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Everything you need to know about the drone used by the US to assassinate an Iranian general
Meet the Reaper, a $64M death-dealing assassination drone straight out of a science-fiction nightmare. Designated the MQ-9 ...
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US Navy officers can't use TikTok on government-issued phones because it's a 'cybersecurity threat'
Last week, the US Navy banned TikTok, the short video sharing app, from government-issued mobile devices, as it represented ...
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How Huawei powered through a tough 2019 and came out on top
Huawei has had a tough year. The company’s fight with the US government impacted its business across the globe, but this ...
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Federal study: Facial recognition systems most benefit middle-aged white males
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology today released its 2019 report on facial recognition. And there are no surprises here, it's just as dystopian as we've been warning you about all year. On the group's conclusions, Patrick Grother, a NIST computer scientist and ...
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Report: Palantir took over Project Maven, the military AI program too unethical for Google
Palantir, the surveillance company founded by Peter Thiel, has unsurprisingly stepped up to fill the void left behind after ...
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Why China's 'military AI budget' is irrelevant (spoiler: all AI is military AI)
A recently published study from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), a think-tank at Georgetown University, ...
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Google finally takes a stance on political ads with microtargeting restrictions
Google has announced a crack down on political ads that limits advertisers from targeting ads based on voters' political ...
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US Senator: 'Amazon Ring’s policies are an open door for privacy and civil liberty violations'
US Senator Edward Markey yesterday revealed the results of a months-long investigation into Amazon's Ring camera-doorbells ...
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Where to watch the Trump impeachment hearings
The impeachment inquiry hearings of US President Donald Trump start soon, and for the first time in the history of such things ...
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Microsoft pledges to honor California's CCPA privacy law across the US
Microsoft has pledged to honor California's landmark digital privacy law — the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) — ...
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How a ban on political ads is the second best gift Twitter ever gave Trump
The climate crisis is a heavily partisan issue in US politics. Thought it's not a hard-and-fast rule, most Democrats believe ...
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PSA: Amazon Fresh grocery deliveries are now free for US Prime members
Amazon Fresh - the $14.99/month grocery shopping and quick delivery service - is now available for free to Prime subscribers ...
