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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump deals Chinese high-tech firms a heavy blow—for now

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Energy Secretary Rick Perry with President Donald Trump.

When Rick Perry thinks about AI, he thinks about nuclear weapons

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

The dark side of our drone future

By James Rogers | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion, Technology and Security

An unmanned British Royal Navy vessel patrols a harbor near Troia, Portugal, during a NATO exercise. Credit: NATO.

NATO’s robot navy hints at the future of warfare

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Cyber Report: Right-wing social media

By Matt Field, Thomas Gaulkin | Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia

Smallpox virus virions. Credit: Fred Murphy / Sylvia Whitfield / CDC.

An explosion rocked a Russian research facility known for housing the smallpox virus

By | Biosecurity, What We’re Reading

US missile tests. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.

Strangelove redux: US experts propose having AI control nuclear weapons

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons

Facebook to world: Truth is a choice. Say WHAT?

By Thomas Gaulkin | Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia, Say What?

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Is there a role for the Biological Weapons Convention in oversight of lab-created potential pandemic pathogens?

By Lynn C. Klotz | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

A recent protest in Hong Kong. Credit: Studio Incendo via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-2.0.

Hong Kongers rage against smart lampposts, Chinese surveillance

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Why 2020 disinformation campaigns may be outsourced to the Philippines

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Photo illustration by Matt Field based in part on photos by premier.gov.ru and www.kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0.

Ahead of 2020, disinformation and fake news are alive and well on social media 

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading