Maybe it was just me, but there seemed to be more handshake deals between companies than airplane buys—military and commercial—at last week’s Farnborough International Airshow. As a Farnborough first-timer, I had very few expectations. I guessed there likely wouldn’t be as many aircraft flying because of surging fuel prices and the…

The battle between AI model builder Anthropic and the Pentagon has exposed a huge gap between what AI tools the military wants and what companies like Anthropic, xAI, and OpenAI actually make: AI tools for use by everyone, not specifically for the military. A handful of veteran-run or -financed startups…

Discussions of quantum computing regularly predict the end of digital secrecy, which would have society-altering consequences. But what if the opposite happens? If quantum encryption software becomes available to citizens around the world, digital secrets might become harder to harvest, altering intelligence collection and national security. Governments have no monopoly on quantum…

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