Advanced Drone Censor Can Spot Anyone
Opening fire on American troops could mean an instant death sentence for insurgents, if an ambitious new Air Force plan works out. The flying branch has asked industry to develop a new heat and motion sensor capable of detecting enemy gunfire from 25,000 feet over the battlefield — and then swiftly directing a bomb or missile onto the shooter. Installed More...
U.S. Intelligence Train Special Forces With Games
American intelligence agents have made their share of bad calls: the fall of the Berlin Wall, Iraq’s nuclear cache and chronic missteps in Afghanistan are only a few. So in the hopes of honing analysts’ predictive More...
‘Rootkit’ Maker Tries to Silence Developer
A data-logging software company is seeking to squash an Android developer’s critical research into its software that is secretly installed on millions of phones, but Trevor Eckhart is refusing to publicly apologize More...
Russia will focus on the Moon if Mars fails
If Russia’s Phobos-Grunt Mars mission fails the country’s space agency may focus on Moon exploration, the deputy head of the Roscosmos agency said on Tuesday. The Mars probe was launched from the Baikonur More...
Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW)
The US Army has tested a hypersonic missile, which travels six times faster than the speed of sound. It is part of a larger plan to have the capability to strike any place on the planet within an hour. The missile, More...
Researchers Criticize Protect IP Act
Internet-security researchers are saying: Senate anti-piracy legislation that would dramatically increase the government’s legal power to disrupt and shutter websites dedicated to infringing activity “raises More...
Russia’s manned Soyuz heads to ISS
A Russian Soyuz rocket has successfully launched, taking a three-person crew to man the International Space Station after a two-month delay caused by technical problems. Two Russian cosmonauts, Anton Shkaplerov More...
Does the Mars probe hit Earth?
It is not looking very bright for the Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS). The Phobos-Grunt mission to Mars is probably failing. The experts in the space industry calling the probability of rescue of the plans More...
Does Uncle Sam care about privacy?
If you wondered how strict the Federal Trade Commission is with tackling corporations over assaults on customer privacy, you’ll be relieved to know that the FTC is ending its investigation with Facebook. The FTC More...
Perfect Storm of Internet Censorship
In recent weeks the governments of Britain, Israel, the US, Japan, India and China have reported alleged cyber attacks by foreign militaries, hackers, and malicious software like Duqu, a virus similar to the Stuxnet More...