The war in Ukraine was the beginning, and the Iranian attack on Israel by a swarm of over 200 drones and ballistic missiles is now the tail end of an elongated inflection point - propelling …
Japan, Philippines, US rebuke China over ‘dangerous’ South China Sea moves
The leaders of Japan, the Philippines and the United States have voiced “serious concern” over China’s actions in the disputed South China Sea. Beijing has stepped up its activities in the strategic …
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AI-operated fighter jet will fly Air Force secretary on test run
The Air Force is betting a large part of its future air warfare on a fleet more than 1,000 autonomously operated drones, and later this spring its top civilian leader plans to climb into one of those …
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Italian explosion: Search after deadly blast at power plant
An explosion at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy has resulted in three fatalities and four individuals still missing, with little hope of finding survivors due to the area's complete …
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Russia floods: Ural river reaches critical level in Orenburg
Russia is grappling with a severe flooding crisis in the city of Orenburg and surrounding areas, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov describing the situation as "very, very tense." The Ural river's …
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How to detect AI deepfakes
AI-generated images are everywhere. They’re being used to make nonconsensual pornography, muddy the truth during elections and promote products on social media using celebrity impersonations. When …
Quantum Day (aka “Q-Day”) is a Gray Rhino Stridently Galloping Straight at Your Organization
"Q-Day" is a scenario where "no more secrets" becomes a reality, as previously secure communications and data could be vulnerable to decryption by entities wielding quantum computational power (also …
After His Presidential Re-election Victory, Putin Escalates Drone, Cyber and Disinformation Offensives
With Vladamir Putin's "landslide" victory in the Russian Presidential election in the rearview mirror (the victory extends Putin's autocratic rule through 2030, which will be his 18th year as …
Widespread European Farmer Protests, Some Violent, are Another Dispatch from The Ministry for the Future
In this, the fifth installment in our "Dispatches from the Ministry for the Future" series, we take the time to do more of a deep dive into the speculative fiction/science fiction novel that inspired …
Government Agencies are in the Fight Against Chinese Human Targeting and Cyber Espionage. Will it be Enough?
Every year, we make a point of returning to a few social psychology, organizational behavior, and human behavioral psychology factors, namely how your organization should integrate the threat of human …