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US chip and IT supply chains face a new era of embedded risk and legislative scrutiny, with the Chip Security Act seeking to secure on-chip supply chains against adversarial threats.
We have been on this beat for a while: as the convergence of AI chip security, zero-trust architectures, and supply chain resilience began to reshape national security imperatives, demanding a shift toward hardware-native, verifiable security models. The following post is a compilation of our tracking and analysis to date.
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.
Australia and Vanuatu have agreed to sign a security pact. Australia and Vanuatu have agreed to security and economic pact. The deal is valued at $325 million and sees Australia committing to providing Vanuatu with significant defense resources. The deal comes as China has sought to increase its presence in the South Pacific and has…
Buckle up, drone lovers—NYC’s skies are getting wild! The NYPD’s Drone as First Responder (DFR) program just notched another win, with a Skydio drone pilot nabbing a moped thief in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights. This ain’t just about cool tech; it’s about sharp-eyed pilots using drones to clean up the streets. Let’s dive into how a…
The U.S. government on Tuesday sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit trading in minerals in eastern Congo as Washington tries to spearhead peace efforts there while pushing for U.S. access to the region’s minerals. A senior U.S. government official who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the formal announcement said the State and…
No group in Lebanon is permitted to bear arms or rely on foreign backing, its president told a visiting senior Iranian official on Wednesday after the cabinet approved the goals of a U.S.-backed roadmap to disarm the Iran-aligned Hezbollah group. During a meeting in Beirut with Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s top security body, Joseph…
A mortar struck a home and killed two children and their mother in a northwestern Pakistani region where security forces are carrying out a “targeted operation ” against the Pakistani Taliban, residents and a hospital official said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the overnight civilian casualties in Mamund, a town…
South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee was arrested late Tuesday over a range of charges including stock manipulation and corruption, prosecutors said. The arrest occurred hours after the Seoul Central District Court reviewed the prosecutors’ request for an arrest warrant against the 52-year-old. The court granted the warrant, citing the risk of tampering…
A Chinese navy ship collided with another vessel operated by its own country’s coast guard on Monday, while the latter chased a patrol boat from the Philippines at high speed in the South China Sea, according to officials in Manila. The incident occurred near the Scarborough Shoal, a disputed shoal in contested waters. Video of…
China said Wednesday it warned and “drove away” a U.S. destroyer that had sailed near the coast of the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea — one of the most valuable shipping lanes globally. The destroyer, USS Higgins, “illegally entered China’s territorial waters off Huangyan Island without the approval of the Chinese government,”…
China’s ambition to turn its open-source artificial-intelligence models into a global standard has jolted American companies and policymakers, who fear U.S. models could be eclipsed and are mobilizing their responses to the threat. Chinese advances in AI have come one after another this year, starting with the widely heralded DeepSeek and its R1 reasoning model…
U.S. authorities have secretly placed location tracking devices in targeted shipments of advanced chips they see as being at high risk of illegal diversion to China, according to two people with direct knowledge of the previously unreported law enforcement tactic. The measures aim to detect AI chips being diverted to destinations which are under U.S.…
OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman are preparing to back a company that will compete with Elon Musk’s Neuralink by connecting human brains with computers, heightening the rivalry between the two billionaire entrepreneurs. The new venture, called Merge Labs, is raising new funds at a $850mn valuation, with much of the new capital expected to…
To many power users (Pro and Plus), GPT5 was a disappointing release. But with closer inspection, the real release is focused on the vast majority of ChatGPT’s users, which is the 700m+ free userbase that is growing rapidly. Power users should be disappointed; this release wasn’t for them. The real consumer opportunity for OpenAI lies…
ChatGPT’s long-awaited new engine is here, and GPT-5 promises faster speeds and more time spent thinking. But the new generative AI model has turned off some users with a tone shift away from its casual, conversational style. GPT-5 has been in the works for months. It’s a big step for OpenAI, more than two years…
A year ago today, the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) published the first ever official standard for post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms. The standard was a result of a 2022 memorandum from the Biden administration that requires federal agencies to transition to PQC-based security by 2035. Cryptography relies on math problems that are nearly…
