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There is nothing new about vulnerabilities when it comes to software, hardware, and firmware, so it is essential that companies demonstrate responsibility and accountability for their prompt disclosure and providing fixes.
In the run-up to this week’s 2024 NATO Summit in Washington D.C., NATO DIANA announced the innovation accelerator’s 2024 Innovation Challenges. Details here.
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The mining of critical minerals like perovskite-related materials and oxides of calcium and titanium is increasingly becoming a geopolitical issue. The strategic importance, limited availability, and geographical concentration of these resources are driving competition and have the potential to lead to conflicts. Addressing these challenges requires a combination of international cooperation, sustainable practices, and technological…
Consistent with our OODAcon 2024 theme – Convergence – the recent transfer of $214M worth of bitcoin from the total $13.3B worth of bitcoin held by the USG – predominantly made up of the bitcoin acquired by the USG from the Silk Road seizure – converges with our general bullish coverage vis a vis our long…
Here is to a safe, festive, and restful Fourth of July. Thank you for your continued support. – Matt Devost, Bob Gourley, and the OODA Loop team
Deep Tech Week was one of the most optimistic gathering I have been to. Every session was characterized by a positive and hopeful atmosphere and a sense of community. It is hard to capture the real essence of an event like this for those who could not be there, so I wont even try. I…
OODA Loop was on the road this Spring, doing Field Research at Several Notable Spring 2024 Conferences – including Automate 2024: North America’s largest robotics and automation event held in Chicago, IL, in early May. HIgh-level takeaways from the OODA Loop research team can be found here.
The Republic of Malta’s e-ID is an electronic identification system that enables Maltese citizens, residents, and businesses to access a wide range of online government services. By providing a secure digital identity and facilitating digital transactions, the e-ID system plays a crucial role in Malta’s digital transformation and integration with the broader EU digital economy.…
The e-Estonia Digital Residency Program, also known as e-Residency, allows individuals from anywhere in the world to apply for a digital identity issued by the Estonian government, enabling them to access a variety of online services provided by Estonia. The program allows non-residents to access a variety of Estonian public services and conduct business within…
In this post: the world of digital nomadism – rich with personal stories, thriving communities, and supportive organizations.
Recently, the Biden Administration announced the ban of the sale of Kaspersky antivirus software in the United States, citing the company’s “ties” to the Russian government as a potential risk to U.S. national security. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) conducted a review of the company’s cybersecurity and anti-virus transactions, making its determination based on five security risks…
In the latest installment in our Exponential, Convergent Material Science Innovation Series, we continue to pull the string provided to us by OODA Loop contributor Scott Nuzum (SVP at Chicago-based Innovyz USA) – in his 2023 OODA Loop post Five Exciting Breakthroughs in Materials Science. This time, we hone in on one of the five…
If you are wondering about the strategic imperative and geopolitical incentive structures vis a vis the Red Sea, consider this: “15% of global trade passes exactly through the Red Sea.” In this post: a sampling of recent the Houthi’s internet-based viral video marketing efforts – with an eery Hollywood-style production value touting their maritime USV…
We explore the digital nomadic lifestyle and the global community of purveyors of the life of a digital nomad through the prism of our Digital Self-Sovereignty Research Initiative.
The hottest technology today and the emerging most-promising technology are joining forces. Combining AI and quantum computing in new solutions will advance the efficiency and effectiveness of new applications of these powerful technologies. UNESCO declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, and both Google and Microsoft followed by demonstrating breakthroughs in quantum…
If you read the news about AI, you may feel bombarded with conflicting messages: AI is booming. AI is a bubble. AI’s current techniques and architectures will keep producing breakthroughs. AI is on an unsustainable path and needs radical new ideas. AI is going to take your job. AI is mostly good for turning your…
China is moving fast to dominate biotechnology, and the U.S. risks falling behind permanently unless it takes action over the next three years, a congressional commission said. Congress should invest at least $15 billion to support biotech research over the next five years and take other steps to bolster manufacturing in the U.S., while barring…
At a time when reducing imports and building national capacity is become ever more important, Ukraine has achieved what seemed impossible: producing drones using entirely locally made components. This gives them an unrivalled ability to develop and mass produce drones to their exact requirements. More surprising is the cost. Rather than adding a premium, by…
IBM is releasing the latest version of its mainframe hardware that includes new updates meant to accelerate AI adoption. The hardware and consulting company on Monday announced IBM z17, the latest version of its mainframe computer hardware. This fully encrypted mainframe is powered by an IBM Telum II processor and is designed for more than…
For more than 100 years, writers, artists and filmmakers have sketched out their visions of the household robot, a supposedly inevitable culmination of human technological advancement. One day, these multitasking machines will, we’re told, perform tedious tasks efficiently and without complaint, respond courteously to requests and remain unobtrusively compliant and meek. In The Automatic Maid-Of-All-Work…
