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US government agencies including the Army and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pulled apps running Pushwoosh code after learning the software company - which presents itself as American - is actually Russian, according to Reuters. Pushwoosh is a software company that provides code and data analysis for developers so they can automate custom push notifications based on smartphone users' online activity.
A top US Army War College paper suggests Taiwan should credibly threaten to eradicate, or eradicate, its semiconductor industry if threatened by China so that Beijing would no longer be interested in unification. The US Army War College showed the paper was its most popular of the year, when it revealed it topped a list of the most downloaded papers of 2021 from its quarterly academic journal Parameters.
Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets. Microsoft and the Army separately announced the deal Wednesday.
TikTok is one of the fastest growing social apps, with more than 1.5 billion downloads. Now the US Army has banned soldiers from downloading the app on government-issued phones.
TikTok is one of the fastest growing social apps, with more than 1.5 billion downloads. Now the US Army has banned soldiers from downloading the app on government-issued phones.
The U.S. Army is following the lead of the Navy in banning soldiers from using TikTok, a Chinese-made video sharing and social media app, on their government-issued phones, according to the news site Military.com. In guidance issued Dec. 16, the Defense Department, in a "Cyber Awareness Message," identified TikTok as having "Potential security risks associated with its use" and requested that military personnel remove the app from government-issued phones, according to Military.com.
The US Army has been forced to clarify its intentions for killer robots after unveiling a new program to build AI-powered targeting systems last month.
The next major war will be super weird. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here....
Interesting history of the US Army Security Agency in the early years of Cold War Germany....