Nearly four decades ago, when the personal computer boom was in full swing, a phenomenon known as the “productivity paradox” emerged. It was a reference to how, despite companies’ huge investments in new technology, there was scant evidence of a corresponding gain in workers’ efficiency. Today, the same paradox is appearing, but with generative artificial…
North Korea and Russia have reaffirmed their alliance in a recent call. Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un reaffirmed their alliance in a recent call. The two also discussed the ongoing war with Ukraine and North Korea’s continued involvement in the war. North Korea has contributed thousands of troops and large amounts…
The Rapid Support Forces have carried out an attack in the Darfur region. The Rapid Support Forces have carried out an attack in the Darfur region. The attack was carried out against a displacement and killed at least 40 people. The Sudanese Army also confirmed that the RSF carried out attacks against their positions in…
Israel has begun talks with South Sudan about resettling Palestinians. Israel has begun talks with South Sudan about resettling Palestinians. The Israeli government has previously expressed support for voluntary migration programs to relocate Palestinians to other countries. Rights groups and Arab nations have condemned proposals for the resettlement of Palestinians. At this time, it is…
Evergrande has been delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchange. Evergrande has been delisted from the Hong Kong stock exchange. The stock had been frozen for several months before it was delisted. The companies financial difficulties have caused the company to enter court ordered liquidation. Several other property development firms face legal challenges over their…
Radiant Industries has recently signed an agreement with Defense Innovation Unit and Department of Air Force to mass produce microreactors at a U.S. military base by 2028. The El Segundo, Calif.-based advanced nuclear company is developing a portable high-temperature gas-cooled microreactor called Kaleidos that has a net generating capacity of one megawatt. The contract was…
Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 “suspects” during the country’s 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson said on Tuesday, according to state media. Following Israeli air strikes that began on June 13, Iranian security forces began a campaign of widespread arrests accompanied by an intensified street presence based around checkpoints…
Thailand’s army warned that it may have to “exercise the right of self-defense” in response to continuing incidents it blames on Cambodia, in which Thai soldiers patrolling along the two countries’ border have been wounded by land mines. A statement from Thai Army spokesperson Maj. Gen. Winthai Suvaree said a sergeant was patrolling the border…
At least eight people were killed after flooding on Cape Verde’s Sao Vicente island overwhelmed emergency services and cut key roads, a regional civil protection councillor said on Tuesday. On Monday morning torrential rains lashed the northern island in the Atlantic archipelago located off West Africa, swamping roads and sweeping away vehicles and people. Municipal…
The Philippine military on Tuesday blamed China for the collision of two Chinese navy and coast guard ships while trying to drive the Philippine coast guard and fishermen from a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. It said it would assess how to respond to Beijing’s use of military force against civilians. Philippine authorities…
Firefighters in Turkey are battling wildfires in the centre of the northwestern province of Canakkale, fanned by strong winds, and hundreds of residents have evacuated in precaution, local authorities and media said on Monday. Airplanes, helicopters, vehicles and around 700 personnel are fighting the blazes, city Governor Omer Toraman said in a post on X.…
At least 66 people are still missing a week after flash floods hit the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, according to an official statement. Only one body has been recovered so far, the statement added, revising an earlier death toll of four. Nearly half of Dharali village was submerged on 5 August in a mudslide…
The United States and China clashed over the Panama Canal at the United Nations on Monday, with the U.S. warning that Beijing’s influence over the key waterway could threaten global trade and security and China calling U.S. accusations a pretext to take over the canal. The clash took place at a U.N. Security Council meeting…
General Motors Co. is seeking to lure back some former employees of its defunct Cruise autonomous-vehicle business as part of a renewed push to develop a new driverless car, according to people familiar with the matter. This time around, the project would be focused on autonomous cars for personal use, rather than a robotaxi service,…
Nvidia on Monday unveiled a set of new world AI models, libraries, and other infrastructure for robotics developers, most notable of which is Cosmos Reason, a 7-billion-parameter “reasoning” vision language model for physical AI applications and robots. Also joining the existing batch of Cosmos world models are Cosmos Transfer-2, which can accelerate synthetic data generation…
In the race to build a workable quantum computer — a dream at the intersection of advanced physics and computer science since the 1980s — the finish line may be in sight. A spate of recent technical breakthroughs means that leading tech companies are vying to become the first to expand what until now have…
