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The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (made into law in December 2022) included some specific military-related cybersecurity provisions, including a required study of cybersecurity and national security threats posed by foreign-manufactured cranes at United States ports” to assess whether foreign manufactured cranes at United States ports pose cybersecurity or national security threats.” The study was…
At the March 2024 OODA Network Member Meeting – which was held on Friday, March 15, 2024 – Four categories were discussed as framing for the discussion: The speed with which artificial intelligence changes are happening; Geopolitical conflict and crisis issues; Domestic issues that are at times being underreported; and the general march of technology…
Back in March 2023, we provided an analysis of “Undersea Telecommunications Cables and the Seabed as Geopolitical Contested Arenas” which, at the time, we framed relative to a great power competition with China: “Along with Africa and the Arctic, add the growing tensions between the U.S. and China about undersea cable deployment and seabed warfare to your geopolitical…
The concept of network swarms, particularly in the context of modern conflict and security, represents a fascinating and somewhat disorientating evolution in the dynamics of warfare and strategic operations. The implications of swarm intelligence also extend beyond these immediate scenarios in technology and defense. They challenge our traditional notions of intelligence, control, and organization, suggesting…
We Are Living In A Simulation That Runs On NVIDIA Ok maybe that is totally tongue in cheek and maybe even a bit hyperbolic. If we are running in a simulation I have know idea what the base layer really runs on. But the power of NVIDIA’s new Blackwell platform, combined with everything else they…
The U.S. National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology publicly released its first report in January of this year – with ideas and recommendations “they will be advancing throughout 2024…culminating in a comprehensive report to Congress in December 2024.” Find a summary and analysis of the interim report here.
In late February, “the National Cyber Director (ONCD) released a report calling on the technical community to proactively reduce the attack surface in cyberspace. ONCD makes the case that technology manufacturers can prevent entire classes of vulnerabilities from entering the digital ecosystem by adopting memory-safe programming languages. ONCD is also encouraging the research community to…
Lieutenant General (ret.) Clint Hinote, U.S. Air Force and Major General (ret.) Mick Ryan, Australian Army – Special Advisors to the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) – have co-authored a paper on “Uncrewed systems—which are now undergoing a form of Cambrian Explosion in capability, quality, and quantity…these systems are disrupting how combatants are considering risk,…
Throughout 2024, we expect disproportionate disruption when the exponential tech stack starts to converge. One of the most promising of these exponential technological intersections will be Generative AI-enabled Blockchain Networks – of which applications and use cases have started to emerge.
Tesla just delivered a software update to my car that is so dramatically different that it is like having a new car. This post provides a bit more on why and extrapolates some lessons relevant to the future of robotics across multiple sectors. The bottom line up front: The best robots give physical form to…
A report from the Frontier Assessments Unit is a deep dive into hypersonic vehicle research with a very specific framing: that of the collaborative efforts between U.S. universities and their research affiliations with universities and research organizations in China: “These vehicles hold the promise of revolutionizing rapid response capabilities, reconnaissance, and even commercial air travel…the…
Europe’s most valuable technology company, ASML Holdings, is responsible for the manufacturing of semiconductor machinery. The chip-machinery maker is a shocking stovepipe in the future of the IT supply chain, ranking with the world’s dependence on Taiwanese chip maker TSMC as a troubling risk variable – two potential points of failure (with no redundancies in…
In late February 2024, the Biden Administration issued its long-awaited Executive Order to protect the personal data of Americans from foreign threats by restricting access to Americans’ bulk data by “countries of concern,” when such acquisition would “pose an unacceptable risk to the national security of the United States.”
Researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) offer some foundational thinking on how ChatGPT can be applied to corporate disclosures and policies. According to the authors, this “study provides a first look at the potential of ChatGPT to extract managerial expectations and corporate policies. We believe that our findings have important implications for…
Policy researchers from the Rand Corp. ponder the question: “How can the United States prevail in a limited war with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while avoiding catastrophic escalation?” Find their analysis and scenarios here.
