Predictive AI is a biased tool in a flawed criminal justice system: Brookings Institution panel
Predictive AI is a biased tool in an already flawed criminal justice system that uses risk assessment tools to predict...
‘Huawei is definitely beatable if we double down on investments’: In-Q-Tel CEO
The CEO of the intelligence community venture capital arm In-Q-Tel says that Chinese company Huawei "is definitely beatable" if the...
‘For the first time in NATO’s history’ all leaders agree on something — China is a security challenge: NATO secretary general
For the first time in NATO's history all 29-member states agree on one thing -- that China poses security challenges...
‘Space debris is the speed bump on the path to the trillion-dollar space economy’: Office of Space Commerce Director
"Space debris is the 'speed bump' on the path to the trillion-dollar space economy," according to testimony in the Senate...
National Federation of the Blind president calls on Congress to ensure equal access to autonomous vehicles
The president of the National Federation of the Blind calls on Congress to pass legislation that ensures equal access to...
China’s Equifax hack a ‘brazen criminal heist of nearly half of all Americans’ sensitive information’: AG Barr
Today US Attorney General Bill Barr announces that a faction of the Chinese military was behind the 2017 Equifax hack,...
‘We’re not seeing false positives’: DHS official testifies on how dept uses facial recognition technology
A US Department of Homeland Security official testifies that facial recognition technology is very accurate and that it doesn't see...
Follow the Polar Silk Road: Melting Arctic ice turns up the geopolitical heat with China, Russia
In colloquial terms "icebreakers" usually bring people together. In the Arctic; however, icebreakers take on a whole new meaning as...
Local mentality: DARPA program has non-military potential for learning about different cultures
DARPA is known for funding research into technologies that later become commercial, and its new Habitus program has great potential...
Know yourself before big tech owns your beliefs and directs your decisions: Op-ed
Know yourself before the Pavlovian puppet masters of big tech own your beliefs and drive all of your decision-making while...
Eric Schmidt presents 6 proposals for the US to beat China in critical technologies
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt presents six proposals for the US to remain competitive with China in critical technologies during a...
US politicians harumph over UK decision to allow Huawei in 5G network
US politicians are expressing a collective harumph over the UK's decision to allow Chinese company Huawei to build part of...
Eric Schmidt to give testimony on ‘US competitiveness in critical technologies’ in House hearing
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt will give testimony in a House hearing called "Losing Ground: US Competitiveness in Critical Technologies'...
When cyborgs are given superhuman data collection powers
When human cyborgs are given superhuman powers, they will become data collection machines with all their tiny implants and sensors,...
Hackable humans can become godlike or fall to digital dictators lording over data colonies: WEF insights
While AI and biotech are giving humans godlike abilities to re-engineer life itself, humans are still hackable animals, and the...
Tech arms race ‘will give corporations, governments the ability to hack human beings’: Yuval Harari at WEF
The tech arms race between the US and China will soon give corporations and governments the ability to hack human...
China agrees to stop forcing foreign companies to transfer their technology to Chinese companies
China agrees to stop forcing foreign companies to transfer their technology to Chinese companies and agrees to "address" intellectual property...
America is prepping its workforce for industries of the future while trying to reskill its elders
America is prepping its workforce for industries of the future with a new bill, increased r&d funding, and a hearing...
Senate introduces ‘Industries of the Future’ bill to fund $10B annually for AI, biotech, quantum breakthroughs
The Senate introduces the Industries of the Future bill, which would fund $10 billion per year to research AI, biotech,...
Pompeo to Silicon Valley: ‘Don’t let China use American tech to power Orwellian surveillance state’
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asks Silicon Valley to be smart when dealing with China and to not let...
