Japan has kicked off its largest-ever defense exhibition as part of a move to highlight its growing openness to international collaboration and even the once-taboo topic of defense exports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/21/japan/dsei-japan-defense-exhibition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #dsei #defense #defenseministry #gennakatani #tech #sdf
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#DrunkRapist #PeteHegseth readies *actions* against #Trump “foe” Retired General & former chairman of the #JointChiefsOfStaff #MarkMilley
The retired general, a frequent target of #Trump, will lose his #security detail & face an #InspectorGeneral [apparently there’s one left] investigation, said a senior #defense official.
#military #jcs #honor #integrity #IG #RevengePolitics #law #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/28/mark-milley-hegseth-trump/
After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.
#News #Microsoft #Tech #Technology #Defense #Government #DOD #Cybercrime
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to support the Pentagon. But ProPublica found that the tech giant has relied on its global workforce for years to support other federal clients, including the Justice Department.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Technology #Tech #Microsoft #Pentagon #Cybersecurity #Defense #China
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Pentagon Warns Microsoft: Company’s Use of China-Based Engineers Was a “Breach of Trust”
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The Defense Department is opening an investigation to determine if the tech giant’s use of overseas engineers to maintain sensitive U.S. government computer systems compromised national security.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-digital-escorts-investigation-warning?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Microsoft #Tech #Pentagon #Defense #Technology #Cybersecurity
🇦🇹 Austria's Armed Forces have replaced MS Office with LibreOffice on 16,000+ workstations 📄
This shift began in 2020 to avoid mandatory cloud reliance ☁️
Their goal? Digital sovereignty—not cost saving 🔒
They even contributed 5+ person-years of code 🛠️
EU trend toward open-source grows 🇪🇺
🔗 https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-forces-ditch-microsoft-office/
#TechNews #LibreOffice #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Europe #EU #Microsoft #Cloud #DigitalSovereignty #Government #Defense #Innovation #Technology
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