World May 24 U.S. intelligence agencies’ embrace of generative AI is at once wary and urgent U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they'll otherwise be smothered by an avalanche of data as surveillance tech further blankets the planet.
World Apr 12 Competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race between U.S. and China U.S. and Chinese military planners are gearing up for a new kind of warfare in which squadrons of air and sea drones equipped with artificial intelligence work together like a swarm of bees to overwhelm an enemy.
Politics Mar 21 WATCH: Garland holds news conference as Justice Department files antitrust suit against Apple The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Jersey, alleges that Apple has monopoly power in the smartphone market and leverages control over the iPhone to “engage in a broad, sustained, and illegal course of conduct.”…
World Feb 21 Leaked hacking files show Chinese spying on citizens and foreigners alike Among the apparent targets of tools provided by the impacted company, I-Soon, are ethnicities and dissidents in parts of China that have seen significant anti-government protests like Hong Kong or Xinjiang.
Politics Feb 05 U.S. rolls out visa restriction policy on people who misuse spyware to target journalists, activists The new policy will apply to individuals who've been involved in the misuse of commercial spyware to target people including journalists, activists, perceived dissidents, members of marginalized communities, or the family members of those who are targeted.
Nation Oct 30 General Motors and the United Auto Workers reach tentative agreement after 6-week strike General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative contract agreement that could end a six-week-old strike against Detroit automakers, two people briefed on the deal said.
Nation Oct 29 After making deals with Ford and Stellantis, UAW escalates strike against lone holdout GM The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis.
Nation Aug 08 White House holds first-ever summit on the ransomware crisis plaguing the nation’s public schools The White House held its first-ever cybersecurity “summit” on the ransomware attacks plaguing U.S. schools.
Nation Jul 05 After school hacks, ransomware criminals expose kids’ private files online Three months after an attack on the Minneapolis district that dumped sexual assault case files online, administrators have not delivered on their promise to inform individual victims. Unlike for hospitals, no federal law exists to require this notification from schools.
Nation Jun 18 Microsoft says disruptions to its services in June were caused by cyberattacks In early June, sporadic but serious service disruptions plagued Microsoft's flagship office suite and cloud computing platform. Initially reticent to name the cause, Microsoft has now disclosed that DDoS attacks by a hacktivist group were to blame.