Credit to Author: Matthew Gault| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000
The DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s nuclear strikes—serves no end.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: The FBI unlocks the Trump shooter’s phone, a security researcher gets legal threats for exposing hackable traffic lights, and more.
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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000
After the Supreme Court limited the power of federal agencies to craft regulations, it’s likely up to Congress to keep US cybersecurity policy intact.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:48:33 +0000
Senator Mark Warner is trying to pass new limits on when the government can wiretap Americans. At least two senators are quietly trying to stop him.
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Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The US military has abandoned its half-century dream of a suit of powered armor in favor of a “hyper enabled operator,” a tactical AI assistant for special operations forces.
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Credit to Author: Eric Geller| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 11:00:00 +0000
The US State Department is training diplomats in cybersecurity, privacy, telecommunications, and other technology issues, allowing them to advance US policy abroad.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:30:00 +0000
While Kaspersky and TikTok make very different kinds of software, the US has targeted both over national security concerns. But the looming bans have larger implications for internet freedom.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: A cloud company says notorious Russian hacker group APT29 attacked it, Chinese hackers use ransomware to hide their espionage campaigns, and a bank popular with startups discloses a cyberattack.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:35:10 +0000
A custom platform developed by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court’s prosecution in a war crimes trial for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:09:29 +0000
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher.
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