Since ChatGPT came on the scene in November 2022, employees have been using the AI chatbot and other variations from Google, Microsoft, Apple, and others, to take notes, write emails, and translate meetings. But could the tools you’re using to help your work actually take your job instead? Goldman Sachs estimated in a 2023 report…
The U.S. and Ukraine plan to discuss the latest U.S. proposal for access to the country’s rare minerals this week. Ukraine will send negotiations to the U.S. to discuss next steps for the deal. President Trump has made his continuous support for Ukraine contingent on the mineral deal, which will give the U.S. preferential access…
The world’s newest country, South Sudan, is on the verge of being thrown into a civil war. A standoff between President Salva Kiir and his deputy, Riek Machar, has grown more tense after Kiir’s troops detained Machar last week. There is fear that a fresh round of ethnic killing will break out, bringing a repeat…
President Trump has announced that the U.S. began to negotiate with Iran over the country’s nuclear program this week. Trump told reports Monday that the U.S. had a big upcoming meeting with Iran in which they would discuss the issue, additionally warning that Iran would be in “great danger” if the diplomatic efforts failed. The…
European Union officials are preparing to vet and vote on a list of retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. this week. These officials are looking at a two-part approach to the recent tariffs, both offering to cut tariffs on American-made products and preparing to retaliate with tariffs of their own. The EU is considering employing a…
Cybersecurity agencies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. have published a joint advisory about the fast flux technique and its associated risks. The technique is being used by hackers to obscure command-and-control (C2) channels. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were involved…
PoisonSeed, a new phishing campaign, has been targeting customer relationship management (CRM) and bulk email providers. The campaign features phishing messages designed to target owners of cryptocurrency. The victim is given a crypto seed phrase which allows a threat actor to steal their assets. CRM and bulk email providers like Mailchimp, Hubspot, and Mailgun are…
A new AI-driven hacking tool “Xanthorox AI” is raising alarm from researchers. The tool allows attackers to develop and launch a variety of cyberattacks including phishing campaigns, exploiting vulnerabilities, or enacting ransomware attacks. The cyberattack platform allows for self-directed, autonomous AI-driven attacks. It was first spotted in March, and cyber defenders fear that it may…
21 nations have signed a voluntary accord governing the use of commercial hacking tools, or spyware. The agreement had been in the works for over a year, and was finally signed in Paris last week. The accord is the Pall Mall Process, or Code of Practices for States, and is made up of four pillars…
Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek has introduced a novel approach to improving the reasoning capabilities of large language models (LLMs), as the public awaits the release of the company’s next-generation model. In collaboration with researchers from Tsinghua University, DeepSeek developed a technique that combines methods referred to as generative reward modelling (GRM) and self-principled…
Microsoft owns lots of Nvidia graphics processing units, but it isn’t using them to develop state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models. There are good reasons for that position, Mustafa Suleyman, the company’s CEO of AI, told CNBC’s Steve Kovach in an interview on Friday. Waiting to build models that are “three or six months behind” offers several…
Victory at sea will require large fleets of autonomous subsea, surface, and air vehicles capable of bringing advanced awareness and overwhelming adversaries with mass maritime effects. With the Dive-LD and Dive-XL, Copperhead enables a comprehensive, intelligent maritime capability that allows operators to quickly respond to threats in the undersea battlespace, at a fraction of the…
While there are still differing perspectives on how long it will be until certain types of quantum computing hit commercial viability, experts from big tech companies like Google and IBM as well as smaller organizations like D-Wave Quantum and TreQ generally agree on quantum’s most mature, promising industry applications, which range from medical insights to…
In a groundbreaking development, California-based robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) company Dexterity has unveiled Mech, the world’s first industrial super-humanoid robot. This innovative creation figures to revolutionize enterprise operations, particularly in the logistics and manufacturing sectors. Let’s dive into the details of this new technology and explore its potential impact on the industry. This industrial…
The year that ChatGPT went viral, only two US companies—OpenAI and Google—could boast truly cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Three years on, AI is no longer a two-horse race, nor is it purely an American one. A new report published today by Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) highlights just how crowded the field has become.…
Meta on Saturday released the first models from its latest open-source artificial intelligence software Llama 4, as the company scrambles to lead the race to invest in generative AI. But the Facebook owner said it has not yet released the biggest and most powerful Llama 4 model, which outperforms other AI models in its class…
Russian air raids over the weekend struck Kyiv and southern Ukraine, killing at least one and injuring three others. The attacks came shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the U.S. for its lack of a strong response to Russian attacks on his hometown. The attacks killed 190 people, including nine children. Zelensky stated that…
President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel are set to meet this week at the White House. This will be the second such visit by Netanyahu since Trump’s inauguration earlier this year. Despite Trump’s efforts to negotiate a truce between Israel and Hamas, Netanyahu renewed Israel’s military campaign against Hamas last month. The…
