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Weaponized Robots Letter Calls for Policy, Tech Fixes

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Plus any misperceptions that these misused robots could be autonomous (though they aren’t) makes an implied false connection between the actions of the robot and the ethics of the company. We’re not taking issue with weapons systems that are already governed by an international legal framework.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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By delivering the migrants there, the masters of the Maltese vessels, and perhaps the European rescue authorities involved, may have violated the international law of the sea, which requires ship masters to return people they rescue to a safe port. billion) a year internally on managing migration, not counting national-level spending.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. IBM has its own claim to the invention of an aspect of the device, based on a year-2000 confidential internal report written by one of its employees, Shimon Shmueli.

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Flash Drive: 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

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The Ioniq 5 N blurs the traditional look of a crossover and hatchback, so-much-so that we are calling it a hatchback, while Hyundai has entered it as a crossover in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb , which takes place June 23, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A blur in many ways What Is N? The low slung dash has dual 12.3-inch

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$90M UR:BAN research initiative presenting results on ADAS and traffic management for cities; intelligent vehicles

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All these challenges are supported by studies of legal issues and effectiveness evaluation. MAN Truck & Bus AG; PTV Group; Institute of Automotive Engineering at the RWTH University in Aachen; state capital Düsseldorf; city of Kassel; Tech. .; University of Braunschweig; Tech. University of Chemnitz; Tech.

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Ford targeting highly autonomous vehicle for ride-sharing in 2021; new tech company investments, staffing up in Silicon Valley

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Autonomous vehicles in 2021 are part of Ford Smart Mobility, the company’s plan to be a leader in autonomous vehicles, as well as in connectivity, mobility, the customer experience, and data and analytics. These levels are descriptive rather than normative and technical rather than legal. Source: SAE International.

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Deploying Data Science and AI to Fight Wildlife Trafficking

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Wildlife trafficking concerns both conservation and global security, with significant effects across the international community. The destruction speaks for itself; species decimated, environments degraded, and innocent people victimized. While this creates challenges, it also opens new opportunities.

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