Day: May 14, 2021

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Space Force

Leaders provide insight into the newly re-established US Space Command | Air Force Magazine

In the recently concluded Space Foundation virtual Symposium365 talk last May 7, US Space Command’s military and civilian leaders have offered their insights to the newly re-established US Space Command.  According to them, their diverse backgrounds are by design, and that few Space Force personnel are yet apart. Army Gen. James H. Dickinson, who leads the US Space Command from its provisional headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, said that more allied and partner organizations would be “physically coming to work” at Peterson over the next 12 to 18 months, which will increase the command’s deterrence.

Source: https://www.airforcemag.com/leaders-provide-insight-into-the-newly-re-established-us-space-command/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2005.10.21&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

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Machine Learning

How Google uses machine learning in Google search | SE Round Table

Google is undoubtedly the most popular search engine that may or may not use machine learning for adjusting the weights of various ranking signals. Unlike Bing, who has been very open about having lots of ranking signals, Google has kept mum about it. According to John Muller of Google, some elements definitely use machine learning while other elements don’t use it as much. He also added that the use of machine learning also depends a little bit on the specifics of what they are trying to figure out.

Source: https://www.seroundtable.com/how-google-search-uses-machine-learning-31386.html

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Information Warfare

Video: U.S. Navy looks to up its IW Game | Defense News

According to Vice Adm. Jeff Trussler, the US Navy is set to test Information Warfare Cells later this year. The addition of information warfare composite commanders at the carrier strike group level sparked the concept. Since 2017, the Navy has assigned an information warfare commander to each strike group, who serves as a focal point for the strike group commander in integrating disparate facets of information warfare, such as the electromagnetic spectrum, cyberspace, intelligence, and oceanographic operations.

Source: https://www.defensenews.com/video/2021/05/10/us-navy-looks-to-up-its-iw-game/

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Gaming

Opinion: The most successful games are just a tool players use to create fun | Esports Observer

Credit: Nintendo

Esports have exploded in popularity in recent years. Every company wants to implement a gaming plan, which means a lot of people are looking in from the outside. But what distinguishes esports from all other forms of entertainment? Yes, gaming is entertaining, but it also serves as an open-ended resource for players to build special shared experiences. Games offer players the freedom to choose how they want to spend their gaming time. This means that games are resources that encourage us to have fun by providing us with a degree of freedom that we do not have in any other aspect of life.

Source: https://esportsobserver.com/opinion-success-tools-fun/

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Drones

Jamming strikes OSCE drones tracking Russian forces | Breaking Defense

An OSCE drone in Ukraine

After its GPS was jammed, a drone run by a group tracking the war in eastern Ukraine made an emergency landing. This isn’t the first time this issue has arisen; since March, OSCE drones have experienced increased levels of GPS signal interference, which have affected both of their GPS receivers. Moreover, the EW attacks increased this spring, coinciding with Moscow’s deployment of 110,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, raising fears in Kiev and the West that Russian forces would invade Ukraine.

Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2021/05/jamming-strikes-osce-drones-tracking-russian-forces/