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Late last year, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released the Drone Proliferation Dataset, offering a comprehensive overview of military-grade drone transfers from 1995 to September 2023. This dataset highlights a significant shift in global drone dynamics, with emerging players like Turkey, China, and Iran challenging the longstanding dominance of the U.S. and…
China’s commercial satellite sector, led by Chang Guang Satellite Technology (CGST), is increasingly intertwined with military and intelligence operations, raising alarms for U.S. policymakers.
A breakthrough in reprogrammable magnetic metamaterials paves the way for adaptive materials that mimic muscle behavior, with potential applications in soft robotics and biomedicine.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing has emerged as the linchpin of Big Tech’s strategy to dominate the AI frontier. As companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google pour billions into AI development, their expansive cloud infrastructures are not just supporting this growth—they’re driving it. This synergy between cloud services and…
Recently, the White House’s nominee to become the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy (ASD-CP) advocated for increased offensive cyber operations and using artificial intelligence (AI) as a means of bolstering the United States’ ability to deter hostile cyber threat actors. The fairly new senior position serves as the principal cyber advisor to the Secretary of Defense and was…
BEACON is a new open-source platform developed and recently launched in a beta version by Boston University’s Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases (CEID). The goal is to transform global infectious disease surveillance by providing transparent, collaborative, and scalable tools for outbreak detection and response.
A new initiative unveiled at the MIT Media Lab’s Decentralized AI Project’s Internet of AI Agents Summit explores how decentralized data ownership can unlock the next wave of AI innovation, with the launch of The Vana Protocol and the creation of user-owned data markets.
According to researchers at the Hoover Institute, DeepSeek AI’s rise reveals a critical challenge to U.S. technological leadership: the erosion of its human-capital advantage as China builds a self-sufficient AI talent pipeline.
New reporting by SC Media warns that generative AI and autonomous agents are accelerating a wave of unsophisticated yet impactful cyberattacks targeting operational technology in sectors like oil and gas.
Working across national security, public health emergencies, and disaster responses, one truth has become increasingly clear: our world is changing at an unprecedented pace, and our traditional organizational structures are struggling to keep up. From responding to 9/11 and the anthrax attacks in 2001 to addressing SARS and monkeypox outbreaks in 2003, and more recently…
The global retreat from U.S. dollar dominance is no longer theoretical—it’s in motion, accelerated by trade wars, central bank politicization, and a shifting economic order increasingly open to cryptocurrency.
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy’s 2025 Business of Quantum Summit positioned the quantum computing ecosystem at a pivotal inflection point between hype and strategic transformation.
As AI agents become core contributors to software development, experts at Deep Tech Week’s GenAI Collective NYC event outlined a fast-approaching paradigm shift — from code completion to autonomous software engineering.
