The Pentagon and Silicon Valley need to team up. Ignoring the role of institutional venture capital in identifying, supporting, and scaling the most promising commercial technology firms is at best inefficient and at worst it is grossly irresponsible.
Army seeks data as it fields Next Generation Squad Weapons
The data platform “will enable units to regularly assess weapons’ health, reduce failure rates, extend the lifetime of a weapon and optimize maintenance plans,” the company stated in a release.
China, South Korea clash over THAAD anti-missile system
The differences between South Korea and China underscored a reemerging rift between the countries just a day after their top diplomats met in eastern China and expressed hope that the issue wouldn’t become a “stumbling stone” in relations.
Spanish Army buys Milrem ground robot for testing
The evaluation comes as some European armies are in the market to equip their soldiers with robots for anything from cargo carrying to surveillance and attack missions.
The Humble Hub
Over the weekend I organized some old computing equipment. I found this beauty in one of my boxes. It’s a Netgear EN104TP hub. I’ve mentioned this device before, in this blog and my books. This sort of device was the last of the true hubs. In an …
China drills show ambitions beyond island, Taiwan warns
The warning came as Taipei conducted its own exercises Tuesday to underscore it’s ready to defend itself.
How one Navy warship is taking ‘busting rust’ to a whole new level
The USS Benfold Restoration Team is culled from the ranks of the ship and focused on rust removal, priming and painting.
Akamai Has Addressed Browser-Powered Desync Attacks
On August 10, 2022, security researcher James Kettle presented a set of novel HTTP request smuggling attacks in his Black Hat talk,
Feature Spotlight: Extending Zero Trust Segmentation to the MacOS
Announcing our new agent for MacOS endpoints. Of all the leading Zero Trust segmentation providers, Akamai is the only vendor to support MacOS.
Microsoft Patches ‘Dogwalk’ Zero-Day and 17 Critical Flaws
August Patch Tuesday tackles 121 CVEs, 17 critical bugs and one zero-day bug exploited in the wild.