YouTube warned by EU official to keep a close eye on Israel-Hamas war contentThe commissioner also wants to know what YouTube has done regarding election-related disinformation. By M. Moon, 10.14.2023
Palantir shows off an AI that can go to warThe system aims to serve as an 'ethical' and 'legal' veneer for future military automation efforts.By A. Tarantola, 04.26.2023
Hitting the Books: America might not exist if not for a pre-Revolution smallpox outbreakMobilizing public support for inoculation helped galvanize the movement towards independence.By A. Tarantola, 12.11.2022
Boston Dynamics and other industry heavyweights pledge not to build war robotsThe half dozen companies have signed an open letter pledging not to weaponize their platforms.By A. Tarantola, 10.06.2022
Microsoft will 'scale down' its operations in RussiaOver 400 jobs are affected.By J. Fingas, 06.08.2022
Hitting the Books: When the military-industrial complex came to Silicon ValleyTurns out, Big Tech has bought a lot of CIA-backed startups over the years.By A. Tarantola, 04.24.2022
Hitting the Books: How American militarism and new technology may make war more likely"A soldier’s sense of identity seems increasingly tied to war, not the service war is supposed to provide to our nation."By A. Tarantola, 04.17.2022
Microsoft blocked Russian cyberattacks targeting UkraineIt took control of internet domains used by the GRU-connected group Strontium.By S. Dent, 04.08.2022
Airbnb is suspending its operations in Russia and BelarusAt the same time, people are booking Ukraine Airbnbs they'll never use to help residents.By S. Dent, 03.04.2022
Recommended Reading: The redesigned WWE NetworkThe best long-form writing on technology and more on the web.By B. Steele, 09.14.2019
Hitting the Books: 'Dirty bomb' fears spawned America's nuclear spy forceHysteria surrounding Hitler's nuclear ambitions reached fever pitch in 1943.By A. Tarantola, 09.14.2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's biggest fight is in the studioThere's a peculiar tension at the heart of Infinity Ward's new game.By J. Conditt, 08.01.2019
The UK's high-energy lasers could zap drones and missiles out of the skyIt's also working on radio frequency weapons to disrupt computers and electronics.By C. Fisher, 07.09.2019
6The next Call of Duty campaign is an emotional hellscape"Who says a game has to be fun?"By J. Conditt, 05.30.2019
Israel is the first to respond to a cyberattack with immediate forceIt launched an airstrike on Hamas to prevent further attacks.By J. Fingas, 05.05.2019
The 'Wallace and Gromit' studio is creating an emotional WWI gameBandai Namco is partnering with Aardman on '11-11 Memories Retold.'By J. Fingas, 04.25.2018
Experience the horror of a Syrian air raid in 'Hero'An unexpectedly timely interactive VR story.By C. Low, 04.20.2018
This year we took small, important steps toward the SingularityBut can we learn to get along with our robotic pals of tomorrow?By A. Tarantola, 12.19.2017
North Korea claims Trump declared war with a tweetIt's bluster, but it shows the perils of diplomacy in the Twitter era.By J. Fingas, 09.25.2017
Elon Musk urges the UN to limit AI weaponsMore than 100 pioneers in the field want the UN to look into restricting killbots.By D. Cooper, 08.21.2017