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Hypersonic Weapons Hype?
If one is to
believe the countless recent articles about hypersonic weapons, then Russia and
China have invented a revolutionary weapon fundamentally challenging U.S.
missile defense and...
Tech Companies Take Down 3 Million Online Listings for Trafficked Wildlife
Online technology companies in the Coalition to End Wildlife
Trafficking Online reported removing or blocking over
3 million listings for endangered and threatened species and associated
products...
The future of combat: How Europe draws development data from the field
The risks which apply
to all industries, applies also to military industries, naturally. “Creating
the need” is a common commercial policy for large firms, when addressing...
First Facial Recognition Framework Released for Engineers and Policy Makers to Build Transparency
While the market for facial recognition tools and services is expected to more than double in value to $7bn by 2024, there have been...
Future Goals in the AI Race: Explainable AI and Transfer Learning
Recent years have seen breakthroughs in neural network technology:
computers can now beat any living person at the most complex game invented by humankind, as...
Shaping Europe’s digital future
I am a tech optimist. My belief in technology as a force for good comes
from my experience as a medical student. I learnt and...
Abu Dhabi, UNEP launch new socio-technology platform IRIS-3 at World Urban Forum
A new socio-technology platform developed under the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data
Initiative aims to fast-track environment assessments and save
governments around the world thousands of...
Preparing Dushanbe for a New Digital Era
“Preparing Dushanbe for a New
Digital Era” was the theme of a workshop held on February 4th and hosted
jointly by the Government of the Republic...
UNIDO co-organizes workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation for the SDGs
A three-day workshop on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for the
SDGs was inaugurated today in UNO City, Vienna. The event is co-organized by
the United...
Digital technologies: Democracy under threat according to Kofi Annan Commission
Annan Commission calls for urgent action by governments, business and
civil society to protect democracy from digital threats. The final report of
the Commission sets out...