple provinces. The torrential downpours, part of the annual “Plum Rains” season, have swept from the southwest through central China and up to the northeast, prompting red alerts in Sichuan, Gansu and Liaoning…
The U.S. government on Thursday revoked U.S. export curbs that required American companies to obtain licenses to provide chip design software to customers in China, as part of an agreement intended to ease bilateral trade tensions around advanced technologies, reports Bloomberg. In exchange, China will ease export controls on rare earth materials. The Commerce Department…
OpenAI has agreed to lease 4.5 gigawatts of computing power from Oracle in a deal worth around $30bn a year that is one of the largest cloud agreements to date for artificial intelligence. The deal marks a big expansion of OpenAI’s “Stargate” data centre project, which it launched with SoftBank in January to gain access…
Chinese scientists have developed a new blockchain storage technology that they say can resist attacks from quantum computers. Blockchain technology – which provides a shared, decentralised digital ledger that stores tamper-proof records – has shown revolutionary potential in areas like financial services and supply chain management. Usually, blockchains use specialised encryption algorithms to verify each…
Intuitive Surgical Inc. yesterday said that its da Vinci 5 Surgical System has received CE mark approval for adult and pediatric use in Europe. The robot is allowed for minimally invasive endoscopic procedures across the abdominopelvic and thoracoscopic space, including urologic, gynecologic, and general laparoscopic procedures. “At Intuitive, we’re focused on providing healthcare systems across…
AI startups received 53% of all global venture capital dollars invested in the first half of 2025, according to new data from PitchBook. That percentage jumps to 64% in the U.S. AI startups also comprise 29% of all global startups funded, and nearly 36% in the U.S. There’s nothing new about venture capitalists skating hard…
European companies including ASML Holding NV, Airbus SE and Mistral AI have called on the European Union to suspend the implementation of its landmark artificial intelligence regulation for two years because they say it puts the continent’s AI ambitions at risk. In a letter signed by representatives from more than 45 organizations, business leaders asked…
Microsoft has confirmed that it will lay off as many as 9,000 workers, in the technology giant’s latest wave of job cuts this year. The company said several divisions would be affected without specifying which ones but reports suggest that its Xbox video gaming unit will be hit. Microsoft has set out plans to invest…
Nigeria’s opposition groups have formed an alliance in advance of the 2027 elections. Key leaders of Nigeria’s opposition have formed an alliance aiming to prepare for the 2027 elections. They have accused the current government of attempting to establish a one party state. Several national and regional officials have already switched party affliation to the…
Hamas has indicated that it is interested in negotiating a ceasefire. Hamas has indicated that it is open to a ceasefire deal. However, Netanyahu has made clear that any ceasefire deal must ensure that Hamas is removed from power in Gaza. Both sides have rebuffed US attempts at establishing a ceasefire. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-07-02-2025-111a1cf968318cb0fb6d9865a3ac84dc
Iran has suspended cooperation with the IAEA. Iran’s President has ordered that the country suspend all cooperation the IAEA. Iran has also indicated that it is not open to continuing negotiations with the United States at the moment. Both of these tactics have been used by the country before in order to pressue the West…
Elections in Japan have caused doubts about the government’s ability to stay in power. Upcoming elections in Japan have caused doubts about the ability of the government to remain in government. Japan currently has a minority government after expericing several decades of rule by the Liberal Democratic Party. Japans opposition parties are however highly divided.…
A vulnerability in the Forminator WordPress plugin has exposed thousands of websites. A vulnerability in the Forminator WordPress plugin has exposed over 400,000 websites. The vulnerabiltiy allwos a malicous actor to bypass security protrocols and sieze control of the website. A patch has been released for the vulnerability and users are encouraged to download it…
Esse Health has been the victim of a data breach. Esse Health has been the victim of a data breach. The company is the largest independant health care organization in the midwest. Over 260,000 individuals had their healthcare information compromised. It is not currently known who carried out the attack. Read more: https://cybernews.com/privacy/esse-data-breach-medical-details-exposed/
