Cybersecurity
DNC Hackers Linked to Russian Activity Against Ukraine 2 Years Ago
The same malware a Russian group used to attacked the DNC was targeting Ukrainian soldiers, says cybersecurity group.
Digital Government
How Did One Small Defense Firm Get a Seat at Trump’s Tech Summit?
The meeting put data-viz firm Palantir next to some of the world’s largest data-gathering companies.
Digital Government
Wanted by the Military: An 'Ender’s Game' Controller for Urban Robot Swarms
The Pentagon is looking for a single controller to enable dismounted ground troops to steer "hundreds" of drones for urban warfare.
Digital Government
Nanotech Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Night Vision
Researchers build “teeny, tiny structures” that can change infrared to visible light.
Digital Government
The Flaw in Tech Giants’ Plan to Fight Extremist Content
Everyone gets to use different definitions of dangerous imagery, says the inventor of the software they’ll use.
Digital Government
Pentagon Wants Eye-Reading Software, X-Ray Tools and a Virtual Facebook to Fight Terrorism
Here’s a list of gear the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office is seeking to give U.S. counterterror operators.
Digital Government
A Team of Drones Pulls Off a (Staged) Search-and-Rescue Mission
Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky merger leads to unique demonstration involving drones large and small.
Artificial Intelligence
Yes, Big Data Did Triumph on Election Day
One computer forecasting system predicted Trump’s victory—the one with the least human input.
Cybersecurity
No, the National Guard Can’t ‘Secure’ the Election
By design, the role of the military in voting-related activities is highly limited. Proposed legislation may change that.
Digital Government
NSA Chief Has a Phone for Top-Secret Messaging. Here’s How It Works.
The Boeing device is less a phone and more a locked-down portal to a faraway server.
Digital Government
Judge: US Army Must Let Palantir Compete to Build Combat Data System
The much-maligned DCGS-A combat data system program is put on hold, thanks to a Silicon Valley company's lawsuit.
Digital Government
Here’s How the Pentagon Wants to Use Social Media On the Battlefield
Artificial intelligence will weave open-source and satellite data into useful intelligence in real time, the Pentagon’s No. 2 says.
Cybersecurity
Denying Trump’s Denial, US Intel Chief Says There’s More Evidence of Russian Hacking
The nation’s top intelligence official says “forensic and other” evidence prove Russian election interference.
Artificial Intelligence
Air Force Doesn’t Know How to Test Its Future Robotic Wingmen
How do you surprise a drone that can revise its strategy hundreds of times in an eyeblink?
Digital Government
The Apps They Carried: Software, Big Data and the Fight for Mosul
A variety of digital tech tools aim to provide coalition forces some sense of the dangers around the next bend.
Digital Government
Pentagon Urgently Pushing Anti-Drone Tech to ISIS Fight
From mast-mounted radar to drone-jamming guns, the U.S. military’s anti-IED office is rushing to keep up.
Digital Government
Data-Theft Arrest Shows Insider Threat Remains Despite Post-Snowden Security Improvements
The case of the NSA contractor arrested this week shows the intelligence community has much further to go in stopping insider threats.
Digital Government
Beyond Big Dog: The US Army Searches for an Infantry Squadbot
Service officials have a concept of operations and a plan to deploy a cargo-carrying robot alongside dismounted soldiers in 2019. But can the acquisition system keep up?
Digital Government
Army Racing to Catch Up to Russia On Battle Drones
After watching UAVs dominate eastern Ukrainian skies, the service is seeking counter-drone tech and new families of flying robots.
Artificial Intelligence
Report: Weapons AI Increasingly Replacing, Not Augmenting, Human Decision-Making
A new survey of existing and planned smart weapons finds that AI is increasingly used to replace humans, not help them.
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