Last week a Chinese satellite “was observed grabbing another satellite and pulling it out of its normal geosynchronous orbit,” reports the Drive, “and into a ‘super-graveyard drift orbit.’” “The maneuver raises questions about the potential applications of these types of satellites designed to maneuver close to other satellites for inspection Read more…
“A race against time is under way for the U.S. Navy to reach one of its downed fighter jets — before the Chinese get there first,” reports the BBC: The $100m (£74m) F-35C plane came down in the South China Sea after what the Navy describes as a “mishap” during Read more…
“The law commisions of England and Wales and of Scotland (statutory bodies which keep the laws in those countries under review) are recommending a shift in accident liability away from ‘drivers’ when autonomous cars become a reality.” Human drivers should not be legally accountable for road safety in the era Read more…
CBS News reports that foreign cyberattackers aren’t the only potential threat to America’s electrical power grid. Domestic violent extremists have been planning to try to disrupt the U.S. power grid and will probably keep doing so, according to a Department of Homeland Security intelligence bulletin shared with law enforcement agencies Read more…
The nation of Chile “is in the midst of governmental changes,” writes the Free Software Foundation, “and with these changes comes the opportunity for the people of Chile to make their voices heard for long-term benefits to their digital rights and freedoms. “Chilean activists have submitted three constitutional proposals relating Read more…
NBC News analyzed data from 8,892 weather stations with records going back at least 30 years. 691 of them recorded their highest temperature ever in 2021. Each January, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA and the European Union Earth observation agency Copernicus publish reports on the previous year’s temperature Read more…
Imagine using any object around you—a frying pan, a glass paperweight—as the central processor in a neural network, a type of artificial intelligence that loosely mimics the brain to perform complex tasks. That’s the promise of new research that, in theory, could be used to recognize images or speech faster Read more…