A long-simmering dispute between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group exploded into a full-blown civil war in April 2023. At least 150,000 people may have been killed since then, according to US estimates, and the violence shows little sign of abating. Millions have fled their homes, leading to what the United Nations has described as…
The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan could be offering the world a first real glimpse into how advanced Chinese military technology performs against proven Western hardware – and Chinese defense stocks are already surging. Shares of China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft rose 40% this week, as Pakistan claimed it used AVIC-produced J-10C fighter jets to…
China and Cambodia will hold their seventh “Golden Dragon” joint military exercise starting on Wednesday, and this year’s drills are expected to feature more troops and advanced equipment than previous exercises.The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theatre Command announced on Thursday that a departure ceremony had been held at a military port in Zhanjiang in…
Imagine you’re in a car with your loved ones, following an unfamiliar road up a spectacular mountain range. The problem? The way ahead is shrouded in fog, newly built, and lacking both signposts and guardrails. The farther you go, the more it’s clear you might be the first ones to ever drive this route. To…
In 2019, Meta announced an audacious project: a new cryptocurrency that could be used across Facebook, WhatsApp, and a host of other digital platforms. The company, though, pulled the plug on its plans in the face of withering opposition from Congress and other lawmakers. Now, Meta is testing the crypto waters again. According to five…
Another major player has entered the quantum-computing race: Amazon. The tech giant is the latest to make waves in the field with the February announcement of Ocelot, its own quantum chip. Amazon joins fierce competition from familiar rivals in cloud computing as Google, Microsoft and others race after what they say could be their next…
Researchers at Alibaba Group have developed a novel approach that could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of training AI systems to search for information, eliminating the need for expensive commercial search engine APIs altogether. The technique, called “ZeroSearch,” allows large language models (LLMs) to develop advanced search capabilities through a simulation approach rather than…
Sonair, a sensor technology company in Oslo, Norway, is set to debut its ADAR (Acoustic Detection and Ranging) sensor to North American audiences at Automate 2025 next week in Detroit. Designed to boost safety in collaborative human-robot workspaces, ADAR aims to improve how autonomous mobile robots perceive and interact with their surroundings. “Safety just got…
Apple Inc.’s silicon design group is working on new chips that will serve as the brains for future devices, including its first smart glasses, more powerful Macs and artificial intelligence servers. The company has made progress on the chip that it’s developing for smart glasses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The move…
What do CEOs really think of artificial intelligence? The question nagged Dataiku CEO Florian Douetteau—whose company sells AI software to enterprises—and his team enough to commission a survey to find out. One thing became clear from the results: CEOs see AI as a threat to their positions. In the survey, 74% of CEOs overall—and 79%…
World leaders are rallying behind the idea of forming a tribunaul for Ukraine. World leaders have endorsed forming a special tribunal for the prosecutation of crimes committed in Ukraine. The aim of the tribunal would be to circumvent issue concerning the jurisdiction of the ICC as Russia is not a member of the organization. The…
Syria’s president has visited Bahrain in an attempt to mend ties. Syria’s interim president has visited Bahrain in an attempt to mend ties and restart the country’s diplomatic relations. Syria’s president has also visited several neighboring states as well as France. He has focused on trying to have sanctions removed so that Syria’s economy can…
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have agreed to a draft peace proposal. The United States has annouced that the Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a draft peace proposal. Details of the agreement have not yet been made public. National leaders have indicated that it seeks to work towards a long term…
Lare protests breakout accross Romania as the country begins its final presidential vote. Pro-EU protests were held accross Romania as the country begins its final presidential vote. The run-off election between a centrist and far-right candidate is largely seen as a referendum on Romania’s continued relationship with the EU and NATO. Romania’s first attempt at…
Threat actors have compromised the NPM Package supply chain. Researchers have found that the popular scraping tool has had its supply chain compromised with malicous code. The NPM Package had its supply chain infected with code that installs a remote access trojan on users systems. The code was not found in the package’s GitHub repository.…
