Robot Police Officers

We’ve taken one small step towards robot police officers: a drone capable of disarming a suspect:

In a June 22 video posted on the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office’s Instagram page, an officer wearing goggles can be seen operating a drone to retrieve a knife from an armed suspect hiding inside a cluttered house. “After not responding to negotiators, a drone was deployed inside the residence,” the post says. “Drone pilots located the suspect hiding in a corner of a garage” and then used a high-powered magnet attached to the drone to grab the knife out of the suspect’s hand. In the video ­ which is soundtracked by the “Mission: Impossible” theme song—the intercepted knife can be seen spinning around in the air as the drone carries it back to the deputies…

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Google VP of Security Engineering Heather Adkins warns the EU’s DMA proposals to open Android and Search could lead to a significant rise in fraud within weeks (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
Google VP of Security Engineering Heather Adkins warns the EU’s DMA proposals to open Android and Search could lead to a significant rise in fraud within weeks  —  Europe’s pro-competition proposals could see Goo…

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Quote of the day by American civil rights activist Rosa Parks: “I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.”

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