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The U.K. Is Using Drones to Prosecute Small-Boat Migrant Smugglers
The U.K. Home Office has used drones since late 2019 to monitor large areas of the English Channel.
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With Human Metalworkers Hard to Come By, Robotic Blacksmiths Step Up
Chatsworth, CA-based startup Machina Labs has developed an automated metalworking system in the midst of a metalworker shortage.
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TikTok Reveals Russian Disinformation Network Targeting European Users
Accounts spread anti-Ukrainian messages in local languages.
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You Know What's Cool? A 3D-Printing Factory
The Freeform Future startup aims to establish automated three-dimensional (3D) printing plants that mass-produce products from metal powders using laser arrays....
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Leaked Police Files Offer Clues on How Cops Use Data Firms
Data allegedly from ODIN Intelligence illuminates its software and customers. The company says it's working with law enforcement to investigate.
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Viral ChatGPT Spurs Concerns About Propaganda, Hacking Risks
Researchers at Georgetown University, OpenAI, and the Stanford Internet Observatory issued a report warning about the potential misuse of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot...
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Microsoft Invests $10 Billion in ChatGPT Maker OpenAI
The deal will give a boost to Microsoft's Azure cloud, while providing OpenAI with additional specially designed supercomputers to run its complex AI models and...
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Who Owns the Content AI Creates?
AI products like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT, which ingest human content to make new material, raise novel legal and ethical issues.
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BMW Takes Cues from Apple with Radical Interior Overhaul
German automaker BMW's latest prototype car showcased at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show features a retooled interior that applies concepts from Apple's future...
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This City-Building Video Game Takes on Climate Change
Recently released city-building strategy game Floodland has a post-apocalyptic storyline in which players must rebuild society following a catastrophic climate...
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Twitter, Meta Push Tech Job-Cut Pace Near Early-Pandemic Levels
Major technology companies have announced hiring pauses or job reductions amid tepid consumer spending, mounting inflation, and a strengthened dollar undermining...
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Chip Delivery Times Shrank Rapidly in October as Supply Crunch Subsides
All major product areas are now available more quickly than they were.
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Software Robots Gaining Ground in White-Collar Office World
Software is making inroads into white-collar professions due to innovations enabled by artificial intelligence and machine learning, and fueled by pandemic-surging...
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Cyber Pirates Prowling Ship Controls Threaten Another Big Shock
Global trade is threatened by the ability of cyber pirates to hack technologies that control container ships' steering, propulsion, navigation, and other operations...
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Tech Companies Want More Eyes in the Sky for Wildfire Season
The growing threat of wildfires in the U.S. has created opportunities for technology companies offering artificial intelligence solutions to help bring them under...
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Ethereum Mining Is Going Away
Ethereum mining could end soon due to "the Merge," leaving as many as 1 million miners out of a source of income.
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Apple Debuts Pay-Later Service, iPhone Updates to Developers
Company also debuts buy-now-pay-later service, new apps.
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Robot Subscription Services Let Companies Automate on the Cheap
The robots-as-a-service model is gaining ground as companies increasingly automate amid the pandemic, worker shortages, and surging demand.
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Cities Using Digital Twins Like SimCity for Policymakers
Cities like Orlando, FL, and Singapore are using digital twins to generate virtual models of themselves, in order to simulate the effects of potential new policies...
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