The admin panel of the LockBit Ransomware website has been hacked. The admin panel of the LockBit Ransomware website has been hacked and its data leaked. The leaked data reveals details about the group’s operations, finances, and targets. The leader of the LockBit group has annouced a bounty for any information related to the breach…
Insight Partners has reported to its partner that it was the victim of a data breach. Venture capital firm Insight Partners has disclosed to its partners that it was the vicitm of a data breach. The company said that the breach likely included financial data. It is not currently known if this attack was part…
Canada based company Valsoft has disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach. Canda based software company Valsoft has disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach. The company said that the attackers had access to the company’s files for sevearl days in February. The company has said that personal information…
Thailand has issued nationwide health alerts after confirmed outbreaks of anthrax and Streptococcus suis, a bacterial infection locally known as “deafness fever”, from eating or handling raw pork. Public health authorities in the Mukdahan province have identified three confirmed anthrax cases so far, Pattaya Mail reported. Full report : Thailand has issued a national health…
Recent U.S. sanctions on two small Chinese refiners for buying Iranian oil have created difficulties receiving crude and led them to sell product under other names, sources familiar with the matter said, evidence of the disruption that Washington’s stepped-up pressure is inflicting on Tehran’s biggest oil buyer. The targeting of independent refiners, known as teapots,…
Skydio has fulfilled the first order of its X10D small unmanned aerial systems for the US Army as part of its quadcopter replacement program. The Short Range Reconnaissance Tranche 2 initiative, signed in 2021, will transition the military from its aging RQ-28A rotary-wing survey drones to a more modern fleet by 2026. Once fielded, the…
Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, has compared his nation to the European countries heading for conflict with Nazi Germany in the 1930s, in a punchy speech commemorating the end of the second world war in Europe. “Eighty years after the end of the European war, the message of history is clear. Today, 80 years later, we…
The United States simulated anti-ship operations in a key Western Pacific Ocean waterway during a war game in the Philippines, amid an expanding Chinese naval presence in the region. Newsweek has reached out to the Chinese Defense Ministry for comment by email. The Philippines, which has signed a mutual defense treaty with Washington, forms part…
India and Pakistan accused each other of drone attacks on military targets Thursday, turning up the heat in the confrontation between the two nuclear-armed states that has been simmering since a militant assault on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir just over two weeks ago. India said it had struck Pakistani air-defense radar systems in response to…
North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, South Korea’s military said on Thursday, possibly to test the performance and stability of various projectiles intended for export. The missiles were launched from Wonsan, North Korea’s eastern coastal city, around 8:10 a.m. (2310 GMT Wednesday) and flew up to…
Anthropic is launching a new API that allows its Claude AI models to search across the web. Developers using it can build Claude-powered apps that deliver up-to-date info, the company said in a press release published Wednesday. The rollout of the API comes as AI companies look to augment their models in various ways that…
Cisco has launched a research prototype for a quantum networking chip and opened a new dedicated quantum lab, marking its formal entry into quantum networking and positioning itself as a foundational infrastructure provider for the future quantum internet. According to a company blog post by Vijoy Pandey, Senior Vice President of Outshift by Cisco, the…
Cybersecurity software maker CrowdStrike said Wednesday it plans to lay off 500 employees, representing about 5% of its workforce, a move CEO George Kurtz said reflects advances in artificial intelligence. “AI has always been foundational to how we operate,” Kurtz wrote in a memo included in a securities filing. “AI flattens our hiring curve, and…
Bitcoin on Thursday hit its highest level since February and climbing back above the key $100,000 level. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 4% at $100,801.04, according to Coin Metrics. The move began overnight after Trump first teased an announcement between the U.S. and the UK on trade. Bitcoin…
Amazon said it has made a “fundamental leap forward in robotics” after developing a robot with a sense of touch that will be capable of grabbing about three-quarters of the items in its vast warehouses. Vulcan – which launches at the US firm’s “Delivering the Future” event in Dortmund, Germany, on Wednesday and is to…
Google may not be such a hard habit to break after all. A senior Apple executive said Wednesday that Google searches over the Safari web browser fell over the last two months. “That has not happened in over 20 years,” Eddie Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, said on the witness stand during the…
