Beefing up its cybersecurity, Google buys Mandiant for $5.4B
Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of the cyber security firm Mandiant, the companies announced Tuesday.
Mar 8, 2022
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News tagged with defense
US military eyes prototype mobile nuclear reactor in Idaho
The U.S. Department of Defense is taking input on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear microreactor prototype at the Idaho National Laboratory in eastern Idaho.
Sep 25, 2021
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Robotics
NASA robots compete in DARPA's Subterranean Challenge final
Led by NASA JPL, Team CoSTAR will participate in the SubT final this week to demonstrate multi-robot autonomy in a series of tests in extreme environments.
Sep 22, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles
The U.S. Navy pulled the plug, for now, on a futuristic weapon that fires projectiles at up to seven times the speed of sound using electricity.
Jul 1, 2021
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Engineering
Israel cites progress in laser that shoots down drones
The Israeli military said Monday it has successfully tested an airborne high-power laser that can shoot down drones, technology it hopes to deploy on a larger scale in the coming years.
Jun 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Biden administration unveils offshore wind plan for California
The federal government plans to open California's coast to offshore wind development, the Biden administration announced Tuesday. The move could provide the state with a major source of renewable energy and cut its climate-warming ...
May 25, 2021
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Engineering
Using machine learning and radar to detect drones in complicated urban settings
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's…actually pretty easy for radar to tell the difference. Flying aliens from Krypton notwithstanding, there are simply not many things moving through the mostly empty, wide-open ...
May 12, 2021
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Software
The FBI is breaking into corporate computers to remove malicious code: Cyber defense or overreach?
The FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their owners' knowledge or consent, and to delete software. It's part of a government effort to contain the continuing attacks on corporate networks ...
Apr 26, 2021
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Internet
The big Pentagon internet mystery now partially solved
A very strange thing happened on the internet the day President Joe Biden was sworn in. A shadowy company residing at a shared workspace above a Florida bank announced to the world's computer networks that it was now managing ...
Apr 25, 2021
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Business
Microchip security continues to confound Pentagon
Nearly nine years ago, the Senate Armed Services Committee reported the results of an investigation of counterfeit electronic parts in the U.S. military. The year-long probe found fully 1 million bogus parts, including components ...
Apr 9, 2021
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