As Iranian missiles targeted US-linked sites across the Gulf, the UAE’s missile shield was activated in real-time.
Plus: The top US cyber agency falls into shambles, AI models develop an upsetting penchant for nuclear weapons, and more.
US president Donald Trump said a “major combat operation” against Iran had begun as he called for the country’s government to be overthrown.
Drug kingpin Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes may be dead, but the Jalisco cartel he ran for years will likely outlive him—thanks, in part, to the criminal group’s embrace of technology.
Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.
Comments and other data left on a PDF detailing Homeland Security’s proposal to build “mega” detention and processing centers reveal the personnel involved in its creation.
Fears over a drug cartel drone over Texas sparked a recent airspace shutdown in El Paso and New Mexico, highlighting just how tricky it can be to deploy anti-drone weapons near cities.
Plus: Meta plans to add face recognition to its smart glasses, Jared Kushner named as part of whistleblower’s mysterious national security complaint, and more.
Petitions demanding people get the chance to be released from ICE custody have overwhelmed courts throughout the US.
US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.