As the world watches Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel unfold, American eyes in the sky are limited in what they can show because of a 1997 law.
How we got here
Under the Kyl-Bingaman Amendment (KBA), which passed in the 1997 NDAA, American companies can’t release imagery of Israel that’s at a higher resolution than what’s distributed by non-U.S. companies. For decades, that meant American companies could only disseminate 2m-reso
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With the ongoing advancements of mathematics and computing, the long-standing dependence on public key encryption (PKE) could be nearing it
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Thierry Breton, the European commissioner charged with enforcing the E.U.’s new Digital Services Act (DSA), warned on Tuesday that X’s platform has become overrun with “disinformation” and “violent and terrorist” content since Hamas’s October 7 attacks. Breton gave Elon Musk 24 hours to respond with how his company plans to fix that—or else risk facing an investigation that, per the DSA’s rules, could lead to fines of up to 6% of
Yitzy Hammer was itching to get back to work. For the last two weeks, Hammer, a lawyer who works with emerging tech companies in Israel, had been home with his four kids who weren’t in school during the Jewish high holidays. This week was supposed to be their first back, and Hammer had a packed schedule planned for the days ahead.
But since Saturday—when Hammer and his wife awoke to the sound of bombs falling and spent part of the day huddled with their family in a she
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Here’s a familiar example. Last year, my wife and I bought a new Mazda SUV. I had never noticed one on the road before, but now they seem to be everywhere.
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