Over the weekend, President Trump’s deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus visited Lebanon to discuss the Israeli truce. Although the U.S. had brokered a ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel, strikes have continued over the past two weeks. The Lebanese government has been working to rebuild the country after the war between Israel and Hezbollah…
It is suspected that over 100 chemical weapons sites are still in Syria after the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the country’s former president, came to an end. The sites are assumed to have been a part of researching, manufacturing, and storing chemical weapons. Al-Assad had used chemical weapons against rebel fighters and civilians during the…
Oracle has confirmed to its customers that its systems were breached in a recent attack that it had denied. The company seems to be attempting to downplay the incident’s impact. The hacker behind the incident had offered to sell millions of lines of data including over 140,000 Oracle Cloud tenants. The malicious actor had originally…
The commander of U.S. Cyber Command and the director of the NSA, Gen. Timothy Haugh, was removed from his positions this past week on Thursday. The incident marks another high-profile firing of a senior national security official by the new administration. The reasoning behind Haugh’s firing has not yet been made clear, but followed a…
A south central Lower Sioux Indian Community was hit by a ransomware attack last week, impacting the community’s critical infrastructure. The attack disrupted a local healthcare facility, government center, hotel, and casino operations. The tribe quickly took some systems offline and is now working to investigate the incident. RansomHub has taken responsibility for the attack.…
After effectively canceling the consumer launch of its o3 reasoning model in February, OpenAI now says it aims to release both o3 and a next-gen successor, o4-mini, in “a couple of weeks.” In a post on X on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the reversal in course is related to OpenAI’s upcoming GPT-5, which…
Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co have reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture to operate the U.S. chipmaker’s factories, the Information reported on Thursday, citing two people involved in the discussions. TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, will take a 20% stake in the new company, the report said. The White House…
China placed some rare earth elements under export restrictions on Friday as part of its response to President Donald Trump’s tariff package, potentially cutting the U.S. off from critical minerals vital to everything from smartphones to electric car batteries. China produces around 90% of the world’s refined rare earths, a group of 17 elements used…
Quantum computing is becoming real and will soon be able to solve problems well beyond the capabilities of today’s fastest supercomputers. In the wrong hands, however, quantum computers will also create a new pain level for cybersecurity professionals. Recent advancements suggest that a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC) — one that can break commonly used…
For the second time in a year, Unitree Robotics caused a stir on social media recently with videos of its humanoid robot’s acrobatic accomplishments. This time around, the G1 robot completed a standing side flip and a kung fu move known as a carp jump — both more complicated than the standing front flip that…
The 2024 Security Priorities study shows that for 72% of IT and security decision makers, their roles have expanded to accommodate new challenges, with Risk management, Securing AI-enabled technology and emerging technologies being added to their plate. Artificial Intelligence has sharpened both edges of the sword, as organizations are better equipped to defend against cybersecurity…
Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) promises to improve operational efficiencies and the customer experience offered by enterprises. The advanced technology is finding applications in loan underwriting and fraud detection, and now it’s moving across borders. TerraPay Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Ram Sundaram told PYMNTS as part of the “What’s Next in Payments” series focused on…
Hungary has withdrawn from the ICC. Hungary has formally withdrawn from the International Criminal Court. The decision comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to visit the country. Netanyah has been indicted by the ICC for alleged crimes committed in the West Bank and Gaza. Hungary will be the only EU member and…
Kurdish fighters have withdrawn from parts of northern Syria as part of a deal with the new government. Fighters of the mostly kurdish SDF have withdrawn from parts of Aleppo as part of a deal with the new government. This is the next phase an agreement between the parties to reach a permanent merger of…
Protests have broken out in the Central African Republic over the President seeking a third term. Protests have broken out accross the Central African Republic after the President annouced his plan to seek a third term in office. Protesters also objected to the continued presences of Wagner mercenaries in the country. The Central African Republic…
The EU has held its first summit with central asian states. The EU and five central asian states have held their first summit. The talks focused on boosting trade between the blocks. The leaders annouced an initial investment program to build transportation infrastructure. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/uzbekistan-central-asia-eu-samarkand-summit-2a3b14088999fe72eb60e1b4417fac60
A vulnerability in a Verizon App has exposed the call records of millions of users. The Verizon Call Filter has been found by researchers to be vulnerable to third party theft of data. The vulnerability potentially allwoed third parties to fraudently request call logs of app users by directly accessing the central end point of…
Russian Android users have been targeted by a variant of the Triada trojan. Researchers have found that Android users in Russia and a few other countries are being targetted by a variant of the Triada trojan. The trojan allows attackers to access nearly everything on a compromised device including personal information and passwords. Researchers believe…
