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The military wants to help secure the midterm elections

The top uniformed military officer is offering to help secure the 2018 midterms, but some are leery of involving the armed forces.
‘The best piece of legislation’ in DC is about quantum computing

Rep. Will Hurd warned that Russia and China are sucking up encrypted communications in the hopes of retroactively reading them after they achieve encryption-breaking quantum computing capabilities.
Mystery: Who bought websites implying US senators ‘for sale’

The mysterious purchases set off alarms. AP’s review found roughly 280 political web addresses registered under the “forsale” domain, targeting President Donald Trump, the GOP, Supreme Court and National Rifle Association, as well as individual Democrats and Republicans.
Microsoft wants the government to regulate facial recognition technology

As technology companies face scrutiny over how their software is used, Microsoft calls for government regulation to set rules paths for recourse for facial recognition technology.