By Megan Redshaw, J.D. The U.S. government and pharmaceutical companies are investing a substantial amount to develop new mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer, fueling a lucrative mRNA platform valued at $136.2 billion. A newly established White House program announced on Aug. 23 that it is granting a total of $25 million over three years to […]
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Lawmaker with PhD in AI Warns About Technology’s Real Danger—It’s Not Killer Robots
By Joseph Lord The only member of Congress with an advanced degree in AI is urging caution as other lawmakers and industry leaders rush to regulate the technology. Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) is one of only four computer programmers in Congress, and the only one with a doctorate in artificial intelligence—and he says the rush […]
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House Subcommittee Discusses US Development of Satellite Technology and Protecting It From Rival Threats
By Ross Muscato A subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce conducted a Feb. 2 hearing that focused on the use of emerging satellite technology in commerce, defense, public safety—and bringing high-speed and affordable broadband access to under-served areas. Also discussed in the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology hearing, titled “Launching Into the State of […]
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Russian submarine with ‘nuclear tsunami’ technology vanishes: Report
By Ryan King One of Russia’s nuclear-powered submarines, named Belgorod, has reportedly vanished from its Arctic harbor, and Western countries fear it could be gearing up to test its advanced weapons systems. Belgorod is believed to be armed with “Poseidon” nuclear torpedoes that supposedly have the ability to traverse hundreds of miles underwater and induce “nuclear tsunamis” near coastal regions, Italian newspaper La […]
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FBI Says More People Using ‘Deepfake’ Technology to Apply for Jobs
By Nicholas Dolinger The FBI has published a new statement warning about the increasingly prevalent use of “deepfake” technology in job interviews, allowing users to assume the identity of someone else over digital video interviews in order to gain access to sensitive data. On June 28, the FBI released a public service announcement about the growing problem, in which […]
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Technology Executive, Clinton Campaign Lawyer Respond to Durham’s Latest Filing
By Zachary Stieber A technology executive accused of wrongdoing and a lawyer who worked for Hillary Clinton’s campaign hit back Feb. 15 after Special Counsel John Durham laid out new detailed allegations against them. Durham, who is probing the origins of the counterintelligence investigation against Donald Trump’s campaign, said in a recent court filing that a tech […]
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Detroit PD responds after Tlaib crudely attacks their use of facial recognition technology
By Sam Dorman | Fox News Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., got an invitation Tuesday to observe her hometown police department’s use of facial recognition technology soon after she crudely attacked the controversial tool on Twitter. “You should probably rethink this whole facial recognition bulls—,” Tlaib tweeted at the Detroit police department early on Tuesday. Her comment came as she promoted news that Sen. […]
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Israel Says It Has Killed Top Hezbollah Commander
By Dan M. Berger In yet another devastating strike on Hezbollah, an Israeli airstrike on Sept. 20 eliminated its operations commander and a dozen other top leaders as they met in a bunker beneath a residential building outside Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah had responded overnight, as it promised it would, to this week’s deadly exploding pager […]
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Second Wave of Explosions Hits Communications Devices Across Lebanon
By Owen Evans In a second day of exploding devices, hand-held radios used by Hezbollah detonated late Wednesday afternoon across southern Lebanon and in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a security source and a witness told Reuters. Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least nine people were killed and 300 were injured by the second wave of explosions. […]
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S&P flat, Nasdaq stumbles as tech weighs ahead of Fed decision
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 was little changed while the Nasdaq fell on Monday, weighed down by a drop in technology stocks as investors continued to gauge the likelihood of an upsized rate cut from the Federal Reserve this week. The S&P technology index (.SPLRCT), opens new tab, the […]
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Researchers Train Algorithm to Scan Tongue and Find Disease Patterns
By Emma Suttie, D. Ac, AP Researchers have used more than 5,000 pictures of tongues to train an AI algorithm in a traditional technique of disease diagnosis. “One of the most exciting insights from our study is that tongue color can accurately reflect internal diseases,” Ali Al-Naji, a University of South Australia (UniSA)adjunct associate professor […]
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US Steel: Why the Japanese Buyout of Pittsburgh Company Shouldn’t Be Blocked
By Anders Corr Most leading Washington politicians want to block Japan’s Nippon Steel from buying U.S. Steel. It’s a quintessentially American company headquartered in Pittsburgh. Keeping U.S. Steel American has a logical ring to it. Admittedly, merging America’s eponymous steel company with Nippon could make us look weak to some. Japan protected its own steel […]
