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No secret is safe in the digital age. The implications for our institutions are downright Darwinian. Daniel C. Dennett and Deb Roy More than half a billion years ago a spectacularly creative burst of biological innovation called the Cambrian explosion occurred. In a geologic “instant” of several million years, organisms developed strikingly new body shapes, …

Tether Reveals Partnerships With Secret Service, FBI in Letter to U.S. Senate Tether, the company behind the leading USDT stablecoin, has made public the letters it sent to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, as well as the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, highlighting its dedication to security and its close …

More than 5,000 pages of documents from a Moscow-based contractor offer unusual glimpses into planning and training for security services, including the notorious hacking group Sandworm March 30, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. EDT The leak of documents from a Moscow-based defense contractor is unusual for Russia’s secretive military industrial complex. (Washington Post illustration, NTC Vulkan; …

In the 1930s, Hedy Lamarr was called Hollywood’s most beautiful actress — although she didn’t care much for show business. “I’m not so crazy about acting,” said the star, whose signature raven hair, red lips and pale skin became the model for Disney’s iconic Snow White. “All that makeup and getting up so early!” Despite …

Greens leader Adam Bandt has given a cheeky response when quizzed about wage figures at his address to the National Press Club. After Labor Leader Anthony Albanese’s gaffe over unemployment and interest rate numbers, Mr Bandt responded to an AFR journalist’s question asking him what the current Wage Price Index was with a blunt reply. …

MYSTERY WIRE — The New York Times is reporting about the contents of a soon-to-be released Pentagon investigation into the UFO mystery. The Times says the report to congress will leave open  the question of whether some UFOs are alien spacecraft. The initial New York Times headline was “Government Finds no Evidence UFOs are Alien …

An Oregon man allegedly broke into the Swiss ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C., assaulted the diplomat and tried to fight a responding Secret Service officer, according to court filings. The suspect, identified as Christian David Mandeville, allegedly entered the home and refused to leave. He is also accused of trying to force his way past …

A pre-pandemic Seattle supermarket boasts row after row of prepackaged snacks. Even before the pandemic put extra stress on grocery workers, keeping shelves stocked with the variety Americans have come to expect took a hidden toll on producers, distributors and retail workers, says author Benjamin Lorr. David Ryder/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Ryder/Getty …

October 19, 2020 – The experience of war today is fundamentally mediated by digital systems that facilitate almost every effort to gather, store, analyze, and communicate information in military organization, according to the author of a new book on Information Technology and Military Power. “The nature of work in military organizations is what has changed,” …

Aisha Francis was recently named CEO, making her one of the few African-American women running a college in this region. In recent years, the school has dreamed big dreams: Its campus is under agreement to be sold for many millions of dollars (the price has never been disclosed) to a big-time developer, Related Beal. BFIT, …