As generative AI reshapes the tech landscape, most attention has gone to OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Microsoft, xAI, and China’s DeepSeek. Their models are powerful, their demos flashy, and their progress rapid. In contrast, Apple—famously secretive and methodical—has drawn skepticism over its perceived AI inertia. Despite announcing “Apple Intelligence” at WWDC in June 2024 and following…
The automation of Amazon.com facilities is approaching a new milestone: There will soon be as many robots as humans. The e-commerce giant, which has spent years automating tasks previously done by humans in its facilities, has deployed more than one million robots in those workplaces, Amazon said. That is the most it has ever had…
Google on Monday announced a partnership with Commonwealth Fusion Systems, or CFS, a private company spun off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which marks the tech giant′s first commercial commitment to fusion. The company unveiled plans to buy 200 megawatts of clean fusion power from what CFS describes as the world’s first grid-scale fusion…
A Russian defense plant has been hit as both sides escalate unmanned warfare. A Ukrainian drone has hit a defense plant in Izhevsk, far from the front line, resulting in fatalities and injuries as both sides expand their use of unmanned systems. The facility is believed to produce air defense components, making it a strategic…
Militants attack police station and banks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. Armed militants stormed a police station and set fire to two banks in Mastung, Balochistan, killing a boy and injuring nine others before fleeing. Officials launched a security operation to pursue the attackers, some of whom were reportedly killed in a shootout. While no group…
Surging cartel feud in Culiacan triggers mass killings and public violence. Rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel have carried out a brutal series of attacks in Culiacan, killing 20 people and hanging four decapitated bodies from a highway bridge. Authorities later found 16 more victims with gunshot wounds packed into an abandoned van, accompanied by…
Refugees face dire conditions in Chad border town as humanitarian funding dwindles. In Adre, Chad, tens of thousands of Sudanese displaced by civil war face increasingly limited humanitarian support amid funding reductions from the U.S. and other donors. Aid organizations warn that basic services, such as food, water, and medical care, are under strain. Despite…
U.S. agencies warn of cyber threats to industrial control systems as many devices remain vulnerable. Federal cybersecurity bodies have issued a joint bulletin alerting organizations to possible Iranian retaliation following recent airstrikes, with a focus on attacks against industrial control systems and operational technology. Researchers at Censys scan the internet and identify hundreds to thousands…
DOJ raided laptop farms in 16 states to disrupt a North Korean remote IT fraud network. The Department of Justice conducted coordinated searches of 29 laptop farms across 16 states, targeting a scheme in which North Korean nationals posed as US IT workers. The foreign operation used stolen and fictitious identities, front companies, and proxy…
Hackers claim they stole 250 GB of sensitive naval system data from Russian contractor NPO Mars. Attackers announced on a data-leak forum that they breached NPO Mars, a Russian defense firm responsible for automated control and command systems across the navy, ground forces, and armored vehicles. They say the haul includes technical manuals and software…
Containment measures are in place following a novel attack on the ICC. Last week, the International Criminal Court detected and contained a sophisticated and targeted cyberattack on its networks. A court-wide impact analysis is underway, and steps to mitigate any effects are already in progress. The ICC affirms that business continuity remains assured. This incident…
We have reported in the QCR recently on several research projects to create quantum error correction codes (see here, here, here, and here), but one of the most significant challenges for implementing a full fault tolerant quantum computer is being able to robustly support a complete, universal gate set that could conceivably implement any quantum…
An explosion and fire at a pharmaceutical factory in India’s southern state of Telangana killed at least 12 people and injured several others, authorities said Monday. The fire department recovered the charred bodies of 10 workers in an industrial area about 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the state capital Hyderabad (31 miles), the state’s fire…
Seven people were killed during anti-government protests in Togo last week, said human rights activists, who accused security forces of using “shocking violence” against protesters. The protests calling for the resignation of longtime leader Faure Gnassingbe amid what government critics describe as a cost of living crisis began last Thursday. Reuters witnesses saw soldiers use…
The Philippines and Lithuania signed an agreement to build a security alliance resulting from their mutual alarm over what they perceive as growing aggression threatening their regions by countries such as China. The memorandum of understanding signed Monday in Manila by Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and his Lithuanian counterpart, Dovilė Šakalienė, would foster…
