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The Federal Ruling against Google is finally part of the tipping point, as many have been waiting for a much-needed wave of judicial and legislative activity to begin strengthening the U.S. cognitive infrastructure and cleaning up the information ecosystem. Details of the ruling can be found in this post.
Recent reporting reveals that the United Nations (UN) will soon hold their final negotiation meeting on its new Cybercrime Treaty.
Designed as “A Practical Guide for State and Local Governments,” Addressing the Threat of Political Violence in the 2024 Elections is diagnostic, prescriptive, directive, and immediately actionable. The report is the result of a workshop convened in the spring of 2024 consisting of a group of senior law enforcement officials, national security analysts, attorneys, legal…
DEF CON 32 runs from August 8th through 11th. Panels, challenges, and events we track annually at DEFCON 32 are included here.
The 20-year-old shooter in Bulter, Pennslyvania, on July 13, 2024, personifies not only the ‘lone actor’ threat in an information ecosystem addled with extremist and violent rhetoric – but also the ongoing generational gap within law enforcement and the intelligence community (IC). OODA Loop and the OODA Network have been on this strategic beat since…
Once again, Robert Stratton will be participating as a judge in Black Hat 2024 Startup Spotlight.
I believe the world stands on the brink of an age of tech abundance, an era marked by unprecedented technological advancements, promising significant improvements in productivity, sustainability, and quality of life.
Last week, while the Denver Metro Area experienced climate crisis conditions, inside the air-conditioned Colorado Convention Center (in two of the last presentations at SIGGRAPH 2024), Professor Mike Pritchard shared his latest research (some of which is in collaboration with NVIDIA’s Earth-2″ Initiative) on the future machine learning, earth system science and computer simulation and…
While attending SIGGRAPH 2024, the OODA Loop team awoke to local newscasts responsibly reporting – and refreshingly not catastrophizing – the exponential metrics of a wildfire that had doubled in size overnight. The proximity to the Denver Metro Area – within 20 miles – newscasters were reporting as ‘unprecedented.’ The Quarry Fire, as the conflagration…
Though Russia has not abandoned its cyber efforts against critical infrastructure, any deviation is a testament to the fact that cyber attacks against such targets are not necessarily easy to accomplish or will achieve the results that are expected.
SIGGRAPH 2024 featured a rare joint public appearance of NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang and Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the 51st annual conference on Monday, July 29th. Before the Fireside Chat with Zuckerberg, Huang also headlined a Fireside Chat with WIRED Senior Writer Lauren Goode to discuss AI and graphics for the new…
At this month’s meeting, we found ourselves in a real-time incident report context assessing the real-time impact of a super-botched global security update for its global customers by Crowdstrike. It made for a fascinating discussion. The upcoming (and highly anticipated every year by the OODA Network membership) Black Hat and Defcon 32 events in Vegas…
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) “detected, tracked, and intercepted two Russian TU-95 and two PRC H-6 military aircraft operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on July 24, 2024. NORAD fighter jets from the United States and Canada conducted the intercept.”