Hackers have targetted several major Australian pension funds. Hackers have targetted AustralianSuper, the country’s largest pension fund. The attacker were able to compromise 600 accounts. Two other major funds also reported detecting suspious activity at the same time of the AustralianSuper attack. AustralianSuper said that it was able to quickly lockdown the accounts to prevent…
Several VPN apps have been linked to Chinese companies linked to the Chinese military. Several VPN apps have been found to be owned by Chinese companies with ties to the Chinese military. Concerns have been raised by these ties as Chinese law requires companies to request with government requests for information. Researchers also found that…
OpenAI’s new image-generation feature is on track to be one of the company’s most popular product launches ever. According to Brad Lightcap, who oversees day-to-day operations and global deployment at OpenAI, over 130 million users have generated more than 700 million images since the upgraded image generator launched in ChatGPT on May 25. “[W]e appreciate…
Ernst & Young (EY) has introduced Nightfall_4, an upgraded layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, transitioning from optimistic rollups to a more advanced zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup system. This transformation is aimed at improving transaction speeds while ensuring higher security standards. By implementing ZK proofs, the latest update eliminates delays and disputes that were commonly associated with…
DARPA is dramatically expanding its Quantum Benchmarking Initiative to help the private sector build a workable quantum computer by 2033, the Pentagon’s top R&D agency announced this morning. Almost 20 new companies will join prior award recipients Microsoft and PsiQuantum, which won awards under a pilot phase of the program that began in 2023. Today’s…
Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week, pinning down a long-awaited start to the company’s plan to deploy a massive constellation that will rival Elon Musk’s Starlink system. In a statement, Amazon said it will launch the “Kuiper Atlas 1” mission on…
CMR Surgical has completed a financing round of more than $200m, combining equity and debt capital to expedite the commercialisation of its Versius Surgical Robotic System, particularly focusing on the US market. Through these funds, the company also aims to bolster its growth strategy. The financing round is supported by all current investors and includes…
Chinese tech giants including Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance placed at least $16B in orders for Nvidia’s H20 server chips used for AI in the first three months of 2025, ahead of a potential U.S. ban on the sale of the AI chip in China, The Information reported citing people familiar with the transactions. The orders…
At 40, Keith Krehbiel was a successful political scientist with a distinguished professorship, an award-winning book and a membership at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. But he also was experiencing a tremor and pain in his right hand that later spread to his arm. Two years later, a neurologist confirmed that Krehbiel had…
Israel has announced that it will establish a new security corridor across Gaza. The Israeli government has announced that it will establish a new security corridor accross the Gaza Strip. The government of Israel said the move is intended to pressue Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages. The resumption of hostitilies has caused the United…
Protests turn violent as the residents of Port-au-Prince demand action be taken against gang violence. A protest in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, turned violent on Wednesday. Residents of the city have been demanding for years that the government take action to address gang violence. Gangs control roughly 85% of the nation’s capital and carry out attacks…
India’s lower house of parliament has passed a bill that changes how Muslim endowments are governed. India’s lower house of parliament has passed a bill that would chage how Muslim enodwments are governed. The bill would permit non-Muslims to serve on the board’s which administer the religous endowement boards. The bill was moved by the…
South Africa’s unity government faces threat of collapse after budget fight. South Africa’s unity government may collapse after a vote on the national budget. The unity government is composed of the ANC and DA which have major ideological differences but agreed to govern together in order to help stablize the country. The parties split over…
European authorties have taken action to shutdown a major online minor abuse platform. European authorties have taken action to shutdown a major online minor abuse platform. Authorities were also able to identify hundreds of users of the platform have taken action to begin arrests. 38 countries took part in the operation. Authorities have also said…
Google has expanded end-to-end ecryption services to enterprise Gmail accounts. Google has annouced that end-to-end encryption will be coming to enterprise Gmail accounts. The update is currently in a pilot program and will be rolled out to all customers soon. The program allows for end-to-end encrypted emails to be sent within organizations. Google has said…
Hackers were able to steal millions from a minor crypto exchange. A minor crypto exchange was the victim of a large scale theft. Hackers were able to infiltrate the exchange’s system and grant themselves administrator privileges. They used this access to tranfer millions of dollars to offsite accounts. The management team has said they are…
Poland’s governing party has been the victim of a cyber attack. Poland’s governing party has disclosed that they have been the victim of a cyberattack. The party said that the attack was likely carried out by foreign actors. Party officials have strongly implied that they believe that Russia was responsible for the attack. Read more:…
Artificial intelligence (AI) has long been a cornerstone of cybersecurity. From malware detection to network traffic analysis, predictive machine learning models and other narrow AI applications have been used in cybersecurity for decades. As we move closer to artificial general intelligence (AGI), AI’s potential to automate defenses and fix vulnerabilities becomes even more powerful. But…
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