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DARPA chose Diraq and Silicon Quantum Computing for the Quantum Benchmarking Initiative, which will assess whether participating companies could create a useful quantum computer in under a decade. Continue reading Will a Useful Quantum Computer Be a Reality Within 10 Years? DARPA, 2 Australian Startups, IBM & More Are Working On It
Executive Director Morgan Adamski said the agency’s use of generative AI tools has reduced the timeframe for analyzing malicious traffic from days and weeks to hours and minutes.
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The agency’s Red-C program seeks to build new defenses into bus-based computer systems.
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In a joint report with DARPA and others, the cyber agency said that knowledge gap “exacerbates” risks posed by threat actors in U.S. critical infrastructure.
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Interesting analysis: An Internet Voting System Fatally Flawed in Creative New Ways.
Abstract: The recently published “MERGE” protocol is designed to be used in the prototype CAC-vote system. The voting kiosk and protocol transmit votes over the internet and then transmit voter-verifiable paper ballots through the mail. In the MERGE protocol, the votes transmitted over the internet are used to tabulate the results and determine the winners, but audits and recounts use the paper ballots that arrive in time. The enunciated motivation for the protocol is to allow (electronic) votes from overseas military voters to be included in preliminary results before a (paper) ballot is received from the voter. MERGE contains interesting ideas that are not inherently unsound; but to make the system trustworthy—to apply the MERGE protocol—would require major changes to the laws, practices, and technical and logistical abilities of U.S. election jurisdictions. The gap between theory and practice is large and unbridgeable for the foreseeable future. Promoters of this research project at DARPA, the agency that sponsored the research, should acknowledge that MERGE is internet voting (election results rely on votes transmitted over the internet except in the event of a full hand count) and refrain from claiming that it could be a component of trustworthy elections without sweeping changes to election law and election administration throughout the U.S…
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Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences is working on a high-speed VTOL military aircraft as part of DARPA’s Speed & Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. Early ground effect testing has demonstrated its fan-in-wing vertical lift system.Co… Continue reading Aurora’s high-speed VTOL X-plane passes ground effect testing
Aurora Flight Sciences has released a new video of its revolutionary wing-in-ground-effect Liberty Lifter concept aircraft that it’s developing for DARPA. The aircraft uses ground effect to lift heavy loads without the need for an airstrip or ship port… Continue reading Watch: New animation shows wing-in-ground effect Liberty Lifter in action
Treating life-threatening bloodstream infections in combat situations is challenging, especially when the pathogen responsible is unknown. So, DARPA has called on Harvard’s Wyss Institute to use its groundbreaking biotech to fight this deadly threat.Co… Continue reading DARPA enlists Harvard tech to fight deadly blood infections in the field
The multimillion dollar challenge is trying to harness artificial intelligence to deliver major gains in cybersecurity.
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Discover the latest cybersecurity trends and techniques in this year’s Black Hat and DEF CON roundup. Continue reading Black Hat and DEF CON Roundup 2024: CrowdStrike Accepts ‘Epic Fail’ Award