Turkiye has evacuated more than 50,000 residents from 41 settlements in and around its western province of Izmir as firefighters battle wildfires for the second day, according to local authorities. Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli said on Monday that the blaze was fanned overnight by winds reaching 40-50kmph (25-30mph) in Kuyucak and Doganbey areas of Izmir.…
Nearly 40 people have been killed after a bus and a minibus collided in Tanzania, sparking a fire that engulfed both vehicles. The crash occurred on Saturday evening in Sabasaba in the Kilimanjaro region after one of the bus’s tyres was punctured, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle. “A total of 38…
Nearly a week of heavy monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan have killed at least 46 people and injured dozens as continuing severe weather similar to past emergenicies remains possible, officials said Monday. The fatalities caused by abnormally strong downpours since Tuesday include 22 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 13 in eastern Punjab province, seven in…
China’s state broadcaster has released footage of what appears to be a new type of graphite bomb, a weapon designed to disable electrical infrastructure and potentially cause widespread blackouts across targeted areas. The video, shared Thursday by a social media account linked to China Central Television (CCTV), features an animated sequence showing the weapon being…
When OpenAI and Mattel announced a partnership earlier this month, there was an implicit recognition of the risks. The first toys powered with artificial intelligence would not be for children under 13. Another partnership last week came with seemingly fewer caveats. OpenAI separately revealed that it had won its first Pentagon contract. It would pilot…
On Monday, Chinese technology giant Baidu is making its Ernie generative AI large language model open source, a move by China’s tech sector that could be its biggest in the AI race since the emergence of DeepSeek. The open sourcing of Ernie will be a gradual roll-out, according to the company. Will it be a…
After a chastening crackdown that wiped billions off their value and forced top executives out of the public eye, China’s technology giants are back in favor and on the front foot, making deals and snapping up assets. At the top of the pile are Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., two huge players…
It doesn’t quite have the buzz of artificial intelligence, but quantum computing is having a moment of its own. Some of the most powerful institutions in the world, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM and the U.S. government, are spending many millions of dollars in a race to develop and build the first practical quantum computer.…
Top surgical robotics companies have joined forces to publish technical guidelines for robotic telesurgery. Announced today, the guidelines are published in the World Journal of Surgery and represent a first step of major industry players working together toward eventual industry standards for remote robotic surgery procedures. Co-authors included a coalition of experts from major medtech…
Fifteen years after flipping burgers at a McDonald ’s and teaching himself to code at night in a cramped apartment near the French Riviera, Robinhood crypto chief Johann Kerbrat is back. The last time he lived around Cannes, he was 21 — with no connections, no funding, and no formal business training. But he had…
Microsoft has built an artificial intelligence-powered medical tool it claims is four times more successful than human doctors at diagnosing complex ailments, as the tech giant unveils research it believes could speed up treatment and save money by reducing unnecessary tests. The “Microsoft AI Diagnostic Orchestrator” is the first initiative to come out of an…
With Meta successfully poaching a number of its senior researchers, an OpenAI executive reportedly reassured team members Saturday that company leadership has not “been standing idly by.” “I feel a visceral feeling right now, as if someone has broken into our home and stolen something,” Chief Research Officer Mark Chen wrote in a Slack memo…
Starting in summer 2025, Denmark will begin drafting women alongside men through a lottery system, ending the country’s voluntary-only policy for female military service. The change follows Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and is part of Denmark’s broader effort to strengthen its defense posture, including extended service terms and increased defense spending. Officials expect annual conscript…
A severe heat wave has pushed temperatures above 40°C across Italy, Spain, Greece, and Portugal, prompting wildfire alerts and public health warnings. Authorities in cities such as Rome and Lisbon implemented emergency measures, while record heat disrupted tourism and outdoor activities. Experts link the trend to climate change, noting increased risks for vulnerable populations and…
Guyana is ramping up enforcement against gold smuggling from Venezuela, responding to concerns from the U.S. over illicit trade that may involve sanctioned exports. Officials suspect some Venezuelan gold is mixed with Guyanese supplies and exported under false origins, prompting tighter border patrols and visa suspensions for suspected smugglers. The crackdown comes amid ongoing tensions…
At least 37 people were killed and 30 others injured when two buses collided and caught fire in northern Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro region. President Samia Suluhu Hassan extended condolences and urged stronger adherence to traffic laws, citing continued tragedies despite past safety campaigns. Authorities have not yet confirmed the identities of the victims as investigations continue.…
