Israel Reportedly Using AI to Identify Targets for “Mass Assassination Factory”
By The Byte Published on December 2, 2023 “We work quickly and there is no time to delve deep into the target.” Israel is, per reports in multiple international news outlets, using a secretive artificial intelligence tool to identify targets — and their accompanying collateral damage — for assassination amid its ongoing […]
The LAPD Is Using Controversial Mass Surveillance Tracking Software
By VICE Published on November 30, 2023 The LAPD has purchased controversial mass surveillance software that allows police to track individuals using geolocation data. The company that provides the software, called WebLoc, is Cobwebs Technologies. The Israeli company was founded by three IDF veterans in 2015 and has previously sold contracts to the […]
TechScape: How police use location and search data to find suspects – and not always the right ones
Johana Bhuiyan Tue 3 Oct 2023 In January 2020, Florida resident Zachary McCoy received a concerning email from Google: local authorities were asking the company for his personal information and he had just seven days to stop them from handing it over. Police were investigating a burglary, McCoy later found out, and had […]
Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space. NASA’s Frank Rubio sets US space record
BY MARCIA DUNN Published September 28, 2023 A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just over a year. American Frank Rubio set a record for the longest U.S. spaceflight — a result of the extended stay. The trio landed in a remote […]
Elon Musk’s Unmatched Power in the Stars
By New York Times Published July 08, 2023 The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms. Read More
Future of Work Roundtable Highlights
On March 29th, Creating Future Us hosted an investor roundtable with top global experts on the topic of the Future of Work. During this two-hour roundtable, we explored many of the key drivers of impacts from automation on the flow of work and workers. It was a landscape overview of key changes that are […]
Space Debris Spotted Over Northern California
By The Associated Press and Storyful March 19, 2023 Observers in Sacramento were mesmerized by streaks of light that brightened the night sky on Friday. The flaming debris was retired communications equipment that the International Space Station discarded in February 2020. Read More
The International Space Station Had to Move to Dodge Space Junk
By: NPR October 26, 2022 The International Space Station had to fire its thrusters this week to make sure it avoided space junk in orbit around Earth. The station fired its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds in what NASA called a “Pre-Determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver” at 8:25 p.m. ET Monday to increase its distance from […]
Time To Fish: Congress Needs To Direct A Space Junk Clean-Up Mission
By: Hill August 5, 2022 The Biden administration’s recently released implementation plan for addressing orbital debris — space junk — is another inside-the-beltway toothless wonder. It’s time Congress step in and legislate action on orbital debris, instead of accepting this policy’s approach of “paralysis by analysis.” The new White House “National Orbital Debris Implementation Plan” provides 14 pages of […]