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The government needs large clusters of GPUs dedicated to missions that matter to national security and acceleration of AI in service to our citizens. We currently have none.
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.
China could take steps against the European Union after the 27-member bloc barred Chinese firms from most public tenders for medical devices, the commerce ministry said on Tuesday, keeping trade tensions high ahead of a key summit next month. The European Commission said on Friday that Chinese companies would be prevented from bidding for public…
China’s advantages in developing artificial intelligence are about to unleash a wave of innovation that will generate more than 100 DeepSeek-like breakthroughs in the coming 18 months, according to a former top official. The new software products “will fundamentally change the nature and the tech nature of the whole Chinese economy,” Zhu Min, who was…
Summer is always a slow time for the tech industry. OpenAI seems fully in line with this, with their open model “[taking] a little more time” and GPT-5 seemingly always delayed a bit more. These will obviously be major news items, but I’m not sure we see them until August. I’m going to take this…
Quantum computing (QC) brings with it a mix of groundbreaking possibilities and significant risks. Major tech players like IBM, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have already rolled out commercial QC cloud services, while specialized firms like Quantinuum and PsiQuantum have quickly achieved unicorn status. Experts predict that the global QC market could add more than $1…
Abridge, a startup that has automated doctors’ note-taking with artificial intelligence, on Tuesday said it had raised $300 million in funding. The round, led by venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Khosla Ventures, values the startup at $5.3 billion. In February, Abridge raised $250 million at a valuation of $2.75 billion. The new capital…
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled late Monday that Anthropic’s use of books without permission to train its artificial intelligence system was legal under U.S. copyright law. Siding with tech companies on a pivotal question for the AI industry, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Anthropic made “fair use” of books by writers Andrea…
We sometimes call chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT “robots,” but generative AI is also playing a growing role in real, physical robots. After announcing Gemini Robotics earlier this year, Google DeepMind has now revealed a new on-device VLA (vision language action) model to control robots. Unlike the previous release, there’s no cloud component, allowing robots…
A year ago, a 1,200-acre stretch of farmland outside New Carlisle, Ind., was an empty cornfield. Now, seven Amazon data centers rise up from the rich soil, each larger than a football stadium. Over the next several years, Amazon plans to build around 30 data centers at the site, packed with hundreds of thousands of…
Dutch authorities report pro-Russian cyberattacks ahead of NATO summit in The Hague. On Monday, the Netherlands’ National Cybersecurity Center confirmed denial-of-service attacks targeting municipalities and NATO-linked organizations. The attacks, claimed by the hacker group NoName057(16), are believed to have ideological motives. While the city of The Hague, which is hosting the summit, remains operational, officials…
Thailand restricts land border crossings with Cambodia following a deadly border clash last month. Thailand has blocked tourist travel to Cambodia following a May 28 border incident that left one Cambodian soldier dead. Only those with essential needs are allowed to cross. In response, Cambodia cut Thai internet, electricity, and fuel supplies. Thai officials also…
The loan aims to ease blackouts and boost jobs as South Africa tackles slow growth. The World Bank has granted South Africa a $1.5 billion loan aimed at improving transport and energy infrastructure and supporting a shift toward a low-carbon economy. The government hopes the funds will help ease blackouts, clogged ports, and high unemployment.…
European leaders call for diplomacy as the U.S., Iran, and Israel trade military strikes. European leaders are urging Iran to resume talks after a U.S. strike on Iranian nuclear sites triggered missile retaliation on a U.S. base in Qatar. While Britain, France, and Germany continue diplomatic outreach, Iran has turned to Russia for support and…
Experts say pro-Iranian hackers may escalate operations amid heightened tensions. The Department of Homeland Security has issued an alert anticipating Iranian cyber activity in response to U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Officials say both state-sponsored hackers and pro-Iranian hacktivists may target American networks, with risks ranging from low-level disruptions to more sophisticated espionage. Experts…
Researchers link deepfake Zoom hacks to the North Korean group BlueNoroff. Security firms say North Korea’s BlueNoroff group is behind a wave of social engineering attacks using fake Zoom calls and deepfake avatars to trick victims into running malware. Targets included employees in the gambling and cryptocurrency sectors, who were coaxed into downloading malicious scripts…
