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“Big Tech” — or large multinational corporations that manufacture, own, and operate the digital ecosystems and physical infrastructure constituting cyberspace — wield state-like influence, advancing their interests with a reach that rivals powerful state actors. But as these companies grow more powerful, the systems that are meant to enforce accountability seem ill-equipped to do so. Where Big Tech companies cherry-pick the privileges of state-like power, without submitting to the associated responsibilities, they risk fraying the public’s trust.
The war in Ukraine isn’t just about safeguarding democracy or demonstrating Western resolve — it’s also about the future of the global economic order. As the Trump administration considers how to deliver on the president’s promise to bring this war to a close, it risks neglecting a critical, untapped asset: Ukraine’s immense reserves of lithium, titanium, graphite, and rare earth metals. These critical minerals are the foundation of modern industry and essential for military technology, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing.
U.S. Special Operations Command’s acquisition, technology and logistics directorate plans to evaluate new solutions from industry to help commandos extract and analyze critical data from a variety of systems.
As part of SOCOM’s latest “tactical forensics” initiative, officials from the program executive office for tactical information systems are eyeing vendor capabilities to facilitate vehicle forensics exploitation, unmanned systems exploitation, and document and media exploitation, according to a special notice about the effort issued on Monday.
Sources involved in recent, high-profile campaigns to compel the Pentagon to be more diligent and transparent about “unidentified anomalous phenomena” (UAP) that could threaten U.S. national security told DefenseScoop they’re optimistic that President Donald Trump will prioritize new and existing disclosure pursuits during his second term.
Doug Collins, an Air Force Reserve colonel, chaplain, and Iraq War veteran, was confirmed on Tuesday as the next secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs in a 72-23 Senate vote. In addition to his Air Force service, Collins is also a Navy veteran, Baptist minister and former congressman.
Collins served in the Navy from August 1994 to June 1996 as a chaplain corps student, leaving the service as an ensign. He joined the Air Force Reserve as a chaplain following the Sept. 11, 2001. terrorist attacks.
A massive new gym at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, has over 100 weight and cardio stations, a platoon-sized kitchen, and a digital shooting range — though it is open just to students and staff at the Army’s special operations training hub.
At $43 million, the Human Performance & Force Generation Training Center, or HP Forge, took three years to build and will be the fitness hub for the 1,000 or so students, instructors and staff at the Army’s John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.
A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** The Trump administration has moved quickly in its first two weeks in office, with more than 45 executive orders addressing a wide range of issues. We asked four experts to identify what orders they consider most impactful for U.S. foreign policy and national security — and why.
The Tustin Police Department in California has arrested Alfredo Reyes Jr., 40, in connection with the theft of three Humvees and other military gear last month from an Army Reserve Center in Southern California, the department announced on its Facebook page.
“As a result of the investigation, all Humvees were accounted for and additional military equipment originally stolen during the incident was located,” police announced in the Jan. 29 Facebook post.
Authorities have released little information about Reyes’ arrest.