U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks as international strikes spark concern

U.S. tech companies and government agencies are racing to develop defenses against potential terrorist drone attacks, a threat that has security experts increasingly concerned as they’ve watched the rise of drone warfare in Israel, Ukraine and Yemen.

U.S. tech companies prepare for potential drone attacks as international strikes spark concern

Sponsored by Raytheon or something like that. /s

Shen Yi’s response to New York Times Hit Piece

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As China Looks to Broker Gaza Peace, Antisemitism Surges Online

Shen Yi, a prominent professor of international relations at Fudan University, likened Israel’s attacks to acts of aggression perpetrated by Nazis. Among the comments on recent posts from the official social media account of Israel’s embassy in China were similar comparisons of Israelis to Nazis.

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Leaked: Israeli plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza

The document, issued on 13 October, identifies a plan to transfer all residents of the Gaza Strip to North Sinai as the preferred option among three alternatives regarding the future of the Palestinians in Gaza at the end of the current war between Israel and the Hamas-led Palestinian resistance

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Apple Now Supports A Federal Right To Repair Law (Its Lawyers Will Help Write)

Apple Now Supports A Federal Right To Repair Law (Its Lawyers Will Help Write)

Here’s the thing: most of these companies haven’t genuinely changed their stripes. They just know that the bipartisan popularity of these reforms make it impossible for them to continue actively opposing them. So what they’re doing is lending their support for state laws, provided said laws exempt most of the key industries engaged in the dumbest behaviors.

US tightens rules on AI chip sales to China in blow to Nvidia

US tightens rules on AI chip sales to China in blow to Nvidia

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang told the Financial Times earlier this year that the 2022 controls had left the Silicon Valley company with its “hands tied behind our back” by barring sales of its most advanced chips to China. He has said further restrictions could seriously harm US chipmakers by eating into their ability to finance investment.

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Oversight Report Finds Several Federal Agencies Are Still Using Clearview’s Facial Recognition Tech

from the look,-we-honestly-thought-no-one-would-keep-asking-questions dept
Thu, Sep 28th 2023 10:41am – Tim Cushing

Two years ago, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its initial review of federal use of facial recognition tech. That report found that at least half of the 20 agencies examined were using Clearview’s controversial facial recognition tech.

Oversight Report Finds Several Federal Agencies Are Still Using Clearview’s Facial Recognition Tech

Hype on iPhone ‘ban’ shows US has a guilty conscience

The biggest destroyer of the global economic and trade order is being paranoid. This is perhaps the most incisive and vivid explanation of why the US government and media outlets have seen a rumored ban on iPhones as China’s retaliation against the US.

Hype on iPhone ‘ban’ shows US has a guilty conscience

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US spokesman behind on the news pours gas on seemingly settled China iPhone ban

In what appears to be a statement generated before news of the Chinese government refuting ban rumors, the White House chimed in on the matter, as reported by Bloomberg. The National Security Council shared that it is watching the issue with concern.

How AI Could Make a Full Episode of Law & Order — and Destroy TV

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit writer Warren Leight and multiple actors reveal how AI could produce a full episode of the show. They warn that the human element is crucial to making good TV. Without it, your favorite shows would be ruined. They’re fighting to regulate the use of AI in TV — and save the industry from itself.

How AI Could Make a Full Episode of Law & Order — and Destroy TV