New “Echo Chamber” jailbreak exposes how AI can be manipulated despite built-in safeguards. Researchers at NeuralTrust have identified a method called Echo Chamber that uses innocuous prompts to steer AI models toward restricted content without triggering safety systems. By subtly altering conversation context over multiple turns, the technique avoids prohibited keywords while achieving harmful outcomes.…
Nucor confirms data theft in May cyberattack but reports limited business impact. Following a mid-May cyber incident, Nucor Corporation disclosed that hackers accessed its IT systems and stole a limited amount of data. Affected systems have since been restored, and the company says the breach is unlikely to affect its financial performance. While no group…
Well, I’ve been promising a lot of continued volatility, and that’s what we’ve been getting. And, unfortunately, I was right about my prediction of an escalating war in the Middle East. The Israel/Iran conflict is worsening, and the U.S. is now involved, whether it likes it or not. We can only hope for a deal…
A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 22 and wounding 63 others, state media reported. The attack took place in Dweil’a on the outskirts of Damascus inside the Mar Elias Church, according to state media SANA,…
The United States believes Iran could carry out retaliatory attacks targeting American forces in the Middle East soon, although the U.S. is still seeking a diplomatic resolution that would see Tehran forgo any attack, two U.S. officials said on Monday. One of the officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity to discuss the…
Thailand’s prime minister announced new land border restrictions Monday aimed at blocking tourists heading into Cambodia as the two countries engage in retaliatory measures in their border dispute. Relations between the countries have deteriorated following an armed confrontation May 28 in which one Cambodian soldier was killed in a relatively small, contested territory. While the…
The Subarnarekha River, which flows through Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, has flooded large parts of Balasore district in Odisha, affecting over 50,000 people and inundating dozens of villages. Heavy rains and the release of excess water from Jharkhand pushed the Subarnarekha River to flow above the danger mark of 10.36 meters, inundating 61 villages…
Police arrested on Sunday 22 suspects accused of a mob attack that left at least a dozen people killed two days ago in central Nigeria. A passenger bus was mobbed in the Mangu area of the state of Plateau, according to a police statement released Saturday. The passengers traveled from Zaria, in north-western Kaduna state,…
Iran may be threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz but experts told CNBC that it’s also the one with the most to lose. In major move after U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites, the country’s parliament on Sunday approved the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report from Iran’s state-owned Press TV…
Tesla’s robotaxi service, touted by Elon Musk as the future of his flagging electric-car maker, launched in the company’s home city of Austin on Sunday with about 10 vehicles and a human safety driver on board amid regulatory scrutiny of its self-driving technology. Shares in Tesla have risen about 50 per cent from this year’s…
AI firm DeepSeek is aiding China’s military and intelligence operations, a senior U.S. official told Reuters, adding that the Chinese tech startup sought to use Southeast Asian shell companies to access high-end semiconductors that cannot be shipped to China under U.S. rules. Hangzhou-based DeepSeek sent shockwaves through the technology world in January, claiming its artificial…
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC), a global leader in quantum computing solutions spun out from Oxford University, today announces research that could dramatically accelerate the path to commercially viable quantum computers. The company’s latest research demonstrates a new approach to quantum error-detection that could reduce the massive hardware requirements which have slowed the development of practical…
Apple will need to make the biggest acquisition in its history to put an end to its artificial intelligence debacle. Also: Meta rolls out new Oakley smart glasses; Honor prepares a new ultrathin foldable phone; and Apple’s annual back-to-school deal gets underway. Among the giants of Silicon Valley, Apple Inc. has long had an unusual…
Hexagon AB last week launched its first humanoid robot, AEON, at its flagship Hexagon LIVE Global event. The Zurich-based company said it specifically designed AEON to meet real-world customer needs and address labor shortages. “Hexagon’s legacy in precision measurement and sensor technologies has always been about enabling next-generation autonomy,” said Ola Rollén, the chairman of…
The smartest AI researchers and engineers have spent the past few months getting hit up by one of the richest men in the world. Mark Zuckerberg is spending his days firing off emails and WhatsApp messages to the sharpest minds in artificial intelligence in a frenzied effort to play catch-up. He has personally reached out…
Amazon’s second batch of Kuiper internet satellites reached low Earth orbit on Monday, adding to its plans for a massive constellation and ramping up competition with SpaceX’s Starlink. A United Launch Alliance rocket carrying 27 Kuiper satellites lifted off from a launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:54 a.m. ET,…
