Boston Dynamics Robot Dog, “Spot,” is allowing doctors at a Massachusetts hospital to diagnose patients from over six feet away, they say.
An infrared camera mounted on the robot measures temperature and breathing rate, and can even do so …
Continue ReadingIreland-based Roqu Group has launched a pilot version of a health passport to help with tracking Covid19 testing. “Health Passport Ireland” is being billed as a way to help Ireland’s general public take safer steps “in our return to …
Continue ReadingHawkifsh, a data-analytics firm founded by Mike Bloomberg to help Democratic candidates, predicts Donald Trump will appear to win November’s election in a landslide on election night, but that after all the votes are tallied – especially mail-in ballots – …
Continue ReadingThe World Health Organization is working with other U.N. organizations and artificial Intelligence companies to scan social media conversations for coronavirus misinformation – a practice the WHO calls “social listening.”
“Countering fake news or rumors is actually only …
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In 2010, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, The Rockefeller Foundation convened what it called a “scenario planning exercise,” an exercise where future events and “unlikely” scenarios are gamed out.
The event included global strategists that helped businesses, …
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Members of the Marine Corps at Miramar, CA, are working with Gaithersburg, MD.-based Robotic Research on a new tactic: unmanned resupply during armed conflict.
“There are missions that are essentially unsupportable…with our current construct,” Lt. Col. Brandon Newell told BreakingDefense.com…
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Most people are aware of the large role Microsoft CEO and billionaire Bill Gates plays in health and vaccine programs. Less however may be aware that Gates plays a similarly outsized role in world food policy.
“The Gates Foundation …
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Walmart announced today that it is joining forces with Microsoft in bidding for social media company TikTok’s U.S. assets.
Earlier this month, President Trump issued an order mandating the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations within 90 days.
The administration believes …
Continue ReadingWhat’s going on over at @actblue HQ? ❣️ pic.twitter.com/eRHFSJkja4
— Aaron Coleman 🌹 (@Aaron4KS37) August 25, 2020
Last month it was reported that the Black Lives Matter movement is using ActBlue to collect donations. ActBlue is a technology company that …
An AI piloting system developed by Heron Systems, a Maryland-based defense contractor, defeated one of the Air Force’s top F-16 fighter pilots 5-0 in DARPA’s simulated aerial dogfight contest last week.
“It’s a giant leap,” said DARPA’s Justin (call sign …
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Albion College, in Albion, MI, is looking to create a “Covid-bubble” on campus this term. The school is asking students to stay within a 4.5-mile perimeter for the entire semester. If a student leaves the campus for unauthorized reasons, an …
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The global video surveillance storage market is expected to grow by about 50% in just the next five years, reaching $10.2 billion in size by 2025. That according to Research and Markets, a market research firm.
The market, at …
Continue ReadingGoogle announced this week that it has banned thousands of apps from its Play Store under its election “misinformation” rules.
The tech giant wrote that the apps were banned for “engaging in deceptive bebehavior, generating manipulated content without the appropriate …
Continue ReadingSouth Korean students are to begin taking classes that teach them to work with artificial intelligence.
Two courses will be available as electives and will be administered to high school students, the equivalent of high school juniors and seniors …
Continue ReadingDocuments reviewed exclusively by The Guardian show Google regularly forwarded detailed personal information on the company’s users to members of a counter-terrorism center in California’s Bay Area.
The users were often associated with the far right.
Further analysis finds Google …
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The world’s largest video-sharing platform, YouTube, announced that it will ban videos containing information obtained through hacking. It also announced it will ban information meant to meddle with elections or censuses.
This would presumably include information from hacked emails …
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The Air Force will begin using “Throwbots,” reconnaissance micro robots that can capture audio and video feeds for base security missions.
Airmen of the 96th Security Forces Squadron (96th SFS), at Eglin Air Force Base, located in Florida, were supplied …
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