Teens on TikTok: do the benefits outweigh the risks?
Video app TikTok is quickly rising in popularity, especially among teenagers, but with safety, privacy, and national security concerns, do...
Apple breaks ground on $1B campus in Austin, TX to house 5K – 15K employees
Apple announces today that it is beginning construction on a $1 billion campus in Austin, TX, which will employ between...
Senators ask big tech to explain how they curb child sexual abuse material
Five US senators are asking that big tech companies explain what efforts they are taking to curb child sexual abuse...
Google launching startup accelerator, campus in Tokyo, Japan
Today Google announces that it is opening the Google for Startups Campus in Tokyo, Japan, which will also include a startup...
Pentagon spent $95.3B on space and future warfare tech: DoD annual audit
The Pentagon releases its annual audit showing that it invested $95.3 billion this year on space and future warfare tech...
‘China is the single greatest counterintelligence threat we face. Period’: FBI Director Wray
"I think that the Chinese counterintelligence threat, especially on the economic espionage side, is the single greatest counterintelligence threat we...
Politicians split over 2024 goal for Moon landing, sustainable path to Mars
President Trump's goal to return to the Moon by 2024 and to use it as a launching point for Mars...
Intel agency awards contract to company that harvests social media text, data
IARPA awards a research contract for extracting data from text to Raytheon BBN, which harvests the text of social media...
The Project Nightingale Effect: Google is after personal health data, Fitbit
Google's Project Nightingale is revealed just 11 days after the tech giant announces moves to acquire Fitbit, giving Google even...
‘Google is a threat to civilization’ and ‘Eric Schmidt is one of my best friends’: Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger reminisces saying, "Google is a threat to civilization," but that through his best friend Eric Schmidt, he has...
‘China is building database on vulnerabilities of hundreds of millions of Americans’
China is creating databases on the behavior, preferences, and vulnerabilities of hundreds of millions of Americans to use for intelligence...
Microsoft introduces Azure Quantum 10 days after winning JEDI cloud contract
Today Microsoft introduces Azure Quantum, a "full-stack, open cloud ecosystem," to make quantum computing benefits more accessible to organizations worldwide....
Pentagon to test 5G technology at 4 military bases as telecoms continue rollouts
The Pentagon selects four military bases in the US to test and experiment with 5G technology while major telecoms continue...
‘China is stealing our stuff and they’re not even hiding it’: US tech protection task force
In China there is a saying, "Picking flowers in the US to make honey in China." The US DoD tech...
US, China are neck and neck for high-tech supremacy: Defense Innovation Unit
While the US and China are neck and neck in the race for high-tech supremacy, the Defense Innovation Unit offers...
DARPA, IARPA scientist named 1st permanent director of Space Development Agency
The Department of Defense appoints a former DARPA and IARPA scientist as the first permanent director of the new Space...
US intelligence wants a super quiet spy drone for 10-pound payloads, military use
US spy agency IARPA is looking to build a super quiet spy drone that can deliver a 10 pound payload...
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Facebook News looks to be just another brick in the echo chamber wall
Facebook News launches in the US today in an attempt to help the media industry and democracy, but it appears...
‘Zuck Buck’ grilled in the House: Facebook CEO defends Libra in hearing
Mark Zuckerberg is appearing before the House Financial Services Committee where Chairwoman Maxine Waters grills him over Libra, political ads,...
47 attorneys general now support Facebook antitrust investigation
New York's attorney general announces today that 47 attorneys general have joined the antitrust investigation into Facebook, reaching as far...