Thinking Machines Lab, the secretive AI startup founded by OpenAI’s former chief technology officer Mira Murati, has closed a $2 billion seed round, according to The Financial Times. The deal values the 6-month-old startup at $10 billion. The company’s work remains unclear. The startup has leveraged Murati’s reputation and other high-profile AI researchers who have…
Evacuations are underway and reinforcements have been drawn from across the country. Fires broke out Sunday near the town of Chios and quickly grew due to strong winds, leading to evacuations in a dozen areas and a large response from firefighters and aircraft. Additional personnel and equipment were sent from Athens and Thessaloniki to assist…
Wagner fighters in Mali have created graphic content online to intimidate local communities. A legal brief submitted to the ICC accuses Wagner operatives and Malian soldiers of committing war crimes between 2021 and 2024, including killings, torture, and public mutilation. It also claims that posting graphic videos on social media may itself qualify as a…
Overnight unrest escalates protests in Bocas del Toro over social security reforms. On Friday, Panama’s government suspended the right to assemble and move freely in Bocas del Toro province for five days after protest-related damage to a local airport, a baseball stadium, and Chiquita Brands facilities. The unrest stems from nationwide opposition to social security…
The attack has raised fresh concerns about ongoing extremist violence in Borno state. At least 10 people were killed late Friday when a suicide bomber targeted a restaurant in Konduga, a town near Maiduguri in Nigeria’s Borno state. Local reports say the attacker was female and used the cover of heavy rain to evade notice…
Cybernews uncovers 16 billion exposed login credentials, potentially one of the largest leaks to date. Researchers discovered over 30 massive datasets containing a total of 16 billion login records, many sourced from infostealer malware and accessible via unsecured servers. These datasets, some linked to services like Google, Apple, and Telegram, could enable phishing, account takeover,…
The company is investigating the potential exposure of customer Social Security numbers and health data. Aflac states it has detected suspicious activity on its U.S. network, possibly affecting Social Security numbers, claims details, and health records. The breach was contained within hours, and the company is offering 24 months of credit and identity protection to…
Cloudflare has mitigated the largest DDoS attack on record, targeting a hosting provider. In mid-May, Cloudflare mitigated a short but intense DDoS attack that peaked at 7.3 terabits per second and targeted a single IP address across nearly 35,000 destination ports per second. Over 99% of the traffic came from UDP floods, with additional reflection…
Krispy Kreme confirms over thousands of affected users in a 2024 ransomware attack. Following a late 2024 ransomware attack claimed by the Play group, Krispy Kreme reported that 161,676 individuals’ data was compromised, including Social Security numbers, health details, and payment information. Most affected are current or former employees and their families, with nearly 7,000…
When Baiju Bhatt stepped away from his role as chief creative officer at Robinhood last year, only those close to him could have predicted his next move: launching a space company built around tech that the aerospace industry has largely dismissed, and which might be more groundbreaking than anyone realizes. If people aren’t paying much…
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s government has been rocked after a major coalition partner quit amid mounting public anger over a leaked phone call she had with a former Cambodian leader. Paetongtarn faced growing calls to resign on Thursday as the kingdom was racked by renewed political instability, with fears that an ongoing border dispute…
At least 12 miners have tragically lost their lives following the collapse of an artisanal coltan mine in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), officials confirmed on Friday. The incident occurred Thursday near the town of Rubaya, though the exact cause of the collapse remains under investigation. Dozens of miners reportedly escaped…
Chinese and Philippine vessels have clashed again in the South China Sea, with Beijing saying its coastguard used a water cannon to expel a Philippine government vessel near Scarborough Shoal on Friday. China Coast Guard spokesman Liu Dejun said on Friday afternoon that Philippine vessel 3006 had “ignored repeated warnings and insistently intruded” into Chinese…
Satellite pictures from Maxar Technologies, dated June 19, confirm that Israel’s recent airstrike caused substantial structural damage to Iran’s heavy water reactor facility at Arak, also known as Khondab, roughly 250 kilometres southwest of Tehran. The high-resolution images reveal the collapse of the upper section of the reactor dome alongside visible destruction to adjacent infrastructure,…
Thousands of supporters of Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 80th birthday Thursday by attempting to set a world record for the most birthday greeting videos, while others took to the streets in demonstrations against the military government that ousted her. Kalo Say Htoo, an organizer of the birthday video campaign,…
