Feb 25, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Defense
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt called on the US government to fast track development of emerging technology including artificial intelligence (AI) to catch up to China’s lead. The United States is “one or two years ahead of China, not five or 10” and...
Feb 25, 2021 | Defense, Drones, Featured
The US military has invested in a prototype energy beam weapon designed to zap drones in the sky. This week, the US Air Force said the prototype, dubbed the Tactical High Power Operational Responder (THOR), is a “directed energy” weapon...
Feb 25, 2021 | Drones, Facial Recognition, Privacy
An Israeli biometrics startup called AnyVision with ties to Israel’s military has applied for a U.S. patent on technology that tells drones how to maneuver to capture better facial recognition images of people on the ground. Facial recognition technology has...
Feb 25, 2021 | Government, Telecommunications
Huawei, currently banned by the U.S. from buying American-made chips, is hoping that a new Executive Order could open the door for a reevaluation on that Trump administration policy – which was designed to cut off supply for Chinese companies deemed a security...
Feb 25, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate
The solution to the world’s climate change problems could be under our feet, as soil has the potential to store more than three times the amount of carbon in the atmosphere But about 45% of the Earth’s soil is used for agriculture, and most farmland has lost up to 30%...
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