If you’re working in Big Tech and looking to make an exit, the Army is waiting with open arms. Someone’s gotta build the tech to drop these bombs, after all. Task and Purpose reports that the Army’s Talent arm has launched Detachment 201, an initiative to pull technology professionals into the military’s ranks—the latest in a […]
US Soldier Accused of Verizon and AT&T Hacks Pleads Guilty
Cameron John Wagenius, a former US Army soldier, pleaded guilty to his role in a hack that affected AT&T and Verizon and resulted in the theft of data from well over 100 million customers of the companies, according to TechCrunch. Wagenius, a 20-year-old stationed in Texas, copped to two counts of “unlawful transfer of confidential […]
Palmer Luckey Is Taking Over Microsoft’s Failed Mixed-Reality Goggles for the U.S. Army
Another Trump-y tech bro is weaseling his way into the federal government. According to a report from Axios, Anduril Industries and its CEO Palmer Luckey intend to take over Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar contract to build Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), an augmented reality headset for use by the US Army. The deal still needs to be […]