Today’s Tech Founders Don’t Just Own the Company – They’re Also Getting Huge Pay Packages
By: The Wall Street Journal October 16, 2021 Archer Aviation Inc. is years from producing its only planned product, a four-passenger electric air taxi that the main U.S. regulator hasn’t yet certified. It hasn’t generated any revenue. Still, the co-founders of this three-year-old company got a huge payday last month, a $99 million […]
The Jobs Impact of EV Transition
By: LinkedIn October 7, 2021 Industry bodies in the automotive sector have called for investment in reskilling to mitigate job losses they say will result from a transition away from petrol and diesel vehicles. One such body has called on the EU to invest in educating the workforce, citing analysis that shows some jobs shed at […]
Israeli Firm Unveils Armed Robot to Patrol Volatile Borders
By: AP September 13, 2021 LOD, Israel (AP) — An Israeli defense contractor on Monday unveiled a remote-controlled armed robot it says can patrol battle zones, track infiltrators and open fire. The unmanned vehicle is the latest addition to the world of drone technology, which is rapidly reshaping the modern battlefield. Proponents say […]
The Third Revolution in Warfare
By: The Atlantic September 11, 2021 On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, against the backdrop of the rushed U.S.-allied Afghanistan withdrawal, the grisly reality of armed combat and the challenge posed by asymmetric suicide terror attacks grow harder to ignore. But weapons technology has changed substantially over the past two decades. And thinking […]
Robotic Police Dogs: Useful Hounds or Dehumanizing Machines?
By: AP News July 30, 2021 HONOLULU (AP) — If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don’t have a fever. That’s just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to […]
As Commercial Space Travel Becomes Reality, Debris and Space Traffic Management Becomes More Important
By: Associated Press July 22, 2021 With Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos soaring into suborbital space, three U.S. flights to the International Space Station (ISS) in July, and SpaceX delivering 88 satellites to orbit in the last six weeks, space traffic is surging. And this is just the beginning of increased commercial and governmental activity in space. August […]
NATO Launches €1bn Fund to Invest in War Startups
By: Sifted June 23, 2021 NATO is planning to harness the knowhow of startups to develop its next generation of war machines. The transatlantic defence alliance has announced that it is to launch a startup accelerator programme and a €1bn investment fund focused on deeptech startups. The disruptive technologies that NATO is interested […]
Robots May Soon Be Able to Reproduce – Will This Change How We Think About Evolution?
By: Guardian June 21, 2021 From the bottom of the oceans to the skies above us, natural evolution has filled our planet with a vast and diverse array of lifeforms, with approximately 8 million species adapted to their surroundings in a myriad of ways. Yet 100 years after Karel Čapek coined the term robot, the functional […]
Pivot: Interview with Caleb Scharf on Space Exploration
By: Pivot June 15, 2021 Kara and Scott discuss how Apple unknowingly handed over phone data of two Democratic congressmen to the Trump Administration. Then, they discuss how the pay gap between workers and CEOs grew even wider during the pandemic. In Friend of Pivot, Caleb Scharf, the Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University and […]