defenses

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The rapid AI-driven discovery of flaws creates pressure on organizations, especially smaller vendors and the public sector, to automate defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Most known immune checkpoints require interaction with tumor cells to weaken the body's defenses.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The idea being: This isn’t actually a real lawsuit, and in cases where the same kind of claims have been made, the IRS has defended those cases and asserted all sorts of defenses.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Israel retaliated by striking an important Iranian petrochemical plant and air defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

When they were halfway across, our defenses kicked in.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan