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The 'father of the internet' says that Google employee backlash to its defense work was just 'a lot of misunderstanding'

Business Insider 14 Dec 2018

If you ask Vint Cerf, the protests at Google about its contract to help develop artificial-intelligence technologies for the military can be chalked up to a misunderstanding ... Alex Wong/Getty Images Google quietly signed a contract to provide its AI technology to the military as part of the latter's Project Maven effort in September 2017....

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Pilot in crash off Waikiki ‘doing OK,’ scheduled for surgery

Honolulu Star-Advertiser 13 Dec 2018

The contracted pilot who ejected from a vintage military jet not far from Waikiki Wednesday is scheduled to have surgery today to fuse two vertebrae in his back, his wife said ... The contracted pilot who ejected from a vintage military jet not far from Waikiki Wednesday is scheduled ......

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Mark Norman was doing his job, helping government in ship deal talks: lawyers

Canada Dot Com 13 Dec 2018

OTTAWA — Vice-Admiral Mark Norman’s lawyers are arguing in court this morning that they need access to numerous government secrets to prove there was more going on around a $700-million shipbuilding contract than has been revealed....

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Pilot rescued after 1950s era fighter plane crashes in waters off Honolulu

ABC7 13 Dec 2018

A pilot flying a 1950s-era fighter jet as part of a military exercise has been rescued in the waters off of Honolulu, Hawaii, after his aircraft crashed into the ocean ... That role used to be handled by military pilots, but increasingly the U.S. military is contracting out that role to private companies that operate dated military aircraft....

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Here’s Why Russian Bombers Are in Venezuela. And Why the U.S. Is So Angry About It

Time Magazine 13 Dec 2018

Russia and Venezuela have had close military ties for decades. During boom times, oil-rich Venezuela has been a major buyer of Russian military hardware — with contracts for fighter jets, tanks, small arms and other equipment totaling more than $12 billion, according to Americas Quarterly....

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Fishburne Military School declares war on norovirus

The Daily Progress 13 Dec 2018

Fishburne Military School (FMS) has had a recent outbreak of norovirus. According to Chris Richmond, the military school’s communications director, the ailment was likely contracted by cadets or several cadets over the Thanksgiving break ... ....

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Africa Is the New Front in the U.S.-China Influence War

The Atlantic 13 Dec 2018

Russia , which Bolton also called out Thursday for trying to “increase its influence in the region through corrupt economic dealings,” is making its own push, offering military contracts in exchange for mineral rights. Turkey has expanded its diplomatic presence and trading, and also operates a military base in Somalia....

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Murphy’s Yemen measure advances as lawmakers seek tougher sanctions on Saudi Arabia

The CT Mirror 13 Dec 2018

military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen as the Senate took a historic vote to begin debate on a measure that would end that relationship ... Saudi Arabia was awarded $138.9 billion in potential military contracts under U.S. Foreign Military Sales rules from 2009 to April 2018, by the U.S....

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Raleigh couple, 3 others indicted for money laundering, murder-for-hire plot

Business Journal 13 Dec 2018

The charges from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Raleigh allege that Leonid Teyf, 57, orchestrated a kickback scheme in which he funneled money from Russia Military Defense contracts, skimming more than $150 million. The alleged kickbacks took place over a two-year period and were orchestrated through… ... ....

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Germany's military is being investigated for spending hundreds of millions of euros on contracts for outside consultants

Business Insider 13 Dec 2018

BERLIN (Reuters) - Opposition German lawmakers will launch a parliamentary probe into hundreds of millions of euros of contracts awarded by the military to outside consultants — an issue that has sparked a political firestorm in Germany....

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In a Muslim lawyer's murder, Myanmar's shattered dream

The Times of India 13 Dec 2018

openly calling for reforms meant to reduce the military's dominant role in government ... They were shattered by the military, by Buddhist nationalism and, ultimately, by Aung San Suu Kyi's inability or unwillingness to confront these forces ... No evidence has emerged that active military officials ordered the killing....

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Fears about artificial intelligence are ‘very legitimate,’ Google CEO Sundar Pichai says

Santa Cruz Sentinel 13 Dec 2018

The company faced heavy criticism earlier this year due to its work on a Defense Department contract involving AI that could automatically tag cars, buildings and other objects for use in military drones ... In June, after announcing that Google wouldn’t renew the contract next ......

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Amazon Cloud Firm Bidding to Store Pentagon's Military Secrets Plays Down Russia Connections

Newsweek 12 Dec 2018

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is playing down reports of connections between it and the Russians as it bids for a Pentagon contract to store highly-sensitive military data in the cloud ... AWS is the leading bidder for the Pentagon’s Joint Enterprise Defence Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, worth $10 billion....