Tremble in fear America after the latest cyber-attack
Tremble in fear, America before yet another devastating cyberattack. Perhaps as bad or even worse than the ones in the past that we’ve forgotten.
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Why hackers haven’t destroyed America
One of America’s great polymaths looks at cyber threats – cutting though the self-interested propaganda of experts.
China takes the lead in supercomputing while America sleeps
Summary: The Apollo program demonstrated America’s superpower status in the 1960’s. Today’s contests are more diffuse, such as the race to build the most and largest supercomputers. China has moved into the lead in this, another milestone in its quest to again become the Middle Kingdom. Helping in their quest is America’s unwillingness to invest …
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The new frontier: Even Developing Nations Do Cyber Spying
Summary: Revolutions in military technology allow rising powers to supersede the old ones, not just because the new tools provide asymmetric advantages, but because the military leaders of dominant love their obsolete big toys. As do military experts in general; compare the coverage of new carriers and aircraft vs. cybersecurity. Will this pattern play out …
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Russia’s Propaganda Trolls become a power in cyberspace
Summary: Cyberspace is not just a means to steal information and wreck systems, but also a means to touch people’s minds and change how they see the world. The tech is new, but the methods are old. Russia has a long history of playing this game well. Here Emilio Iasiello explains how they have aggressively …
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