Blockchain Trade Group Names Mick Mulvaney to Board
By: The Hill September 23, 2020 The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain trade association, named Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s former acting chief of staff, to its board of advisers on Wednesday. Mulvaney founded the Congressional Blockchain Caucus when he was in Congress from 2011 to 2017. He also previously was director of the Office of […]
A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
By: Buzzfeed September 14, 2020 Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent by a recently fired Facebook employee and obtained by BuzzFeed News. Read More
An arms race is brewing in orbit
By: Economist August 15, 2020 Kosmos 2542, a Russian satellite that was launched in November, was “like Russian nesting dolls”, said General John Raymond, head of America’s newly formed Space Force, in February. Eleven days after its launch it disgorged another satellite, labelled Kosmos 2543. Then, on July 15th, Kosmos 2543 itself spat out another […]
We need a full investigation into Siri’s secret surveillance campaign
By: The Guardian August 14, 2020 No one wants their most private activities secretly monitored. That’s why wiretapping is strictly regulated in the US and most of the world. Federal law makes it a crime for the government to surveil communications without a court-ordered warrant. This is not the issue here. Nor is this a […]
AI Developers want to perform a bizarre study on released prisoners
By: Futurism August 13, 2020 A team of computer scientists has a well-intentioned but thorny plan to reduce recidivism, the rate at which prisoners return to prison once released, and it involves constantly monitoring them as they go about their lives. The idea? Giving parolees (who would volunteer for this program) smartphones and biometric wearables […]
Big tech companies collaborate to protect US election process
By: Fox Business August 12, 2020 The major U.S. technology companies on Wednesday reiterated their commitment to helping ensure a secure election throughout the coming months. The group, which includes Facebook, Reddit, Google and Twitter, issued a joint statement after a meeting with government officials, during which each company shared what has been happening on its respective platform. Read Full Article
Air Force moving Project Maven into Advanced Battle Management System portfolio
By: Fed Scoop August 10, 2020 The program office for Project Maven — the Air Force’s first major foray into using artificial intelligence to scan drone footage — is being transitioned into the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) portfolio as the service continues positioning more of its traditional backend IT capabilities to support broader warfighting functions. The Air Force is working […]
Uber’s food delivery business doubles but demand for rides falters
By: City AM August 06, 2020 Uber said demand for its food-delivery service doubled in the second quarter as users were locked down due to the pandemic, while demand for rides was hit. The company maintained it was sticking to its goal of being profitable on an adjusted basis before the end of next year. […]
Amazon almost doubles size of UK Prime Air drone delivery arm
By: City AM August 04, 2020 Amazon has ramped up expansion of its ambitious drone delivery project, almost doubling the number of staff in its Cambridge-based Prime Air team. Prime Air now has close to 60 staff working on making Amazon deliveries by drone a reality, its largest since the project began in 2016, data […]