Vice News best captured the import of this story: "But there’s one glaring issue: Del Complex is not a real AI company, and its barge is similarly fake." Apparently, certain media elements to support …
The Global Polycrisis: The Middle East, China, The Indo-Pacific, Russia, Ukraine, and NATO
Polycrisis: A cluster of interdependent global risks create a compounding effect, such that their overall impact exceeds the sum of their individual parts. (1) In this era of global polycrisis, …
Frontiers in AI and Digital Twins for Weather, Fighting Wildfires, and Climate Prediction
Last week, while the Denver Metro Area experienced climate crisis conditions with four wildfires burning throughout Colorado, inside the air-conditioned Colorado Convention Center (in two of the last …
NORAD Intercepts Russian and PRC Jet Fighters in Joint Operation over Alaska
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 …
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The U.S. Government has $13.3B Worth of Crypto Stashed Away; Transfers $214M to a Coinbase Wallet
Consistent with our OODAcon 2024 theme - Convergence - the recent transfer of $214M worth of bitcoin from the total $13.3B worth of bitcoin held by the USG - predominantly made up of the bitcoin …
Is the Mass Casualty Event at the Annual Hajj Pilgrimage the Largest to Date Induced by Wet Bulb Conditions?
Recent reports peg the final number of fatalities at the centuries-old Hajj Pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia at anywhere from 550 to 645 people (and rising). For now, we are …
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 …
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 …
OODA CEO Matt Devost and OODA Network Members Review the OODA Almanac 2024 – Reorientation
Every year, we also use one of our monthly meetings for a discussion of the annual OODA Almanac with the OODA Network. This conversation took place at the February 2024 OODA Network Member Meeting – …
i-SOON Data Leak Is Interesting but Mostly Unsurprising
Recently, a major data leak was discovered on GitHub possibly exposing documents tied to the cyber spying activities of the Chinese company i-SOON. Although it is unclear if …
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