Design company Figma today announced multiple features, including AI-powered site and web app creation, a way for marketers to create assets in bulk, and a new drawing tool. With this launch, the company is taking on other creative solutions such as Canva and Adobe, along with AI-powered website and prototype creators such as WordPress, Wix,…
North Korea has carried tests of new short-range missiles. North Korea has conducted tests of new short-range missiles. Officials in South Korea believe this to have been a demostration of their performance for export. Private analysts beleive these missiles will likely be used by Russia. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-fires-missile-off-east-coast-south-korea-says-2025-05-07/
UK-India trade pact likely to be signed. The UK and India have annouced that a trade deal will be signed in a few months. The annoucement comes after long standing talks between the two countries. The UK sought to have less restrictions on british car exports while India sought for the UK to lesson their…
Israel has carried out strikes in south Lebanon. Israel has carried out strikes in south Lebanon. The government of Israel said their target was Hezbollah infrastructure. The ceasefire terms between Israel and Hezbollah required that the group not operate near the border. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-conducted-14-strikes-south-lebanon-lebanese-security-sources-say-2025-05-08/
Port Sudan has been attacked by the RSF. The RSF has carried out a series of attacks against Port Sudan. The attacks come as the Sudanese army has made gains near the capital. The UN condemded the attacks as they threaten aid shipments into the country. Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/explosions-heard-port-sudan-army-launched-anti-aircraft-missiles-reuters-witness-2025-05-07/
Hackers are increasingly targeting school districts. PowerSchool, a US based education sofware provider, has said that groups have attempted to attack several school districts. They have said that these groups have attempted to use data stolen from them to carry out the attacks. The company said the stolen data includes personal information on millions of…
The US has sanctioned a Myanmar militia accussed of carrying out cyber scams. The US has sanctioned a Myanmar militia leader and its leaders due to their role in carrying out cyberscams. The US has alleged that the group has created a transnational crime network in order to fund its operations. The group has also…
Ransomware groups have exploited a Windows zero-day flaw. Mutitple ransomware groups have been caught exploiting a Windows zero-day flaw. Microsoft has said they are aware of the sitution and are working to address it. They have also said that the ransomware groups have exploited the flaw in different ways. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/second-ransomware-group-caught-exploiting-windows-flaw-as-zero-day/
Another vulnerability has been exploited in the OttoKit plug in. Hackers have begun to exploit another vulnerability in the popular WordPress plug in OttoKit. The exploit allows an attacker to elevate their access privileges by bypassing the security protocols. A patch for this vulnerability has been deployed already. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/second-ottokit-vulnerability-exploited-to-hack-wordpress-sites/
India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missiles on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian aircraft and vowed to retaliate, in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. India said it struck nine “terrorist infrastructure” sites, some of them linked to an attack by Islamist militants…
Police have thwarted an alleged imminent terror plot in England with a number of Iranian nationals arrested amid concern about the growing level of Tehran-backed hostile activity in the UK. Five suspects, including four Iranians, were arrested as part of a suspected plan to target “specific premises”, the Metropolitan police said. Of those arrested, the…
In a naval combat simulation conducted by Chinese researchers, an anti-ship missile targets a fleet of eight People’s Liberation Army warships showing on its radar. But it is not an armada – it is just a single vessel. Four electronic warfare devices circling the ship created the illusion, sending signals that could deceive even an…
CHAOS Industries, a technology company building the next generation of defense and national security systems, announced that it has raised $275 million in Series C funding to support the next phase of its commercial growth and development. The Series C funding round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and co-led by Accel, with participation…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for his munitions industry to boost the production of artillery shells, state media said Wednesday, as the country continues to supply arms and troops to support Russia’s war on Ukraine. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said that Kim, during recent visits to unspecified munitions and…
