It’s not enough to just have information — intelligence requires context
The U.S. intelligence community has plenty of information about the countries and regions where its adversaries operate, but it needs more than that — it needs better ways to understand the context of...
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Here’s how the NSA analyzes all that call data
The National Security Agency might not have the names of Verizon’s (s vz) wireless customers, but the agency probably can figure out what they’re up to if it’s so inclined. The metadata Verizon has...
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Under the covers of the NSA’s big data effort
The NSA’s data collection practices have much of America — and certainly the tech community — on edge, but sources familiar with the agency’s technology are saying the situation isn’t as bad as it...
View ArticleNSA whistle-blower revealed: 29-year-old former CIA staffer says he felt...
Another bombshell dropped on Saturday in the ongoing revelations surrounding the federal government’s PRISM surveillance program: the man who leaked the top-secret documents about the program came...
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CIA invests in geodata expert OpenGeo
The world might be fed up with the idea of government surveillance, but that hasn’t quelled the intelligence community’s thirst for more data and better tools to analyze it. The latest example: On...
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Palantir: The worst-kept $9B secret in Silicon Valley
Businessweek is reporting that “secretive” data-analysis company Palantir is raising another $100-million-plus round of funding (which would put it above $700 million total) at a $9 billion valuation....
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The Defense Department’s data strategy: Huge, massive and distributed
Ely Kahn has spent more than a decade working in the national security world, including stints at the Transportation Safety Administration, Department of Homeland Security and the Executive Office of...
View ArticleEdward Snowden tells European Parliament how local spies aid NSA surveillance
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has sent testimony (PDF) to a European Parliament inquiry about the mass surveillance activities he exposed — particularly as they relate to the monitoring of Europeans...
View ArticleReport: China wants backdoors in imported tech, but only its own
Western companies are doing big business in China, but storm clouds lie on the horizon. According to a New York Times report, new banking security rules approved in the People’s Republic at the end of...
View ArticleSenate backs down on ‘Facebook Bureau of Investigations’ mandate
Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking companies no longer have to worry about a mandate that would have required them to share with the United States government information about users...
View ArticleNavigating the next-generation BI and analytics landscape
The business intelligence (BI) market is flooded with new entrants vying for attention alongside old, billion dollar behemoths, making the market a confusing place for business users looking for...
View ArticleVoices in AI – Episode 43: A Conversation with Markus Noga
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View ArticleVoices in AI – Episode 45: A Conversation with Stephen Wolfram
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View ArticleVoices in AI – Episode 47: A Conversation with Ira Cohen
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View ArticleVoices in AI – Episode 48: A Conversation with David Barrett
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Voices in AI – Episode 52: A Conversation with Rao Kambhampati
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Voices in AI – Episode 53: A Conversation with Nova Spivack
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Voices in AI – Episode 58: A Conversation with Chris Eliasmith
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Voices in AI – Episode 61: A Conversation with Dr. Louis Rosenberg
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Voices in AI – Episode 64: A Conversation with Eli David
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