Daily Archives: Mar 13, 2026

It's not the mic that's listening to you. It's the math. The years-long urban legend of sneaky listening by smartphones has been fueled by spooky ad coincidences and viral "evidence" videos. But big-scale blind testing  from Northeastern University's examination of 17,000 Android apps to controlled "audio room" tests by...

"Nothing in the Joint Force represents combat power from the sea in the form of a Carrier Strike Group," Adm. Daryl Caudle warned Congress this summer, "and the ability to maintain air superiority against peer competitors will be at risk if the Navy is not able to deliver a...

Suppose the deadliest advantage in air-to-air fighting was not firearms, but lightness. In the high-energy setting of twenty-first-century air warfare, the lightest fighters often have the upper hand in manoeuvrability, acceleration, and mission flexibility. They are not simply lighter versions of heavier planes; they are actually designed to exploit...