Homeland & Cybersecurity
The latest coverage of the Department of Homeland Security and cyber threats around the globe.
Undersea cables cut in the Red Sea, disrupting internet access in Asia and the Mideast
Undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea disrupted internet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East, experts said Sunday, though it wasn’t immediately clear what caused the incident.
Melania Trump hosts AI leaders for second meeting of task force on AI education
First lady Melania Trump spoke of the benefits of artificial intelligence while stressing the need to protect America’s children from the harm that could be done, during her second meeting of the task force on Artificial Intelligence Education at the White House on Thursday.
Nvidia’s AI chip sales surged again in latest quarter, but worries about a tech bubble persist
Nvidia’s sales of its artificial intelligence chipsets remained a hot commodity during the company’s latest quarter, but the demand wasn’t quite feverish enough to ease recent worries that the AI craze may be fading.
Trump vows retaliation against countries with digital rules targeting U.S. tech
President Trump vowed to impose new tariffs and export curbs on countries with digital taxes or regulations that affect American technology companies.
What to know: Four ways ICE is training new agents and scaling up
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is an agency inside the Department of Homeland Security that is integral to President Donald Trump’s vision of carrying out the mass deportations he promised during the campaign. Deportation officers within a unit called Enforcement and Removal Operations are the ones who are responsible for immigration enforcement. They find and remove people from the United States who aren’t American citizens and, for a variety of reasons, no longer can stay in the country.
Trump says he’ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline
President Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and said Friday he’ll keep extending the deadline for the popular video-sharing platform until there’s a buyer.
Trump thinks owning a piece of Intel would be a good deal for the U.S. Here’s what to know
President Trump wants the U.S. government to own a piece of Intel, less than two weeks after demanding the Silicon Valley pioneer dump the CEO who was hired to turn around the slumping chipmaker.
White House launches TikTok account amid Trump’s extension of grace period from ban
The White House launched TikTok account this week, amid uncertainty about the popular video app’s future as a deadline approaches for its Chinese-owned parent company to sell to an American buyer or face a ban.
Recent college grads struggle to find jobs amid AI boom, Trump tariffs
Recent college graduates are struggling more than ever to find entry-level work, as artificial intelligence and uncertainty about the impact of President Trump’s tariffs have dampened hiring.
Gabbard says U.K. scraps demand for Apple to give backdoor access to data
Britain abandoned its demand that Apple provide so-called backdoor access to any encrypted user data stored in the cloud, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Monday.
ICE now deporting more than 1,400 illegal immigrants a day
The Department of Homeland Security has set a new record for detaining illegal immigrants with more than 59,000 in ICE custody, according to new agency numbers released this week.
North Korean network breached, say two hackers
Two hackers identified by the code names Saber and cyber0rg published a recent report saying they had breached a North Korean hacker network, according to a report in the cybersecurity outlet Phrack.
Trump faulted for loosening AI chip sales to China
Communist founder Vladimir Lenin once said: “The capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” That appears to be taking place in the Trump administration with the recent loosening of restrictions on selling advanced artificial intelligence microchips to China.
AOL shuts down dial-up internet service
AOL’s dial-up internet is finally taking its last bow.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan meets with Trump after president calls for his resignation
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan visited the White House on Monday for a meeting with President Trump after the president called on him to resign from his post over his purported ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
AI adds scarier scams, finds Senate hearing on seniors
Artificial intelligence has made it more difficult for seniors to identify scams, a problem for an already vulnerable population, witnesses at a Senate hearing said Thursday.
