Neowin News Feed for: Defense

Anduril and Meta partner on XR products for U.S. military

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 29 May 2025 22:36:01 +0000

Anduril Industries, a defense technology startup, has announced a new partnership with Meta to develop integrated XR products for the US military. Read more...

Anthropic's Claude AI models now available for US defense agencies

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 14:28:01 +0000

Anthropic has partnered with Palantir to provide U.S. intelligence and defense agencies with access to its Claude 3 and 3.5 AI models on AWS. Read more...

Anduril and Microsoft team up to enhance IVAS: a new era in battlefield awareness

Pradeep Viswanathan — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 07:10:01 +0000

Anduril Industries is partnering with Microsoft to enhance the capabilities of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) for the US Army. Read more...

Google fires back at Match Group for lawsuit over Play Store billing monopoly

Usama Jawad — Tue, 10 May 2022 05:54:01 +0000

Google has published a detailed defense against Match Group's claims that its Play billing mechanism allows it to monopolize the market. It has accused the lawsuit campaign of being cynical and false. Read more...

FedEx cargo Airbus A321-200 planes could get anti-missile lasers for self-defense if FAA approves

Alap Naik Desai — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 22:46:01 +0000

FedEx had officially requested permission to install a laser-based anti-missile defense system on its cargo planes; the Airbus A321-200. The FAA is seeking confirmation about the protection mechanisms Read more...

Microsoft: U.S. defense sector is being targeted by Iran

Usama Jawad — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 06:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued an advisory highlighting that multiple U.S. and Israeli defense companies and global maritime transportation firms are under attack from a threat actor, likely from Iran. Read more...

Here is how Microsoft wants you to secure your organization against cyberattacks

Usama Jawad — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:52:02 +0000

In the wake of rising cyberattacks and threats, Microsoft has outlined a list of steps that organizations can take to harden their cybersecurity defenses against low-skilled malicious actors. Read more...

Military and intelligence personnel details exposed in data leak

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 14:08:02 +0000

The resumes, addresses, and other information for many people who hold 'Top Secret' security clearance were left in an unsecured database after they had applied for vacancies at a security firm. Read more...

America's nuclear arsenal is run on an 8-inch floppy disk system from 40 years ago

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 28 May 2016 01:36:01 +0000

A new report released by the Government Accountability Office says the SACCS - the command system used to operate the US nuclear arsenal - is running on an 8-inch floppy disk system from the 1970s. Read more...

Pentagon admits they were cyber-attacked, data stolen in March

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 05:05:06 +0000

Today, Deputy Defence Secretary William Lynn admitted that in March, foreign hackers managed to obtain thousands of files on the United States “most sensitive systems” through the Pentagon. This revelation came about as the Pentagon... Read more...

US warns future hackers of possible military action

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:01:14 +0000

Yesterday the United States revealed its International Strategy for Cyberspace that deals with military and defence matters relating to cyber-attacks, along with general praise of cyberspace and other less interesting matters. The document mentions the... Read more...

Mother's ire puts Ballmer on defense over Vista

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:22:11 +0000

For a few minutes during Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer's appearance at the Gartner Inc. Symposium ITxpo conference here, emotionless management-speak gave way to a mother's frustration with the Vista operating system. "I'm one... Read more...

Defense Dept. Report Urges Adoption of Open Technology

Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:05:16 +0000

The Defense Department should adopt an open technology model for software procurement and distribution, according to a new report prepared for Sue Payton, deputy undersecretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts. That report,... Read more...

Kazaa owners launch defense in file-share case

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 03:08:08 +0000

The owners of file-swapping giant Kazaa claimed Tuesday their software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music and movies online, doesn't differ from video recorders, as they launched their defense in a landmark music piracy... Read more...

Microsoft researching a new first-line worm defense

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:41:09 +0000

Microsoft research labs are working on a new technique, code-named Shield. Software patching has not been an effective first-line defense preventing large-scale worm attacks, even when patches had long been available for their corresponding vulnerabilities.... Read more...

Microsoft Files Defense in Real Networks Case

Sun, 22 Feb 2004 04:52:43 +0000

Microsoft Corp. on Friday filed its formal response to RealNetworks Inc.'s anti-trust lawsuit against it, denying allegations that it is impeding competition in the digital media market. In the "Answers and Defenses" filing in federal... Read more...

Intel chips in on anti-SCO defense fund

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:32:36 +0000

Intel has gotten involved in the legal battle between the SCO Group and Linux, contributing money to a defense fund geared to protect users of the open-source operating system. The Open Source Development Labs, an... Read more...

Group advises open source for Defense

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 17:32:24 +0000

Mitre, a not-for-profit engineering and IT organization that works with the US federal government, has recommended that the US Department of Defense take steps to encourage open-source software in the department's infrastructure. ... Read more...

IBM enlisted for defense role

Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:49:18 +0000

Uncle Sam is calling on IBM to help prevent enemy missiles from ever reaching U.S. soil. IBM plans to announce Monday that it has won a deal to supply the Defense Department... Read more...

Microsoft files defense document in antitrust case

Tue, 11 Jun 2002 04:33:46 +0000

Microsoft on Monday laid out its defense in the antitrust case pursued by nine states, arguing that the states are entitled to no penalties stricter than those the company agreed to in its settlement with... Read more...

Defense may limit foreign IT labor

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 02:35:17 +0000

The US Department of Defense has proposed dramatic new limits on the use of foreign nationals in computer-related projects, rekindling a heated debate over the use of immigrant labor for high-tech jobs. The... Read more...