Hawaiian Airlines disclosed a cybersecurity breach amid growing industry alerts about Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group known for targeting sectors via social engineering and vendor compromise. While it remains unconfirmed whether the group is behind the incident, similar attacks on WestJet and technical disruptions at American Airlines have raised concerns. U.S. authorities and cybersecurity experts…
Security firm ReliaQuest has found signs that CVE-2025–5777, a critical vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler dubbed “CitrixBleed 2,” is being actively exploited to hijack sessions and bypass MFA protections. The flaw allows attackers to extract session tokens through a memory overread, potentially granting long-term, undetected access across systems. Though Citrix has not confirmed exploitation, experts warn…
In response to the 2024 crash caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update, Microsoft has advanced its Windows Resiliency Initiative to prevent future disruptions linked to kernel-level security tools. The company is introducing a new endpoint security model that allows antivirus and EDR software to run outside the operating system kernel, reducing system-wide risks. Alongside this,…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned of likely low-level cyberattacks from Iranian-linked hackers following recent American airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites. Though officials highlight the potential for escalating threats, current activity appears limited in scale and sophistication, according to security researchers. Authorities remain concerned that rising regional tensions could also motivate violence against…
Austin-based robotics company Apptronik has announced the launch of a new subsidiary called Elevate Robotics. The new company will focus on industrial automation beyond the human form factor, aiming to tackle heavy-duty tasks that go beyond the capabilities of traditional robots. Elevate Robotics will operate independently from Apptronik and be led by CEO Paul Hvass,…
At least nine people from one extended family died when floodwaters swept away children in a river in northern Pakistan and their relatives jumped into the water to try to save them on Friday, officials said. The family were having a picnic breakfast by the Swat River and the children were in the water taking…
China’s defence ministry has warned the Philippines against “self-inflicted destruction” by hosting US missile systems and denounced Manila’s plan to encourage fishermen to operate in disputed South China Sea waters. Meanwhile, the Chinese embassy in Manila dismissed drug-smuggling allegations by Philippine military officials as “baseless slander”. The United States has reportedly decided to deploy additional…
Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo are set to sign a U.S.-brokered peace agreement in Washington on Friday, raising hopes for an end to years of fighting that has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.The agreement marks a breakthrough in talks held by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, which aim to end the…
Issa Tchiroma Bakary – a prominent minister and long-time ally of President Paul Biya – has quit Cameroon’s government, in the hope of ending 92-year-old Biya’s four-decade grip on power in upcoming elections. Just four months before the central African nation goes to the polls, Tchiroma said the Biya administration he belonged to had “broken”…
Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the “Twitter killer,” who was found guilty of killing and dismembering 9 people. The killer reportedly offered to help people with a suicidal mindset, die, after selecting them online. The “Twitter killer,” Takahiro Shiraishi, 34,…
Security forces used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who blocked roads in Togo’s capital to demand the resignation of longtime leader Faure Gnassingbe. Hundreds of protesters set up concrete block barricades on Thursday in several neighbourhoods of Lome, with some burning tyres and throwing projectiles at security forces. Police dispersed dozens of the…
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told his Chinese counterpart that the two countries should seek a “permanent solution” to their decades-old border dispute, India’s defence ministry said on Friday. Singh met China’s Dong Jun on the sidelines of the meeting of the defence ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Qingdao on Thursday and stressed…
Alphabet’s Calico Life Sciences is inking a deal worth up to $571 million biobucks for the rights to investigational IL-11 directed therapeutics from Mabwell Bioscience, including a clinical-stage monoclonal antibody (mAb) for age-related diseases. Calico is handing over $25 million upfront to weave China-based Mabwell into its fabric, according to a securities filing (PDF, Chinese)…
Executives of China’s Big Fund III are re-adjusting its purpose to address the most notorious gaps in the country’s semiconductor industry, namely lithography tools and electronic design automation (EDA) software. Previously, it was designed to support makers of fab tools and the semiconductor ecosystem in general. This recalibration comes as the U.S. intensifies efforts to…
