Project Maven

Amy Barra Jan 10, 2025 Jan 14, 2025– Update: This mission launched on Jan. 13 at 7:15 p.m. EST and is complete. A suborbital rocket is scheduled to launch from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia during a window extending from Monday, Jan. 13, through Thursday, Jan. 16. This launch supports…

The U.S. Department of Defense has added the world’s largest producer of electric vehicle (EV) batteries to a list of companies with purported ties to China’s military, potentially muddling its relationship with U.S. auto titans including Tesla, Ford, and General Motors (GM). Contemporary Amperex Technology Co...Read More

Tencent claims there's been a "misunderstanding" by Jim Norman Yesterday, 5:15pm Image: Tencent The US Department of Defense has officially added Chinese megacorp Tencent to the federal register of companies deemed to have ties to the Chinese military (thanks, Bloomberg). The addition to the list does not come with any…

Tencent wants to engage with the U.S. Department of Defense to correct what it claims is a "mistake" that has led to it being included on a newly-published list of Chinese Military Companies (the CMC List) operating in the United States. The Chinese tech and video game conglomerate, which owns…

Update: "Tencent intends to initiate a reconsideration process to correct this mistake," firm says in additional statement Update, January 8, 2025: Tencent has provided a further statement regarding the decision made by the US Department of Defense. "As Tencent is neither a Chinese military company nor a military-civil fusion contributor…

The Department of Defense reached a historic settlement with more than 30,000 LGBTQ+ veterans who were discharged under the controversial “don’t ask, don’t tell” (DADT) policy, which allowed LGBTQ+ members to serve only if they concealed their sexuality. As a part of the settlement, those discharged under DADT or similarly…

U.S. Department of Defense The Department of Defense announced today the repatriation of Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi from the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the Government of Tunisia. Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi (ISN 038), was determined transfer-eligible by a rigorous interagency review process established by 2009 Executive Order 13492.…

By Mark Hunter 2 weeks agoFri Dec 27 2024 09:18:19 Reading Time: 2 minutes North Korean cyber actors have been identified as the perpetrators of the $300 million hack on the Japanese exchange DMM Bitcoin The FBI, Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), and Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA)…

Vice President-elect JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Friday said he and President-elect Trump are standing by Pete Hegseth, the embattled nominee to lead the Department of Defense, and told reporters he was speaking with skeptical senators to urge them to give him a hearing. Vance visited North Carolina to tour storm-ravaged…

The US Department of Defense has invested $2.4 million over two years in deepfake detection technology from a startup called Hive AI. It’s the first contract of its kind for the DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit, which accelerates the adoption of new technologies for the US defense sector. Hive AI’s models…