Ryan Lovelace

Transatlantic divide: Censorship policies and tech regulation test U.S.-European relations

America's relationship with its European allies is under mounting stress over increasingly divergent views of online censorship, tech innovation and the best way to regulate artificial intelligence.

August 30, 2024

NSA readying podcast to share untold stories of codebreakers’ missions

The National Security Agency is preparing to share some of its closely held secrets.

August 29, 2024

Blinken to huddle with top tech companies to limit Al access

The State Department is preparing to meet with leading artificial intelligence companies on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly next month, as access to the emerging technology has become more important than ever for foreign governments.

August 29, 2024

Google warns family and friends of candidates to prepare for foreign hacking before election

Political candidates and their top campaign advisers are not the only ones who need to brace for foreign nations' hackers breaching their defenses -- family and friends of the candidates are at risk too.

August 27, 2024

Free speech crackdown sounds alarm; France jails Telegram founder, Rumble chief flees Europe

The French government's stunning arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has prompted new concerns that tech entrepreneurs who put a premium on internet freedom of speech will not find safe haven in Europe.

August 26, 2024

Israel strikes southern Lebanon, says to thwart impending Hezbollah attack

Israel conducted airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday in a preemptive attack that Israel viewed as needed to counter a Hezbollah assault.

August 25, 2024

Social media war will precede next hot conflict, says U.S. Army intelligence adviser

Battles on social media will prepare the way for bullets and bombs flying in America's next war, according to a U.S. Army intelligence adviser.

August 23, 2024

Iran hacks try to trick American electorate; ‘kittens’ claw way into campaigns

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the driving force behind a sophisticated, multipronged effort to digitally disrupt the U.S. presidential election, cybersecurity professionals say.

August 22, 2024

U.S. intelligence community blames Iran for hack targeting Trump campaign

The U.S. intelligence community on Monday formally blamed Iran for hacking efforts targeting former President Donald Trump's White House campaign, saying Tehran aims to interfere in the 2024 election.

August 19, 2024

Free speech feud: X to close Brazil operations over censorship order

The social media platform X plans to end its operations in Brazil, citing a government censorship order putting pressure on the company's employees.

August 19, 2024

African warlords hid in plain sight in America: ‘That’s where they go’

The United States provided safe harbor for decades for mass-murderer warlords who tortured, raped and cannibalized their countrymen in West Africa before settling in America alongside their victims' relatives.

August 17, 2024

Feds urge cyber pros to assist preparations for quantum cyberattack: ‘Please help us’

Federal officials are bracing for a cyberattack from a quantum computer and are requesting private businesses help prevent widespread devastation.

August 15, 2024

Google says it disrupted Iranian attempts to hack Trump and Biden campaigns

Google's Threat Analysis Group said Wednesday it stopped Iran-sponsored efforts to hack into the campaigns of former President Trump and President Biden.

August 14, 2024

Iran wants U.S. voters to think Trump assassination attempt was a hoax, cyber firm says

Iran was secretly behind efforts to paint the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump as a hoax, according to the cyber intelligence firm Recorded Future.

August 13, 2024

Famed spy catcher warns of foreign penetration of U.S. government happening now

A veteran spy catcher who helped bring down one of the most notorious Russian spies in American history thinks a mole is burrowed in the U.S. government.

August 12, 2024

Officials steel for digital mayhem as November looms: ‘Can guarantee that things will go wrong’

A leading U.S. cybersecurity official is warning about digital disruptions surrounding the November elections but said government officials are prepared to meet the challenge.

August 9, 2024

Al weapons stretch U.S. imaginations; Pentagon wary of ‘invisibility cloaks,’ ‘digital twins’

"Invisibility cloaks" and "digital twins" -- national security officials gathered in Las Vegas say new technologies emerging from the rapidly advancing field of artificial intelligence could soon give America's enemies new weapons beyond people's wildest imagination.

August 7, 2024

Federal officials warn of ‘low-level’ cyberattacks to deny access to election info

Cyberattackers may overwhelm election-related websites with traffic to block access to information such as unofficial vote counts happening on election night, according to the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

August 5, 2024

U.S. spy agencies preparing to issue internal rules for artificial intelligence use

The U.S. intelligence community is readying new rules for internal usage of artificial intelligence, creating a first directive to govern how spies adopt and deploy the rapidly advancing technology.

August 1, 2024

Microsoft wants deepfake law to protect elections, urges Congress to act fast on AI

Microsoft wants Congress to pass a new law regulating deepfake fraud and governing artificial intelligence, which the Big Tech company said is necessary to protect the legitimacy of elections, as well as vulnerable senior citizens and women and children.

July 30, 2024