Tech News update Pentagon rethinks parts of $10 billion JEDI cloud contract awarded to Microsoft Mar 13, 2020 The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking court permission to reconsider certain aspects of its decision to award a $10 billion cloud…
Cyber Security Ethical hackers swarm Pentagon websites Mar 6, 2020 Hackers are crawling all over the US Department of Defense’s websites. Don’t worry, though: they’re white hats, and DoD officials are quite happy…
Tech News update Satya Nadella says avoiding politics helped Microsoft win the Pentagon cloud contract Nov 2, 2019 Microsoft was recently awarded a contract to supply cloud computing services to the Pentagon and this has left some critics wondering whether…
Innovation The Pentagon Wants to Buy Thousands of Battlefield Robots Dec 29, 2018 Cannon Fodder Robotics manufacturers are scrambling for more than a half billion dollars in Pentagon contracts for battlefield robots that will…
Tech and Gadget Pentagon looks to exoskeletons to build ‘super-soldiers’ Dec 2, 2018 WASHINGTON: The U.S. Army is investing millions of dollars in experimental exoskeleton technology to make soldiers stronger and more resilient, in…
Innovation The Pentagon Needs Help Intercepting “Hypersonic” Nukes | Tech Top Nov 14, 2018 No Dumb Ideas! By 2020, the Russian military claims it will have nuclear missiles capable of gliding across the upper atmosphere — too low for…
Tech and Gadget Should Microsoft help the Pentagon ‘increase lethality’? | Tech Industry Nov 6, 2018 I’ve written recently about Microsoft taking on the role of the tech industry’s conscience. Among other stands, the company has called for the…
Tech and Gadget Google Won’t Bid on Pentagon Contract, but Not Just Because Employees Wanted It To | Virtual Reality Oct 10, 2018 Good Guy Google? Google is taking the high ground — or is it? On Monday, the company told Bloomberg it wouldn’t submit a bid on a Pentagon contract…
Tech and Gadget Sundar Pichai accused of meeting Pentagon officials over an AI drone system | Tech Industry Oct 7, 2018 Facing President Donald Trump administration’s ire over its censored Chine Search engine project, Google CEO Sundar Pichai met Pentagon officials…
Artificial intelligence The Pentagon plans to spend $2 billion to put more artificial intelligence into its weaponry AI|… Sep 9, 2018 The Defense Department’s cutting-edge research arm has promised to make the military’s largest investment to date in artificial intelligence (AI)…