Anthropic will offer its Claude chatbot to US lawmakers for a nominal $1 fee, as the artificial intelligence start-up battles for influence in Donald Trump’s Washington. In a deal agreed with the government on Tuesday, the group followed arch-rival OpenAI in offering its enterprise tools to the executive branch for $1 per federal agency, while…
Walking, talking humanoid robots that were once firmly the domain of science fiction are on their way. In fact, a Morgan Stanley report recently predicted that 13 million human robots will be among us by 2035, rising to one billion by 2050. But we probably won’t have to wait even 10 years to see one.…
Artificial-intelligence startup Perplexity on Tuesday offered to purchase Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion as it works to challenge the tech giant’s web-search dominance. Perplexity’s offer is significantly more than its own valuation, which is estimated at $18 billion. The company told The Wall Street Journal that several investors including large venture-capital funds had agreed…
Beijing has urged local companies to avoid using Nvidia Corp.’s H20 processors, particularly for government-related purposes, complicating the chipmaker’s attempts to recoup billions in lost China revenue after the Trump administration reversed an effective US ban on such sales. Over the past few weeks, Chinese authorities have sent notices to a range of firms discouraging…
Wherever the artificial intelligence revolution ends up, the journey won’t be dull. In recent months, blockbuster deals, technical triumphs, competitive hostilities and increasingly fraught geopolitics have all roiled the industry. As this race accelerates, it’s tempting to say that AI companies should be left alone to prosper. But public policy still has a role to…
Charges Filed in Finland Over Undersea Cable Damage Finnish prosecutors have charged the captain and two senior officers of the Eagle S oil tanker for allegedly damaging undersea cables between Finland and Estonia in December 2023. The charges include aggravated criminal mischief and interference with communications, though the accused denies the allegations. Authorities claim that…
Climate Disasters Fuel Deaths in Northern Pakistan Seven volunteers were killed and three were injured in a mudslide on Monday while repairing flood-damaged infrastructure in Gilgit-Baltistan, following a glacial lake outburst. The flash flooding also damaged the Karakoram Highway, disrupted trade routes, and forced evacuations from affected areas. Experts link the increasing frequency of such…
Subsidy System Strains Under Inflation and Import Shortages Bakers across Bolivia are reducing loaf sizes as inflation and import delays make it harder to sustain the country’s long-running bread subsidy. With flour deliveries disrupted and fuel in short supply, many bakeries are operating at a loss or closing temporarily. The government has kept prices fixed…
Iran and Iraq sign border security agreement amid regional tensions Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, visited Baghdad to finalize a memorandum of understanding on border security coordination with Iraq. Both governments confirmed the agreement but did not disclose specific terms. The meeting comes after Iraq accused Israel of using its airspace in June’s regional…
Car Dealership Platform Vulnerabilities Exposed by Researcher A cybersecurity researcher revealed critical vulnerabilities in a U.S. dealership platform used by over 1,000 locations, potentially allowing remote access to vehicles and sensitive customer data. By exploiting API flaws and bypassing registration restrictions, he gained administrative access and demonstrated the ability to unlock, track, and start cars…
WinRAR Flaw Exploited in Targeted Cyberespionage Campaign A Russia-linked hacking group, RomCom, exploited a WinRAR zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) to launch cyberespionage attacks on organizations across Europe and Canada. The flaw allowed attackers to manipulate archive extraction paths, delivering malicious payloads via spearphishing emails. Although no compromises were reported, the attack targeted key sectors including finance…
OpenAI Reinstates Older Models After GPT-5 Backlash OpenAI has reversed course and restored access to previous AI models, including GPT-4o, after users criticized the removal of model selection options following the GPT-5 launch. The new “unified system” had promised automatic routing of queries to the best-suited model, but left many users feeling restricted. CEO Sam…
Thousands of Microsoft Exchange Servers Vulnerable as Deadline Looms With just hours before CISA’s deadline, 29,000 Microsoft Exchange servers remain unpatched, exposing organizations to significant cyber risks. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-53786, allows attackers to escalate privileges and compromise Microsoft 365 environments. While most affected servers are in the US and Germany, the flaw affects multiple countries.…
The U.S. Army tested a fully AI controlled ground vehicle in Vaziani, Georgia—about 100 miles from the Russian border—last month as part of a training exercise. In military-published footage, an all wheel, off-road vehicle about the size of a car called ULTRA navigated the European terrain with ease. The training exercise had the ULTRA resupplying…
Nigeria’s military said it killed scores of armed gang members in a joint air and ground operation in a forested region in the northwest, an area plagued by mass abductions and attacks on villages. The armed forces said they moved in on Sunday after more than 400 gang members, known locally as bandits, were seen…