By agreeing to meet with the Trump administration to discuss trade, China is seeking to cast itself as the responsible one in a bruising superpower competition that has roiled the global financial system and set off fears of a recession. For weeks, China had publicly said that it would not engage in trade talks with…
The U.S. military has completed successful test flights of a reusable hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, its first such accomplishment in more than a half century. The win is a sign of the Pentagon’s progress in a wartime technology race in which China has a sizable lead. Two startups conducted the test flights of a vessel called…
AI is moving from “co-pilot” to “autopilot”. The development of generative artificial intelligence is increasingly focused on “agentic AI”: the use of AI agents that perform tasks autonomously, either within fixed parameters or to achieve goals set by the user. AI agents are not new but they are becoming ever more sophisticated. In their basic…
A startup has launched the first quantum device in the world that blends the potential of quantum computing with the convenience and integration of traditional high-performance computing (HPC). Equal1 representatives unveiled Bell-1 on March 16 — a new six-qubit machine that can fit seamlessly into existing HPC environments like data centers, company representatives said in…
Amazon’s Zoox issued a software recall for 270 of its robotaxis after a crash in Las Vegas last month, the company said Tuesday. The recall surrounds a defect with the vehicle’s automated driving system that could cause it to inaccurately predict the movement of another car, increasing “the risk of a crash,” according to a…
French AI startup Mistral is releasing a new AI model, Mistral Medium 3, that’s focused on efficiency without compromising performance. Available in Mistral’s API priced at $0.40 per million input tokens and $2 per million output tokens, Mistral Medium 3 performs “at or above” 90% of Anthropic’s costlier Claude Sonnet 3.7 model on “benchmarks across…
The U.S. Air Force has chosen to locate its first “Aircraft Readiness Unit” for the forthcoming drone wingmen, or “Collaborative Combat Aircraft” (CCA), at Beale Air Force Base in northern California. The CCA, which is expected to accompany the F-47 NGAD sixth-generation fighter, has begun ground testing in preparation for a first test flight, scheduled…
Microsoft says that it’s embracing Google’s recently launched open protocol for allowing AI “agents” to communicate with each other. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that it would bring support for Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A) spec to two of its AI development platforms, Azure AI Foundry and Copilot Studio. Microsoft has also joined the A2A working group on…
Humanoid robots are catnip for the imagination. They dazzle at tech shows, mimicking our moves with eerie precision. I’m deeply impressed by the innovations powering robots that walk, talk, and gesture like us. They represent significant technological breakthroughs that herald exciting applications ahead. But here’s the truth: They’re the wrong tool for most industrial applications…
Apple Inc. is “actively looking at” reshaping the Safari web browser on its devices to focus on AI-powered search engines in light of the potential collapse of its Google deal and broader industry shifts. Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, made the disclosure Wednesday during his testimony in the US Justice Department’s lawsuit…
Israel launched strikes on Yemen’s main airport in response to a Houthi missile that struck near Israel’s main airport. The Houthis have been consistently firing rockets and drones at Israels, and launching more attacks on ships in the Red Sea, in their solidarity campaign with Palestinians in Gaza. The Israeli strikes come as U.S. President…
Drones are believed to have struck a fuel depot in Port Sudan, fired by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Multiple explosions were heard, and a fire erupted in the city for the third day in a row. The port is Sudan’s main maritime port and a major hub for both Sudan’s army and…
India has launched missile attacks at several locations in Pakistan, including Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Pakistan has promised retaliation for the attacks. The strikes came as tensions rose between the neighboring countries following a deadly attack last month in which Indian tourists were killed. India has stated that its military attacked terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-controlled areas. A…
On Tuesday, Friedrich Merz was elected as Germany’s 10th post war chancellor. The victory comes after a historic stumble in which he lost the first round parliamentary vote, the first to ever do so. The stumble may complicate his time in the role, and could make it more difficult for him to revive Germany’s economy,…
CISA, the U.S. cybersecurity agency, is warning of malicious actors who are targeting the ISC/SCADA systems of oil and natural gas organizations. The agency says that the attacks are using very basic intrusion techniques, but could lead to disruptions and even physical damage to critical infrastructure. CISA is likely referring to hacktivist groups, or hackers…
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