Germany has taken steps towards blocking Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from the Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab and Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab app stores due to concerns about data protection, according to a data protection authority commissioner in a statement on Friday. DeepSeek has been reported to the two U.S. tech giants as illegal…
The US will need more nuclear power as it enters into greater competition with China, said Mike Gallagher, head of defense at Palantir Technologies Inc. Palantir inked a deal with the Nuclear Company, a startup working on project development, the companies announced Thursday. The startup will pay data analytics firm Palantir $100 million over the…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said other than artificial intelligence, robotics represents the chipmaker’s biggest market for potential growth, and that self-driving cars would be the first major commercial application for the technology. “We have many growth opportunities across our company, with AI and robotics the two largest, representing a multitrillion-dollar growth opportunity,” Huang said Wednesday…
Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence frenzy has found a new gear. Two and a half years after OpenAI set off the artificial intelligence race with the release of the chatbot ChatGPT, tech companies are accelerating their A.I. spending, pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into their frantic effort to create systems that can mimic or even…
The Trump administration is readying a package of executive actions aimed at boosting energy supply to power the U.S. expansion of artificial intelligence, according to four sources familiar with the planning. Top economic rivals U.S. and China are locked in a technological arms race and with it secure an economic and military edge. The huge…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. unveiled a new iteration of its artificial-intelligence technology that will make it easier for users to generate and modify images from texts and visuals, as the Chinese e-commerce giant continues its aggressive push into AI. The Hangzhou-based company introduced Qwen VLo, part of a series of AI services under the company’s…
The DRC and Rwanda have agreed to sign a peace deal. The DRC and Rwanda have agreed to sign a new peace deal to end decades of conflict. The US mediated deal aims to begin a long peace process that also gives the US access to minerals in the Congo. Rebel groups in the Congo…
The UK has arrested several people for breaking into a military base. UK police has arrested several people for breaking into a military base. The arrest were made in connection to an incident where pro-Palestine protesters spraid red paint on military jets. The organization behind the breakin has been formally banned by the UK government.…
Cambodian and Thai leaders have visited the site of a border dispute. Major Cambodian and Thai leaders have visited the site of a recent border dispute. Both countries have expressed their willingness to maintain peace but both have also moved to prepare for continued conflict. The border dispute has also caused a major crisis within…
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that social media companies are liable for user content. Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that social media companies can be held liable for user content. The ruiling is expected to cause significant upheaval as lawsuits are filed against social media companies. The ruiling has also disrupted the country’s relationship with…
A ransomware group has begun targeting US Airlines. The Scattered Spider ransomware group has begun targeting US Airlines. Researchers believe that the group has already targetted Hawaiian Airlines and will target others soon. Researchers belive that the group is currently targeting Canadian airline WestJet. Read more: https://cybernews.com/security/scattered-spider-ransomware-targets-north-american-airline-industry-hawaiian-airlines/
Hackers have claimed to have stolen data from the US Bureau of Prisons. Hackers have claimed to have stolen data from the US Bureau of Prisons. They claim to have stolen hundreds of gigabytes of data on staff and prisoners. The group has said that the data was stolen this year meaning it is likely…
A data breach of a Kentuck clinic has exposed thousands of patients. A Kentucky radiology clinic has disclosed that it was the victim of a data breach. The breach has affected the data of roughly 167,000 patients. It is not known who carried out the attack. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/central-kentucky-radiology-data-breach-impacts-167000/
Microsoft 365 direct send has been abused for phishing. Hackers have begun to use Microsoft 365 to avoid email security protocols. Researchers have found that this tactic is being increasingly used due to its easy implementation. Users are advised to enable multifactor authentication and static IP addresses. Read more: https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-365-direct-send-abused-for-phishing/
Cincinnati’s Police department has launched a drone program featuring expensive Skydio drones to strengthen public safety and tackle rising crime, aiming to cover 90% of the city by the end of 2025. Announced on June 24, 2025, by Police Chief Teresa Theetge, the initiative uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to assist investigations, manage traffic incidents,…
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