North Korea has denounced a major joint exercise planned by the South Korean and U.S. militaries as “direct military provocation” and warned of counteraction, despite signs of easing tension across the border under a new leader in Seoul. North Korea’s Defence Minister No Kwang Chol said its military has an “absolute mission” to defend national…
Pakistan’s railways on Monday suspended all train services to and from an insurgency-hit southwestern province for four days after separatists blew up a railway track, derailing six cars of a passenger train, officials said. No one was harmed in the attack Sunday in Mastung, a district in Balochistan, said railways spokesman Ikram Ullah. Engineers were…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday his country would inevitably be drawn “kicking and screaming” into any war over Taiwan due to its proximity to the self-ruled island and the presence of large numbers of Filipino workers there, despite China’s strong protest over such remarks. Marcos also told a news conference that the Philippines’…
Chad’s former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for disseminating racist and xenophobic messages that incited violence. Defence lawyer Kadjilembay Francis told reporters following Saturday’s ruling at a court in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, that Masra would appeal his sentence. “He has just been subjected to…
Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat widely seen as a potential foreign minister, has been taken away by authorities for questioning, according to people familiar with the matter. A veteran of China’s foreign service who also fought corruption as a Communist Party graftbuster, Liu has most recently been serving as head of the party’s International…
Conflict Armament Research (CAR) has reported that military forces in Myanmar are using European anti-jamming technology to equip their drones despite EU sanctions. CAR has identified advanced GNSS navigation modules with built-in anti-jamming features, used to increase drone resilience against electronic countermeasures recovered from downed unmanned aerial vehicles in eastern Myanmar. The components were integrated…
The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology recently announced an incredible breakthrough in the world of additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing) and its practical application in the space industry. In a joint project led by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), KP Aviation Industries, Hanyang University, and AM Solutions, the group managed to 3D print a…
Video platform Rumble, which hosts U.S. President Donald Trump’s Truth Social, is weighing boosting its global AI cloud capabilities by acquiring Germany’s Northern Data , the companies said. Rumble said it was considering making an offer for the company which would give it control of Northern Data’s cloud business, Taiga, and its large-scale data center…
SafeBreach researchers have revealed how a malicious Google Calendar invite could be used to exploit Gemini—the AI assistant that Google has built into its Workplace software suite, Android operating system, and search engine—as part of their ongoing efforts to determine the dangers posed by the rapid integration of AI in tech products. The researchers dubbed…
One of the holy grails of biology is digitally simulating a living cell. If researchers can use computers to more accurately understand how new medicines would react in the body, that could give them greater confidence when they’re tested on animals and humans. But while large language models have led to breakthroughs in modeling how…
Amazon shipped another batch of internet-beaming satellites into orbit on Monday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, after four previous launch attempts were interrupted by weather issues. Monday’s launch is the fourth Kuiper mission, and Amazon now has 102 satellites in orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 8:35 a.m.…
Artificial intelligence technology to get humanoid robots into the mainstream remains a key challenge for the sector, according to the founder of one of China’s prominent robot developers. The level of expertise could be reached in as little as one to three years, said Wang Xingxing, chief executive officer of Hangzhou Unitree Technology Co Ltd.…
Artificial intelligence startups have minted dozens of new billionaires this year, adding to an AI boom that’s quickly becoming the largest wealth creation spree in recent history. Blockbuster fundraising rounds this year for Anthropic, Safe Superintelligence, OpenAI, Anysphere and other startups have created vast new paper fortunes and propelled valuations to record levels. There are…
Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices are expected to pay the United States 15 percent of the money they take in from selling artificial intelligence chips to China, as part of a highly unusual financial agreement with the Trump administration. The deal, which was described by three people familiar with the agreement who spoke anonymously because…
Masra Sentenced to 20 Years Over Deadly May Clash Chad’s criminal court on Saturday handed former prime minister and opposition leader Success Masra a 20-year prison term and fined him 1 billion CFA francs for incitement to hatred, revolt, and complicity in murder after a herder–farmer clash in Logone Occidental left 35 people dead. Before…
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