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Emergency Braking Will Save Lives. Automakers Want to Charge Extra for It
The #tech exists, and vehicles on the road already have it, yet a consortium of carmakers doesn’t want to make this lifesaving equipment standard. https://buff.ly/40uGK1P

#technology

Emergency Braking Will Save Lives. Automakers Want to Charge Extra for It

The tech exists, and vehicles on the road already have it, yet a consortium of carmakers doesn’t want to make this lifesaving equipment standard. The reason is as old as the hills—money.

WIRED
The Tech Arsenal That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown. Border enforcement agencies have spent billions assembling surveillance tools to track and find people. These could be critical in President Trump’s immigration agenda. https://buff.ly/3Ed9PaD
#technology #AI #politics
The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Border enforcement agencies have spent billions assembling surveillance tools to track and find people. These could be critical in President Trump’s immigration agenda.

The New York Times

I've been talking about quantum computing since my days at MIT's Technology Review. When we crack that code, all bets are off. It's the engine that will trigger...everything. #technology #AI

The Race to Lead the Quantum Future https://buff.ly/3W9A6Nm

The Race to Lead the Quantum Future

How the next computing revolution will transform the global economy and upend national security.

Foreign Affairs

I wish I could say that I thought this would solve things. But too many folks get their news from social media navel gazing. #media #journalism

‘Our job is to be truthful not neutral’: Christiane Amanpour on Trump, tech and fighting for the truth https://buff.ly/40ttdHX

‘Our job is to be truthful not neutral’: Christiane Amanpour on Trump, tech and fighting for the truth

Christiane Amanpour has spent four decades as a celebrated journalist and war reporter. With disinformation rampaging through the media, she talks to Tim Adams about the threat of technocracy, Donald Trump’s second term – and why facts are more important than ever

The Guardian

The DeepFake blackmail is here #technology #AI

The fake presenter says that a “young lady” has come forward to allege that they were sexually assaulted by an older man. In the video, the man, who is the target of the scam, is named and a photograph of him appears onscreen. https://buff.ly/4aBbDWU

Scammers Are Creating Fake News Videos to Blackmail Victims

“Yahoo Boy” scammers are impersonating CNN and other news organizations to create videos that pressure victims into making blackmail payments.

WIRED

DeepSeek and Masa Son Have Lessons for Stargate https://buff.ly/3EdMplC

#technology #AI

DeepSeek and Masa Son Have Lessons for Stargate

China has shown that scarcity can fuel innovation. Americans should be cautious that excess doesn’t breed waste.

Bloomberg

Here's what the US oligarchs are buying from Trump https://buff.ly/42w3pxE

#politics #technology

Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg: What Tech Billionaires Want From Trump’s Presidency

The industry’s most powerful people were front and center at Trump’s inauguration, and each of them is hoping for something more than just an invitation to the kickoff party for the new administration.

Bloomberg

LITERALLY, nobody in the US government seems to have watched one sci-fi movie in the last 40 years.

Opinion | Our Military Is Adopting A.I. Way Too Fast https://buff.ly/4hyLKJB

#technology #AI

Opinion | Our Military Is Adopting A.I. Way Too Fast

The military is integrating A.I. into its deadly systems too quickly, and Trump will only accelerate a dangerous situation.

The New York Times

I'll bet the US public is about to be forced into beta testing for all sorts of public assistance #AI shenanigans

AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament ‘false starts’ https://buff.ly/40OAzqY

#technology

AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament ‘false starts’

Exclusive: Pilots for staff training, jobcentres and speeding up disability benefit payments not being taken up

The Guardian

I’m Doing an Audiobook, and You Should Too https://buff.ly/3Wzc52c

#amreading #books