ACM SIGGRAPH – The Association for Computing Machinery, Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques – is the premier annual conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques. This annual conference is positioned for another 40-year run as the best-in-class annual confab for research and development and strategic insights for competitive advantage…
The release this month of a joint statement this week by U.S., U.K. and E.U regulators regarding “Competition in Generative AI Foundation Models and AI Products” pointed us back to our ongoing research questions: is this statement and commitment to global collaboration and enforcement of emerging AI regulatory standards an extension of an overall climate…
Last year, China saw a boom in foundation models, the do-everything large language models that underpin the AI revolution. This year, the focus has shifted to AI agents—systems that are less about responding to users’ queries and more about autonomously accomplishing things for them. There are now a host of Chinese startups building these general-purpose…
It says something about Apple’s current status that its trailing position in artificial intelligence isn’t the company’s biggest problem. It might seem to be next week, though. Investors are glum ahead of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference that kicks off Monday. The stock has slid 20% since the first of the year, which is the worst…
AMD has announced that it has just acquired Toronto-based AI chip company Untether AI. This isn’t the usual corporate acquisition, though, where the bigger firm completely buys the smaller one. Instead, AMD only hired the entire engineering team of Untether, leaving everything else behind. Because of this, its speedAI AI inference processor and imAIgine SDK…
Further expanding on its AI-centric ETF offerings, KraneShares announced the launch of its newest ETF on June 5, 2025. The KraneShares Global Humanoid and Embodied Intelligence Index ETF (KOID) now trades on the Nasdaq. The next evolution in AI robotics has arrived, driven by some of the largest names in the industry. Unitree Robotics, maker…
Seemingly every week, Christophe Fouquet, the chief executive of the Dutch technology company ASML, has found himself grappling with political firestorms. Last month, President Trump announced 50 percent tariffs on European goods sold to the United States, potentially raising some costs for ASML’s lithography machines, which are critical for producing advanced microchips. Two days later,…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said last week that artificial intelligence could eliminate half of all entry-level white-collar jobs within five years and cause unemployment to skyrocket to as high as 20%. He should know better—as should many other serious academics, who have been warning for years that AI will mean the end of employment as…
CEOs and the working class are very divided on how AI will shake up the world. Leaders tout the promise of an enhanced work-life, while employees question the future of their jobs. The CEO of Google’s AI research lab, DeepMind, has a more abstract line of thinking: galaxy exploration and “superhumans”—and perhaps sooner than you…
Russia is struggeling to replace aircraft damanged by Ukraine. Russia has struggled to replace damage aircraft. Ukraine’s suprise drone strikes which targeted Russia’s strategic airforce has left dozens of aircraft crippled. Analysts estimate it will take several years for Russia to replace and repair the damaged aircraft. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/russia-faces-struggle-replace-bombers-lost-ukrainian-drone-strikes-2025-06-06/
The Africa Corps mercenary group has said they will remain in Africa. The Africa Corps mercenary group has said they will remain in Africa. The group made this annoucement after the Wagner group annouced its plans to leave the region. The Africa Corps is a seperate Russian group with links to the Kremlin. Read more:…
Three Iranian men have been accused of spying by the UK. The UK has brought charges against three men for allegedly providing assistance to Iran. The three Iranian men were allegeded to have targeted journalists in the UK. One of them was accussed of planning to commit violence against individuals in the UK. Read more:…
Bangladesh is set to hold elections in April 2026. The interim government of Bangladesh has annouced that elections will be held in April of 2026. Bangladesh has had an interim government since the outsting of the previous government by student protesters. The interim government has struggled to maintain stability as protesters accusse the government of…
HPE has annouced several patches for vulnerabilities in StoreOnce. HPE has annouced that they have released patches for several vulnerabilities in StoreOnce. The patches address issues related to data protection and authentication protocols. It is not known if these vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/hpe-patches-critical-vulnerability-in-storeonce/
The US has annouced a $10 million reward for the RedLine malware developer. The US has annouced that it will be offering a $10 million reward for information on the RedLine Malware developer. The RedLine malware has been used by cybercriminals to steal information including credentials and disrupt operations. It is believed that the developer…
Ukraine’s infrastructure has been targeted by Russian threat actors. Russia threat actors are once again targeting Ukraine’s infrastructure. The new attacks mirror previous ones in their methodology and focus. It is believed these latest attacks are being coordinated by the GRU. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/destructive-pathwiper-targeting-ukraines-critical-infrastructure/
