CNN reports here on robot dogs being tested by the U. S. Air Force.
Measuring HDD RPM
This article from Extremetech here mentions that hard drive rotational rate can be measured using acoustic analysis—an interesting example of side channel measurement.
Arm Cortex-R82
Anandtech reports here on Arm’s announcement of its Cortex-R82 processor aimed at storage devices.
747 Floppy Drives
Extremetech reports here on the floppy drives used in Boeing 747s.
Advisory on Location Data Exposure
The U. S. National Security Agency has released here a memo on concerns regarding location data.