Qantas has disclosed that it was the victim of a cyber attack. Qantas has disclosed that a cyber attack has affected six million customers. The airline claimed that the attack has not affected Frequent Flyer Accounts, but only records held by its call centers. They have also said that their operations have not been impacted.…
Benefits manager Kelly and Associates has been the victim of a data breach. The benefits manager Kelly and Associates has been the victim of a data breach. The company found that personal information of individuals was compromised. They have also found that the breach impacted several client companies include Aetna and Humana. It is not…
Venture-funded tech firm Shield AI and traditional defense prime RTX announced today they were teaming up to put Shield software on RTX hardware. The release touts two collaborative projects, a sensor package and an “operational weapon.” “This collaboration reflects how the defense ecosystem is evolving — bringing the best of autonomy and hardware to bear…
A U.S. judge has ruled that China’s Huawei Technologies, a leading telecoms equipment company, must face criminal charges in a wide reaching case alleging it stole technology and engaged in racketeering, wire and bank fraud and other crimes. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly on Tuesday rejected Huawei’s request to dismiss the allegations in a 16-count…
Bangladesh’s ousted and self-exiled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to six months in prison by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday in a contempt of court case, a top prosecutor said.Hasina has been facing multiple cases since she fled to India after deadly student-led protests in August, but it was the first time…
As reported by News.Az, citing Turkish media, a mass rally took place in Istanbul’s Saraçhane Square, organized by supporters of the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP). The protest was led by the party’s chairman, Özgür Özel, and marked 100 days since the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu. During his speech, Özel announced that the…
The US bombing of Iran’s key Fordow nuclear site has “seriously and heavily damaged” the facility, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an interview with CBS News. “No one exactly knows what has transpired in Fordow. That being said, what we know so far is that the facilities have been seriously and heavily damaged,”…
An oil-drilling barge has sunk in the Gulf of Suez, killing at least four crew members and leaving four others unaccounted for. The Egyptian government said on Wednesday that 22 people were injured when the Adam Marine 12 sank the previous night in the Gebel el-Zeit area in the Gulf of Suez. The barge was…
At least three people were killed when a military helicopter serving the African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Somalia crashed on Wednesday at the airport in the capital Mogadishu, authorities said. The helicopter was arriving from Baledogle Airfield in the Lower Shabelle region with eight people on board, of whom three have been confirmed killed,…
Fiji is opposed to China setting up a military base in the Pacific Islands, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said on Wednesday, adding that it did not need such a base to project power, as shown by an intercontinental ballistic missile test. Strategically placed between the United States and Asia, the Pacific Islands are a focus…
Imagine a future where we share our world with walking, talking humanoid robots. It’s not hard; we’ve all seen it in science fiction. But could it be just around the corner? Well, a report recently published by Morgan Stanley suggests that it could be less than 10 years before millions of them are working alongside…
As Mark Zuckerberg staffs up Meta’s new superintelligence lab, he’s offered top tier research talent pay packages of up to $300 million over four years, with more than $100 million in total compensation for the first year, WIRED has learned. Meta has made at least 10 staggeringly high offers to OpenAI staffers, sources say. One…
The latest version of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” could make it cheaper for semiconductor manufacturers to build plants in the U.S. as Washington continues its efforts to strengthen its domestic chip supply chain. Under the bill, passed by the Senate Tuesday, tax credits for those semiconductor firms would rise to 35% from…
Physicists at the University of Oxford have set a new world record for how accurately a quantum bit, or qubit, can be controlled. They achieved the lowest error rate ever measured in a quantum logic operation: just 0.000015 percent. That’s only one error in 6.7 million operations! That’s nearly ten times better than the previous…
The major internet Content Delivery Network (CDN), Cloudflare, has declared war on AI companies. Starting July 1, Cloudflare now blocks by default AI web crawlers accessing content from your websites without permission or compensation. The change addresses a real problem. My own small site, where I track all my stories, Practical Technology, has been slowed…
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