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A screen shot of the AMY1 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana, a small flowering plant widely used as a model organism in plant biology. (US government photo)

How to protect the world from ultra-targeted biological weapons

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity, Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, Synthetic biology

Masked policemen are seen on the grounds of the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, after five Tajiks suspected to be members of an IS terror cell were arrested. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/AFP via Getty Images.)

How to keep nuclear power plants operating safely during the coronavirus pandemic

By William Tobey, Simon Saradzhyan, Nickolas Roth | Cyber Security, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The existential threat from cyber-enabled information warfare

By Herbert Lin | Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, Special Topics, Technology and Security

A Huawei phone. Credit: GillyBerlin via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0. Cropped.

Low prices keep Huawei in the 5G game despite US concerns

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

A screen shot taken from the Apple App Store's Grindr download page.

US government pressure on Chinese owners of Grindr: A reprise of Cold War-era homophobia?

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

The Russian government-funded TV network’s hyperbolic campaign against US 5G

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

Malware. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Is cyberwarfare war? Insurers balk at paying for some cyberattacks

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by RodCastler. CC BY-SA 3.0

Hackers keep North Korea’s weapons program running

By Matt Field | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading

3D rendering of a quantum processor. Credit: Shutterstock

Approaching Y2Q and barely a peep (or tweet) from the government

By Lindsay Rand | Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, Voices of Tomorrow

computer hacker and code

Missing from the 2019 Missile Defense Review: Cybersecurity

By Lauren J. Borja | Analysis, Cyber Security

A British soldier participating in a NATO exercise. LCpl Craig Williams/(UK Ministry of Defense) via Wikimedia Commons. OGL

NATO researchers used social media to learn details of a military exercise and manipulate troops. It wasn’t very hard to do.

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

A black and red computer keyboard.

The government shutdown is affecting US cybersecurity

By Elisabeth Eaves | Cyber Security, What We’re Reading