Cybersecurity
What the Announced NSA/Cyber Command Split Means
Cyberwar and cyber intelligence are diverging, as are Cyber Command and the NSA. Here’s what that means for the man who leads both entities, the future of signals intelligence collection, and cyberwarfare.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Will Make Fake News Video — and Fight It As Well
Just weeks after one research team appeared to put words in a leader’s mouth, here comes a new tool that can check questionable video for a pulse.
Digital Government
US Air Force Wants Robots Watching Twitter
Tomorrow’s operations will be shaped by automated analysis of the world’s open-source data, says the service’s chief of staff.
Digital Government
3D-Printed Gun Designs Are Selling for $12 on the Dark Web
A new report shows just how easy it is becoming to download designs for difficult-to-trace arms.
Digital Government
Facial Recognition Coming to Police Body Cameras
An approach to machine learning inspired by the human brain is about to revolutionize street search.
Cybersecurity
Ukraine Police Say This is the Source of Tuesday’s Massive Cyberattack
The lesson from Tuesday’s massive cyberattack, beware of updates from Ukrainian accounting apps that are orders of magnitude larger than normal.
Artificial Intelligence
How Not to Win an AI Arms Race With China
A lawmaker’s proposal to curb Chinese investment in U.S. artificial-intelligence firms has more than a few critics.
Digital Government
The Future of Military IT: Gait Biometrics, Software Nets, and Photon Communicators
DISA director Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn talks about the tech he’s eyeing, some of which is barely out of the theoretical realm.
Cybersecurity
With Qatar Hack, the Kremlin May Be Opening a New Front in Its Global Information War
A fake video slipped onto a government website may have touched off Qatar’s diplomatic isolation.
Digital Government
Vladimir Putin and the Little Green Men of the Internet
The future of Kremlin-backed information operations against Western governments looks a lot like Russia's deceptive campaign against Crimea in 2014.
Digital Government
The Rocket Startup About to Eat Elon Musk’s Lunch
Rocket Lab is aiming to put small satellites in low Earth orbit at a fraction of the cost of even SpaceX
Digital Government
DARPA Picks Boeing To Build Its New Space Plane
The research agency hopes its XS-1 jumpstarts a whole new industry of very-low-cost satellite launches.
Digital Government
Trump’s First Defense Budget Has North Korea Written All Over It
There’s lots of money in the Pentagon’s 2018 spending proposal to stop missiles of the sort that Pyongyang keeps launching.
Cybersecurity
Stop Blaming NSA for the Ransomware Attack
An inside look at how the intelligence community deals with the exploitable software bugs it finds.
Artificial Intelligence
The Military is Using Human Brain Waves to Teach Robots How to Shoot
Without even realizing it, soldiers could soon be training robot sharpshooters to take their jobs.
Cybersecurity
France’s Macron Hack Likely By Same Russian Group That Hit DNC, Sources Say
A growing list of indicators point to a hack squad associated with the Russian GRU.
Digital Government
Comey: The Metadata Made Me Do It
The FBI director tries to explain to Congress his pre-election letters about the missing Clinton emails.
Digital Government
Defense Intelligence Agency’s ‘Shark Tank’ Helps Startups Pitch Spy Apps
DIA analysts who like a product can launch a partnership on the spot.
Digital Government
Risk of ‘Accidental’ Nuclear War Growing, UN Research Group Says
The warning comes as the Pentagon begins an extensive review of its nuclear arsenal.
Digital Government
US Army Exploring ‘Devastating’ New Weapon For Use In War with Russia
The Kinetic Energy Projectile would be a tungsten warhead that moves at three times the speed of sound, destroying anything in its path.
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