Taiwan‘s defence ministry says that it has detected more than 70 Chinese military aircraft around the island in the last 24 hours, just days after a British naval vessel sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The latest sightings reported on Friday come as Beijing continues to ramp up the deployment of fighter jets and naval…
Chinese authorities have warned of flash floods and swift currents in mountainous areas in the eastern, central, southern and southwestern regions of the country after heavy rains there. The red alerts, the first for this year, were issued late on Thursday covering areas in the provinces of Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi region,…
SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son is seeking to team up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to realize what could be his biggest bet yet — a trillion-dollar industrial complex in Arizona to build robots and artificial intelligence. Son envisions a version of the vast manufacturing hub of China’s Shenzhen that would bring back high-tech…
Microsoft Quantum is continuing to advance the global quantum ecosystem by adding cutting-edge features to its compute platform. By developing powerful error-correction codes that are applicable to many types of qubits, we are advancing the field of quantum computing while putting it within reach of experts and nonexperts alike. Microsoft’s novel four-dimensional geometric codes require…
Meta Platforms Inc. held discussions with artificial intelligence search startup Perplexity AI Inc. about a possible takeover before moving ahead with a multibillion-dollar investment in Scale AI, according to people familiar with the matter. The two companies couldn’t come to an agreement and decided not to pursue the deal, said the people, who asked not…
Taiwan’s Foxconn and U.S. artificial intelligence chips maker Nvidia are in talks to deploy humanoid robots at a new Foxconn factory in Houston that will produce Nvidia AI servers, two sources familiar with the matter said. This would be the first time that an Nvidia product will be made with the assistance of humanoid robots…
A U.S. official told top global semiconductor makers he wanted to revoke waivers they have used to access American technology in China, people familiar with the matter said, a move that could inflame trade tensions.Currently, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix as well as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing enjoy blanket waivers that allow them to…
Top executives at some of the largest American companies have a warning for their workers: Artificial intelligence is a threat to your job. CEOs from Amazon to IBM, Salesforce and JPMorgan Chase are telling their employees to prepare for disruption as AI either transforms or eliminates their jobs in the future.AI will “improve inventory placement,…
When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg poached Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang last week as part of a $14.3 billion investment in the artificial intelligence startup, he was apparently just getting started. Zuckerberg’s multibillion-dollar AI hiring spree has now turned to Daniel Gross, the CEO of Ilya Sutskever’s startup Safe Superintelligence, and former GitHub CEO Nat…
Iran has declined to hold nuclear talks as the conflict continues. Iran has declined to hold talks concerning its nuclear program as the conflcit Israel continues. The United States has also refused to enter the conflict as of yet it. The United Nations and other states in region has pressed for all sides to end…
Belgium has announced it will impose border checks. Belgium has annouced it will impose border checks. The checks will begin this summer. This move comes as Germany and the Netherlands have implemented similar policies. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/belgium-announces-border-checks-migration-clampdown-2025-06-20/
Congo is considering extending its cobalt export ban. The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering extending its export ban on cobalt. The country is also considering imposing export quotas. The extension of the ban is likely because the government needs more time to decide how to divide the quota between the various mining companies. Read…
Panama has cracked down on protests in the province of Bocas del Toro. Panama has cracked down on protests in the province of Bocas del Toro. Protests have been on going for several weeks due to proposed changes to the country’s pension laws. The crackdown has been critized by several opposition groups. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-temporarily-suspends-some-constitutional-guarantees-protest-rocked-2025-06-20/
Israeli linked group has attacked Iran’s largest crypto bank. The Israeli linked group Predator Sparrow has attacked Iran’s largest crypto bank. The group was able to steal $90 million of crypto currency. The attack has also exposed the banks entire source code. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/predatory-sparrow-burns-90-million-on-iranian-crypto-exchange-in-cyber-shadow-war/
Cloudflare has disrupted a record breaking DDoS attack. Cloudflare has disclosed that it stoped a record breaking DDoS attack. The company said the attack was aimed at a hosting provider. The attack came from over 5,000 devices registered in 160 countries. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/record-breaking-ddos-attack-peaked-at-7-3-tbps/
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