Robot Roadmap: US Army’s Newest Command Sketches Priorities
There’s one mistake that the leader of Futures Command wants to avoid.
Technology
Anti-extremism software to be used to tackle vaccine disinformation
Redirection tool that confronts anti-vax theories under development by UK’s MoonshotTechnology used to counter violent messages online from Islamic State and the far right is being adapted to counter the spread of “anti-vax” conspiracy theories.Moonsho…
French inventor to attempt to cross Channel on jet-powered flyboard
‘Flying soldier’ Franky Zapata expects to cross from France to England in 20 minutesA former jetski champion and French military reservist who became known as the “flying soldier” after he invented a jet-powered hoverboard will attempt to cross the Cha…
Margrethe Vestager scares the tech giants. If we leave the EU, we’ll miss her
Trump says the competition commissioner hates the US, but what she really hates is tax avoidanceThe greatest economic threat facing Europe is of falling hopelessly behind the US and China in adopting the next generation of technology. That is the view …
Donald Trump in new attack on Sadiq Khan with Katie Hopkins retweet
US president refers to message about Met police twitter account, calling London mayor ‘incompetent’Donald Trump has retweeted the British far-right commentator Katie Hopkins and launched another attack on Sadiq Khan.Referring to a message from Hopkins …
Stand Out of Our Light: politics and the big tech threat
Books by James Williams and Carles Boix offer fascinating takes on how we can combat anger and distraction onlineWe’re having problems with the internet and big tech, principally Alphabet (Google/YouTube), Amazon, Apple and Facebook. The government has…
Scotland Yard’s Twitter account breached in series of bizarre posts
Met police say people should ignore posts ‘until we verify that it is back under official control’ Scotland Yard’s principal Twitter account, which is followed by more than 1.2 million people and is used to provide important alerts in times of crisis, …
Kazakhstan Government Intercepting All Secured Internet Traffic
The Kazakhstan government is intercepting all HTTPS-encrypted internet traffic within its borders. Under a new directive effective 7/17, the Kazakhstan government is requiring every internet service provider in the country to install a security certificate onto every internet-enabled device and browser. Once installed, this certificate allows the government to decrypt and analyze all incoming internet […]
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The Guardian view on moon landings: a new race for space | Editorial
The Apollo 11 mission inspired the world. What has happened in the ensuing half-century?When Neil Armstrong stepped on to the moon 50 years ago, it was down to a giant leap of political and scientific imagination. His footprints on the powdery lunar su…
Pentagon Will Default To Trusting Other Agencies’ Cloud Security Assessments
DoD, which has had success reusing other agencies’ authorizations, will make reciprocity the rule rather than the exception.