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How China steals American technology and a timeline of recent events

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As China continues to steal American technology, here we show the ways in which the Communist government rips off the...

Technology

Pentagon spent $95.3B on space and future warfare tech: DoD annual audit

Tim Hinchliffe2 months ago

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The Pentagon releases its annual audit showing that it invested $95.3 billion this year on space and future warfare tech...

Technology

Microsoft introduces Azure Quantum 10 days after winning JEDI cloud contract

Tim Hinchliffe3 months ago

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Today Microsoft introduces Azure Quantum, a "full-stack, open cloud ecosystem," to make quantum computing benefits more accessible to organizations worldwide....

Technology

Pentagon to test 5G technology at 4 military bases as telecoms continue rollouts

Tim Hinchliffe3 months ago

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The Pentagon selects four military bases in the US to test and experiment with 5G technology while major telecoms continue...

Business

Oracle’s JEDI lawsuit shines light on DoD conflict of interest policy

Navanwita Sachdev8 months ago

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Oracle’s latest lawsuit against the Pentagon claiming conflict of interest in the JEDI cloud contract, is based on Amazon allegedly...

General Joe Dunford, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman

Business Technology

‘Google is aiding Chinese military’ while still on Pentagon advisory board

Tim Hinchliffe10 months ago

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The Pentagon accuses Google of aiding the Chinese military while Google's ex-CEO and current VP of wireless services are both...

Technology

Unclassified: DoD cloud strategy to focus on AI adoption

Tim Hinchliffe12 months ago

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The US Department of Defense (DoD) unveils its cloud initiative strategy for migrating its computing and storage functions to the...

Technology

Pentagon tech is grossly flawed, AWS frontrunner in JEDI cloud procurement

Tim Hinchliffe2 years ago

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most likely frontrunner to receive the Pentagon's cloud procurement dubbed the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Suicide impacts us all. Whether it is from someone we know personally, to a well-loved celebrity, losing someone to suicide is never easy. According to Save.org, Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US for all ages, with one death occurring every 12 minutes.

In our society, we want to do all we can to help those suffering from suicidal thoughts to get the help they need, however, identifying symptoms before an attempt is made can be difficult. In this episode, we will look at how predictive AI us being used to stop suicide before it happens.

To discuss this topic I am joined by two guests. My first guest is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Medicine, and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Dr.Colin Walsh. In addition to Dr.Walsh, I am also joined by the CEO of Behavioral Signals, a pioneer in emotion AI for speech recognition technology, Rana Gujral.

And for our Neuron to something piece, we will look at a recent study that analyzing emotions triggered by events such as losing a phone or someone else holding it.