Cisco has released patches for ISE. Cisco has released several patches for vulnerabilities in ISE. The patches address sevearl issues releated to generating credentials. The company has said that it is working to patch additional known vulnerabilities. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-patches-critical-ise-vulnerability-with-public-poc/
BreachRx, provider of the first intelligent incident response management platform designed for the entire enterprise, announced today that it has been named to Rising in Cyber 2025 by Notable Capital. The independent list spotlights the 30 most promising companies solving the most urgent challenges facing today’s security teams. Unlike traditional rankings, Rising in Cyber 2025…
It may not be sounding again any time soon, but it is flying: The Quarterhorse Mk 1 aircraft has flown for the first time, according to the US aviation company Hermeus. The final version of the aircraft is expected to reach several times the speed of sound. The unmanned prototype completed a stable flight and…
Islamist militants hit two more military installations on Wednesday and Thursday, Mali’s army said, the latest in a quick spate of attacks that the insurgents say have killed hundreds of soldiers and underscored their gains. Ground and air reinforcements were being mobilized on Thursday morning to respond to an attack on a security post in…
Four days after Ukraine launched its most complex attack against Russia since the full-scale war began, details of how it was carried out and the damage it caused to Russia’s strategic bomber fleet are still emerging. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the operation, dubbed “Spider’s Web”, as “absolutely brilliant”, although the extent of Russian military…
Manila’s deal to acquire 12 upgraded FA-50 fighter jets from South Korea could significantly strengthen the Philippines’ air defence and power projection in the contested South China Sea – but analysts say the light combat aircraft still fall short of the multirole fighters the country ultimately seeks. The US$700 million contract, signed on Tuesday with…
The US-Japan alliance has never been more important or stronger. And rarely has it faced greater uncertainties or dangers. That’s the paradoxical takeaway from my trip last week to Tokyo, where I spoke to government and private-sector audiences about the state of the world. Japan faces growing threats in its neighborhood, from a bellicose China…
Four prominent opposition figures in the Ivory Coast have been excluded from the final electoral list, according to the Electoral Commission, leaving them ineligible to contest pivotal October presidential elections in a nation with not-too-distant memories of civil war and coup attempts. “My elimination from the electoral list by the Independent Electoral Commission [CEI] is…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp said the artificial intelligence arms race between the U.S. and China will culminate in one country coming out on top. My general bias on AI is it is dangerous,” Karp told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Thursday. “There are positive and negative consequences, and either we win or China will…
Reddit said the AI company unlawfully used Reddit’s data for commercial purposes without paying for it and without abiding by the company’s user data policy, according to the complaint, which was filed Wednesday in California. “Anthropic is in fact intentionally trained on the personal data of Reddit users without ever requesting their consent,” the complaint…
For all the attention on U.S.-China competition in artificial intelligence, new studies point to China’s rapid rise in biotechnology, especially for drug and agricultural development. Out of five critical tech sectors, “China has the most immediate opportunity to overtake the United States in biotechnology,” the Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs said Thursday…
Anthropic says it has released a new set of AI models tailored for U.S. national security customers. The new models, a custom set of “Claude Gov” models, were “built based on direct feedback from our government customers to address real-world operational needs,” writes Anthropic in the blog post. Compared to Anthropic’s consumer- and enterprise-focused models,…
Quantum computers are beginning to become powerful tools for studying some of the most fundamental forces in the universe – and some of the trickiest to understand. Two experiments have used them to pave a new way forward for nuclear and particle physics. “We have this sort of grand scheme where we eventually want to…
Picture this: You give a bot notice that you’ll shut it down soon, and replace it with a different artificial intelligence system. In the past, you gave it access to your emails. In some of them, you alluded to the fact that you’ve been having an affair. The bot threatens you, telling you that if…
Amazon has used drones to deliver packages, but according to an internal report cited by The Information, the retailer is planning to test out more human-like autonomous delivery methods. Namely, robots that would walk right up to your door to deliver items. The company is reportedly finishing work on a San Francisco-based obstacle park to…
Vista Equity Partners’ Chief Executive Officer Robert F. Smith said he expects AI to have a seismic impact on jobs in the private market industry. “We think that next year, 40% of the people at this conference will have an AI agent and the remaining 60% will be looking for work,” the company’s founder said…
