Feb 25, 2021 | Business, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Electric-car maker Fisker said it will work with Apple supplier Foxconn to produce more than 250,000 vehicles a year beginning in late 2023, sending its shares up 18%. The deal, codenamed “Project PEAR” (Personal Electric Automotive Revolution),...
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...
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