The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is getting a cyberwarfare unit for defending the country from cyber threat, as well as conducting offensive military cyber operations to shut down foreign criminal networks overseas. “As of tomorrow, Australia will have an information warfare division within Defence. This is a result of the changing character of contemporary conflict,” […]
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Siblings who escaped ISIS in Mosul tortured to death by elite Iraqi unit (GRAPHIC IMAGES)
Successfully fleeing ISIS-held Mosul does not necessarily guarantee safety and an end to the misery for Iraqi civilians, especially for military-age males, according to a photographer who has witnessed and documented the brutal and sometimes deadly interrogation tactics of an elite unit. Excruciating sounds of pain piercing the walls of the elite Emergency Response Division […]
Apple and Amazon reportedly to join Foxconn’s bid for Toshiba’s semiconductor chip unit
(Reuters) — Apple and Amazon will join Foxconn’s bid for Toshiba’s semiconductor business, the Nikkei business daily quoted Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou as saying on Monday. The two U.S. technology giants plan to “chip in funds”, Gou said, according the interview with the newspaper. It was not immediately clear if this would take the form […]
An elite military unit is accused of human rights violations by brutally torturing Iraqis
Screenshot via ABC News/YouTube An investigation into one of Iraq’s “effective fighting force” is underway after a photojournalist captured footage of them torturing and performing extrajudicial killings. The Iraqi government is said to be looking into the abuse allegations against the Interior Ministry’s Emergency Response Division, according to The Washington Post. The allegations stem from […]
Inside North Korea’s Unit 180, the cyber warfare cell that worries the West
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s main spy agency has a special cell called Unit 180 that is likely to have launched some of its most daring and successful cyber attacks, according to defectors, officials and internet security experts. North Korea has been blamed in recent years for a series of online attacks, […]
Chicago P.D. Finale Recap: Is [Spoiler] Leaving the Intelligence Unit?
Dear Lindsay: Answer the phone! During Wednesday’s Season 4 finale, the Chicago P.D. detective finds herself on the receiving end of a potentially life-changing call… but she’s too busy contemplating another life-altering move to answer it. RELATEDChicago Fire, P.D. and Med Renewed The episode kicks off with Lindsay under review for misconduct, and she’s not […]
US Treasury Department unit set to provide financial records in Trump-Russia investigation
Reuters/Mike Segar WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A unit of the U.S. Treasury Department that fights money laundering will provide financial records to an investigation by the Senate into possible ties between Russia and President Donald Trump and his associates, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Senate Intelligence Committee […]
US Marine unit in Norway first to deploy with rifle suppressors
Lance Cpl. Sarah N. Petrock/US Marines When Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, arrived here in January, they weren’t just beginning a brand-new rotational deployment. They were also the first Marine Corps infantry unit to deploy with suppressors on every individual service weapon. And three months into using suppressed weapons in every exercise and live-fire […]
Uber hires AI researcher Raquel Urtasun to lead new self-driving unit in Toronto
Uber is expanding its Advanced Technologies Group (ATG) with a new office in Toronto, headed by local AI researcher Raquel Urtasun, a University of Toronto professor and the Canada Research Chair in Machine Learning and Computer Vision. Urtasun joins Uber in a senior role at Uber’s ATG, at a time when the organizational unit, which […]
GM to Take $4 Billion Charge on Sale of European Unit to Peugeot
General Motors has agreed to sell its European car brands Opel and Vauxhall to France’s Peugeot, withdrawing from a region where it hasn’t made money in almost two decades and taking a $ 4 billion charge in the process. WSJ.com: What’s News US