A team of scientists from TU Delft in the Netherlands is celebrating a highly significant autonomous drone milestone. According to a university press release, “for the first time, a drone has beaten human pilots in an international drone racing competition.” This milestone for AI-controlled drones was passed at the recent A2RL Drone Championship 2025 in…
Mali has reported that two more army bases have been attacked. Mali has reported that two more army bases have been attacked. The attacks were carried out by jihadists groups in the country. The government has said it intends to forcefully respond to the attacks. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/mali-says-two-more-army-posts-attacked-jihadist-violence-escalates-2025-06-05/
Bolivia’s consitutional court has allowed the leader of the Senate to run for President. Bolivia’s consitutional court has allowed the lead of the Senate, Andronico Rodriguez, to run for President. Rodriguez has taken control of most of the ruiling Movement for Socialism Party. Former President Morales is bared from seeking office but has encourage his…
Germany plans to increase the size of its active duty army. Germany has annouced plans to increase the size of its active duty army by 60,000 troops. The plan is meant to fulfull NATO targets for the size of active duty forces. The push is part of a broader plan by NATO to build up…
Israel has carried out strikes in Beirut’s suburbs. Israel carried out a series of air strikes in Beiruts suburbs. Israel claimed that it was targeting sites operated by Hezbollah. The ceasefire agreed to by Israel and Hezbollah has yet to be fully implemented as the group maintains military resources near Israel’s border. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-issues-evacuation-warning-residents-beiruts-southern-suburbs-2025-06-05/
China has issued warrants for Taiwan linked hackers. China has issued warrants for a number of Taiwan linked hackers. They have also banned Sicuens International Company over its links to Taiwan. The business war targeted due to its ties to pro-independence organizations and politicans. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/china-issues-warrants-for-alleged-taiwanese-hackers-and-bans-a-business-for-pro-independence-links/
A ransomware gang has leaked data that it stole from Kettering Health. The Interlock Ransomware Gang has leaked data that it claims to have stolen from Kettering Health. The data includes personal information and health records. Kettering has not commented on the data breach but is still working to restore services. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-gang-leaks-alleged-kettering-health-data/
Lee Enterprises has confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack. Lee Enterprises has confirmed that it was the vicitm of a ransomware attack. It confirmed that 40,000 people were impacted the breach. The Qilin ransomware group has taken credit for the breach. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/lee-enterprises-says-40000-hit-by-ransomware-caused-data-breach/
VF Corporation has notified individuals of a data breach. VF Corporation whichs The North Face has notified users of a data breach. The company said that thousands of user creditentials had been stolen after a cyber attack. It is not currently clear who carried out the attack. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/thousands-hit-by-the-north-face-credential-stuffing-attack/
Most information technology professionals (96%) view artificial intelligence agents as an escalating cybersecurity threat, according to a recent survey conducted by cybersecurity firm SailPoint. About two-thirds of IT executives see the technology posing an immediate risk, while 30% anticipate hazards in the near future. Nearly one in four respondents (23%) said deployed AI agents have…
Wiyuach Makuach sat on her bed in a dimly lit ward of a hospital near South Sudan’s border with Ethiopia and rested her remaining arm in her lap as she recalled the airstrike that took her other arm and nearly killed her. “Everything was on fire,” she said in an interview at the hospital in…
A string of moderate earthquakes off the coast of Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido has reignited concerns among experts and residents about the risk of a catastrophic seismic event – though scientists stress the tremors do not necessarily signal an impending disaster. Local authorities are taking no chances, however, instructing residents to take precautions just…
At least 11 people were killed and 33 were injured in a stampede outside M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru where thousands gathered to celebrate the victory of Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2025. The injured have been admitted to Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital and Vaidehi Hospital. Seven succumbed to their injuries at Bowring Hospital,…
The Achilles’ heel of the digital age lies beneath our oceans: fragile undersea cables that, when severed, can plunge entire regions into digital darkness. Undersea cables are the lifelines of modern economies: they carry over 95 percent of the world’s internet traffic, making them one of the most critical—yet vulnerable—pieces of infrastructure in the 21st…
The United Nations has raised grave concerns following the discovery of dozens of bodies in areas of the Libyan capital Tripoli previously controlled by a powerful militia, the Stabilisation Support Apparatus (SSA), whose leader was slain in clashes last month. United Nations rights chief Volker Turk said on Wednesday that his office was “shocked” by…
