AI has crushed cryptocurrency in the recent technology hype cycle, garnering VC and mainstream media attention fast on the heels FTX Sam Bankman-Fried debacle which tarnished the entire …
“Big Game Hunting” and Geopolitics are Drivers in a Record Year of Ransomware Extortions
Midway through 2023 - and the scale, volume and frequency of ransomware cyber incidents are setting off alerts left and right in our risk awareness and sensemaking research efforts. In this post, we …
Matt Devost and Karl Schroeder Discuss The Future of Exponential Innovation, Socio-Techno Economic Systems and The Deodands Project
We present Part II of the Fireside Chat with Futurist and Author Karl Schroeder on Digital Self-Sovereignty, Blockchain, and AI at OODAcon 2022. Part I of the conversation can be found …
DeFi Traders Lost $228 Million to Hackers in 3 Months
Hackers intensified their efforts to hack cryptocurrency projects in the past year and mostly had DeFi in their crosshairs, according to a new report from Immunefi. The report, compiled by the bug …
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Science Fiction Writer and Futurist Karl Schroeder on Digital Self-Sovereignty at OODAcon 2022
As we begin to ramp up for OODAcon 2023 (October 25th in Reston, VA), we return to the Fireside Chat with Futurist and Author Karl Schroeder on Digital Self-Sovereignty, Blockchain, and AI at OODAcon …
AI Jobs Searches Skyrocket While Crypto Jobs Interest Plummets
The shifting sands of the tech job market are prominently reflected in the latest employment search trends. A surge in searches for “AI jobs” is eclipsing interest in “crypto jobs.” The new employment …
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Macron’s Recent Paris Summit Remarks Read Like a Charter Statement for the Ministry of the Future
French President Macron's recent statements - as he hosted the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, which he organized - read like a formative charter statement for the creation of the United …
New Hacking Group Takes Down Russian Telecom Satellite in Support of Prigozhin’s Wagner Group
Last weekend, the primary risk awareness variable we encouraged our readership to track based on the recent events in Russia was the following: "The information threat vectors and cyber attack …
Bob Gourley and Vint Cerf Discuss Early Silicon Valley Lore, the Future of Neural Interfaces and Science Fiction
We pick up where we left them in the initial post of the transcript of the Keynote Conversation at OODAcon 2022: OODA CTO Bob Gourley and Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf. In this part of the conversation, …
How North Korea’s Hacker Army Stole $3 Billion in Crypto, Funding Nuclear Program
Last year an engineer working for the blockchain gaming company Sky Mavis thought he was on the cusp of a new job that would pay more money. A recruiter had reached out to him via LinkedIn, and after …