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Cybersecurity
Russia’s Would-Be Windows Replacement Gets a Security Upgrade
For sensitive communications, the Russian government aims to replace the ubiquitous Microsoft operating system with a bespoke flavor of Linux, a sign of the country's growing IT independence.
Cybersecurity
NATO Getting More Aggressive on Offensive Cyber
Secretary General Stoltenberg says NATO pushes limits of what the alliance can do in cyberspace.
IT Modernization
House Appropriators Take Aim at Some of the Pentagon’s Most Ambitious Tech Ideas
The new Congress is cold on many of the Pentagon’s most elaborate projects and plans.
Policy
Russians Will Soon Lose Uncensored Access to the Internet
A new law allows the Kremlin to spy on, filter, and control the country’s online activity, alarming human-rights watchdogs.
Emerging Tech
Here Come AI-Enabled Cameras Meant to Sense Crime Before It Occurs
The future of video surveillance is about detecting not just faces, but behaviors.
Cybersecurity
Air Force Creates CTO Role to Oversee Next-Gen Weaponry
The Air Force's new science and technology strategy for 2030 addresses increasing and evolving threats from foreign adversaries.
Emerging Tech
How the World is Beginning to Address Risks from China’s 5G
Chinese telecom tech is invading the physical world, but Europeans and industry have strategies to contain the threat.
Emerging Tech
The Pentagon Is Killing a Key Independent-Research Program
For decades, JASON studies helped DOD and other agencies get outside perspectives on scientific and technical topics.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Army Wants AI to Read Soldiers’ Minds
A new study from the Army Research Lab may help AI-infused weapons and tools better understand their human operators.
Emerging Tech
Another Launch Startup Gets Work from the Air Force
New Zealand-based Rocket Lab will orbit a trio of satellites as Pentagon hunts for cheap ways to put sensors in space.
Cybersecurity
Installing Chinese 5G Gear is Dangerous—and Probably Inevitable: NATO Center Report
Alliance members should look to mimic Britain, which created an entire government office to scrutinize Huawei’s products for security problems.
Emerging Tech
The Newest AI-Enabled Weapon: ‘Deep-Faking’ Photos of the Earth
Step 1: Use AI to make undetectable changes to outdoor photos. Step 2: release them into the open-source world and enjoy the chaos.
Emerging Tech
The U.S. Military Is Creating the Future of Employee Monitoring
A new AI-enabled pilot project aims to sense “micro changes” in the behavior of people with top-secret clearances. If it works, it could be the future of corporate HR.
Cybersecurity
Researcher: The West Isn’t Ready for the Coming Wave of Chinese Misinformation
Beijing’s social-media operations are larger and more effective than many realize.
Cybersecurity
NSA-Cyber Command Chief Recommends No Split Until 2020: Sources
That’s another delay for a separation planned several Defense Secretaries ago.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon Wants Satellites That Can Dodge Incoming Fire
As China and Russia move to weaponize space, the U.S. military is working to give its constellations a “fighting chance.”
Cybersecurity
Russian Attacks Hit US-European Think Tank Emails, Says Microsoft
The same groups that hit the DNC recently targeted prominent think tanks, including one election-monitoring organization
Cybersecurity
You Have 19 Minutes to React If the Russians Hack Your Network
After Moscow's hackers breach one PC, that network's defenders have less than a half-hour to prevent wider data theft or destruction, a new report finds.
Emerging Tech
There’s a Big Obstacle to the Pentagon’s New Strategy to Speed AI to Troops
Defense officials want to accelerate the delivery of artificial-intelligence tools from the lab to the field. But it's hard to obtain the massive data streams that make AI work.
Emerging Tech