Apple’s rollout of artificial intelligence services in China with Alibaba is being held up by a Beijing regulator, as the tech partnership becomes the latest casualty of Donald Trump’s trade war. The tech giants have been working together to launch Apple Intelligence, the iPhone-maker’s suite of AI services, for Chinese users. The system would be…
All of the most popular artificial intelligence chatbots have the ability to upload and summarize documents, from legal contracts to an entire book. The tech promises to give you a kind of speed-reading superpower. But do any of the bots really understand what they’re reading? To figure out which AI tools you can trust as…
French AI startup Mistral is releasing its own “vibe coding” client, Mistral Code, to compete with incumbents like Windsurf, Anysphere’s Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. Mistral Code, a fork of the open-source project Continue, is an AI-powered coding assistant that bundles Mistral’s models, an “in-IDE” assistant, local deployment options, and enterprise tools into a single package.…
Microsoft is offering free of charge to European governments a cybersecurity programme, launched on Wednesday, to bolster their defences against cyber threats, including those enhanced by artificial intelligence, it said. After a surge in cyberattacks in Europe, many linked to state-sponsored actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, the programme aims to boost intelligence-sharing…
Britain pledged on Wednesday to supply 100,000 drones to Ukraine by the end of the current financial year in April 2026, marking a tenfold increase, after saying the unmanned aerial vehicles had transformed the way wars are fought. The government on Monday endorsed an independently-produced Strategic Defence Review, which calls for a more lethal, tech-driven…
IonQ has completed its acquisition of Lightsynq Technologies, adding a suite of quantum networking technologies and more than 20 quantum memory-related patents to its portfolio, in a move that could push the company closer to delivering interconnected, data center-scale quantum systems. The deal, which closed on May 30 and was disclosed in a June 2…
AUK-based AI and robotics startup, Humanoid, has unveiled a teaser video showcasing its ambitious vision of a future where robots work alongside humans in everyday settings. The new reel showcases its general-purpose humanoid robot, HMND 01’s alpha prototype, which is expected later this year. According to the firm, the initial model will feature wheeled and…
OpenAI reportedly plans to turn ChatGPT into a “super-assistant” that is personalized to each user and available to them via the chatbot’s website, the company’s native apps, phone, email and third-party resources like Apple’s Siri. The plan is described in an OpenAI internal document from late 2024 that came to light in the Department of…
Cryogenic quantum computing hardware represents a critical frontier in the evolution of quantum technologies, leveraging ultra-low temperature environments to enable the stable operation of quantum bits (qubits). As of 2025, the market for cryogenic quantum computing hardware is experiencing accelerated growth, driven by increasing investments from both public and private sectors, as well as rapid…
Mongolia’s Prime Minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene has stepped down after losing parliamentary support following corruption claims that erupted into street protests last month, the country’s parliament said on Tuesday. The parliament of the world’s largest landlocked country did not pass a draft resolution on a confidence ballot, meaning Oyun-Erdene was deemed to have resigned, a parliament…
An explosion killed two suspected rebels including a female suicide bomber near a Roman Catholic shrine in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Tuesday morning, but no other people were reported hurt, authorities said. The Daily Monitor and New Vision newspapers reported that the blast near the Munyonyo Martyrs’ Shrine in the south of the city had…
Taiwan is planning to test a home-made kamikaze sea drone later this month as it seeks to boost its naval defences in the face of growing pressure from mainland China. The vessel – developed under the code name “Kuai Chi Project” by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), Taiwan’s top weapons developer…
More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of its civil war in 2023, officials with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) say. “Now in its third year, the four million people is a devastating milestone in what is the world’s most damaging displacement crisis at the…
South Korea has elected a Left-wing president who has promised to strengthen ties with Kim Jong-un’s regime in the North. Lee Jae-myung, from the Left-leaning Democratic Party, won the snap vote on Tuesday, defeating Kim Moon-soo of the conservative People Power Party. The election came after months of chaos following former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s…
More than 200 inmates have escaped from a prison in Pakistan after they were moved from their cells for safety amid earthquake tremors, officials have said. Several dozen of the prisoners that broke out of the jail in Karachi were quickly recaptured, police said on Tuesday, but at least 130 are understood to remain unaccounted…
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