Tag: United States Defense and Military Forces
Air Force Taps Clearview AI to Research Face-Identifying A.R. Glasses
The U.S. Air Force is looking into keeping its airfields safer with help from the facial recognition start-up…
Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Came After Months of Planning
A risky predawn raid by U.S. Special Operations forces that resulted in the death of the Islamic State’s…
Neighbors Recall Night of Fear in Syria Raid That Killed ISIS Leader
ATMEH, Syria — The neighbors had never heard anything like it.The sudden roar of attack helicopters woke up…
Math That Helped Solve Fermat’s Theorem Now Safeguards the Digital World
Defenses against digital snoopers keep getting stronger. Encryption is what keeps communications safe when you use Signal and…
The Battle for the World’s Most Powerful Cyberweapon
The Mexico example revealed both the promise and the perils of working with NSO. In 2017, researchers at…
Botched Airstrikes Prompt U.S. Military Orders to Protect Civilians
The decision to assign the task to someone on the operational side, rather than to Pentagon officials who…
U.S. Intervenes to Repel Air Attack on United Arab Emirates
The U.S. Air Force said that it had intervened on Monday to repel an attack on the United…
Trump Rally Fact-Check: Covid-19 and Election Falsehoods
WASHINGTON — During a rally in Arizona on Saturday, former President Donald J. Trump repeated his lie that…