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The Biden Administration is Capping the Cost of Internet for Low-income Americans
The Biden administration says it will partner with internet providers to lower the cost of high-speed internet plans for low-income Americans, the White House announced Monday. The Affordable Connectivity Program…
The Lessons Taiwan Is Learning from Ukraine
The more I’ve gotten to know her, the more I’ve come to think that Wang Tzu-Hsuan exemplifies some of the best qualities of the younger Taiwanese I’ve met here in…
SpaceX Successfully Returns Four Astronauts from International Space Station
Four astronauts successfully returned home to Earth in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft today, bringing an end to their six-month-long stay on the International Space Station (ISS). After undocking from…
A View from the Trenches on the Debate Wracking the Marine Corps
As a Marine gunner, I have some candid advice to senior retired leaders lambasting the Marine Corps’ reforms: Look in the trenches. The character of war has changed. We will…
Finland Holds War Drill Alongside U.S. Soldiers Ahead of NATO Application
Armored vehicles kicked up tails of dirt as fatigue-clad soldiers, their faces freshly daubed in camouflage paint, crouched in the pine forest here Wednesday, part of a sweeping military drill…
New Army Directive Shakes up Modernization Enterprise
Army Futures Command’s role in the service’s modernization enterprise is being narrowed, according to a new directive obtained by Breaking Defense, as Army leadership aims to clarify AFC’s roles and…
Pentagon Finds Hundreds of Cyber Vulnerabilities Among Contractors
A U.S. Defense Department pilot program designed to root out digital vulnerabilities among contractors identified hundreds of flaws over the course of one year, organizers said. Cybersecurity researchers with bug…
How AI Would—and Wouldn’t—Factor into a US-Chinese War
In March, a largely overlooked, 90-page Government Accountability Office study revealed something interesting: This summer, the Pentagon is getting a new AI Strategy. Between shaping ethical norms for AI and…
Fear Not the Demise of Venture Capital Funding for Defense
Is the sky falling on tech startups and venture capitalists eager to break into the defense sector? “Time is running out for Silicon Valley,” tweeted Katherine Boyle, a partner with…