Technology

Village Of Columbus Celebrates Broadband Milestone

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OBAE News:

COLUMBUS — State and local officials gathered today in the Village of Columbus to celebrate a broadband infrastructure project that has made high-speed fiber internet available to 822 homes and businesses in the Luna County border community. 

The ribbon-cutting ceremony at Columbus Public Plaza marked a major milestone for the Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE), which awarded a $3.7 million grant through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to Valley TeleCom Group for the project. 

Valley TeleCom Group has installed nearly 50 miles of optic fiber since construction Read More

Catch Of The Week: 183 Million Email Passwords Just Leaked – Did Yours Get Swept Up?

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos 
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Brace yourself: according to cybersecurity researcher Troy Hunt, more than 183 million unique email credentials have been exposed in a massive data dump, including tens of millions tied to Gmail accounts. Yikes!

What Happened?

The cache in question spans 3.5 terabytes of data, consisting of “stealer logs” and credential- stuffing lists harvested from infostealer malware.

What does this mean? In plain terms: malicious software quietly collected login addresses + passwords + site info from infected devices — then the records Read More

Los Alamos National Laboratory Announces Two New Supercomputers … HPE, NVIDIA To Partner On New Mission And Vision Systems

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Operational in 2027, Mission will allow AI capabilities with a focus on national security science. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • HPE, NVIDIA to partner on new Mission and Vision systems

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has selected HPE and NVIDIA as partners on two new supercomputers to be built, delivered and installed in the coming years, with HPE selected as the prime contractor.

The supercomputers, named Mission and Vision, will support the critical modeling and simulation that underpins national security science as well as fundamental science research and artificial intelligence Read More

Inside Michael Ham’s Mind: How AI Could Win Wars – And Kill The Internet By 2030

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Michael Ham

By MARLENE WILDEN
Los Alamos Daily Post
marlene@ladailypost.com

Step into a conversation with Michael Ham, and within minutes you’re ping-ponging between the history of semiconductors, the future of warfare, and the chilling possibility that by 2030, the internet might be more bot than human.

Ham, director of the Mission Data Stewardship Alliance at Los Alamos National Laboratory, was the keynote speaker for the members of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) this month. His presentation, titled “Agentic AI for National Security”, explored the intersection of technological Read More

Karen Kincaid Brady Appointed Executive Director Of New Mexico Museum Of Space History

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Karen Kincaid Brady

NMDCA News:

ALAMOGORDO – The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (NMDCA) and the New Mexico Museum of Space History Commission have appointed Karen Kincaid Brady executive director of the museum, effective Oct. 27, 2025. 

“We are thrilled to welcome Karen to the New Mexico Museum of Space History,” NMDCA Cabinet Secretary Debra Garcia y Griego said. “Her combined expertise in history, preservation, and museum leadership, paired with her lifelong passion for space history, will help inspire future generations through the remarkable story of New Mexico’s role Read More

Los Alamos Daily Post Selected As One Of 15 Newsrooms Worldwide For Trusting News AI Literacy Project

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Teams from 15 newsrooms worldwide will invest in educating their communities in AI. Courtesy image

Staff Report

The Los Alamos Daily Post has been selected as one of 15 newsrooms worldwide to join a new Trusting News initiative aimed at helping journalists and their audiences better understand artificial intelligence and its role in modern journalism.

Five newsrooms received grants to pursue innovative AI literacy projects, and 10 others, including the Los Alamos Daily Post, joined the AI literacy cohort. Both initiatives run from October 2025 through March 2026 and unite local news organizations Read More

Catch Of The Week: Hey, You! Get Off Of My Cloud!

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

It started just after midnight Pacific Time on Monday—most of us were likely still half-asleep, relying on devices we trust to wake us, shop for us, secure our homes, keep us connected.

Instead, a massive outage across the internet made it clear just how thin the thread is that holds our digital lives together.

I was trying to check my Ring cam on the front porch about 3 a.m. to check on the pumpkin my kid carved and see if anything was trying to eat it. It wouldn’t connect at all and wouldn’t even display history. I checked downdetector.com Read More

Military Order Of The World Wars October Meeting To Feature Michael Ham On Agentic AI For National Security

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Michael Ham

MOWW News:

The Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) will feature Michael Ham speaking on “Agentic AI For National Security” at its meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 21, in room 203A at the Los Alamos Research Park.

Every era has its defining technology—the telegraph connected continents, the semiconductor powered a digital world, and now agentic AI stands poised to reshape global power once again.

Agentic systems, able to perceive, reason, and act both independently and in concert, are transforming the foundations of national security. This talk draws parallels between the semiconductor Read More

2025 ExxonMobil Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Celebrates 53 Years Of Ballooning Excellence

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First wave of the Mass Ascension lifts off from Balloon Fiesta Park. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Dawn patrol checks wind conditions to determine whether the Mass Ascension will be permitted. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

By LAURA LIMBACK
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

The 2025 ExxonMobil Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta was held Oct. 4-12. Celebrating its 53rd year, the nine-day event was the largest in history, with more balloons and larger crowds than ever before. Set against the striking backdrop of the Sandia Mountains and New Mexico desert oasis, the premier Read More