Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper said the US military will use artificial intelligence (AI) “legally and morally” on the battlefield and let people decide whether or not to attack a target. He also stated that the US needs to exploit the potential of AI in order to create a military force wel
In today’s workplace, collaborating with a diverse team spread across continents is a common scenario—but it also means that communication is more important than ever. You can’t just walk up to a coworker’s desk because their messaging app stopped responding if their office is in Tokyo and yours is
Facial recognition technology is the new gold standard for the modern business world. Although these face-detecting systems have been around for decades, their use has expanded tremendously in a rather short period of time. So much, in fact, that they are now powerful enough to authorize p
When it comes to networking, 2019 sounds promising. Several emerging technologies are expected to change how businesses and their employees connect. In a recent blog post from Cisco , Anand Oswal, the Senior VP of Cisco Enterprise Network Engineering, claims that: “Network operators will be pr
Apart from the constant need to improve their security policies, companies now face a new hurdle: GDPR compliant storage devices. As the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) established that USB sticks with sensitive data are a business risk, new rules came into play forcing companies to
News that the US will hold a new round of trade talks with China in late August has provided media with the opportunity to analyze and sum up the issues that have appeared since negotiations broke down earlier this year. A Chinese delegation will travel to Washington to meet with US Under Secretary
In a time when other political candidates are polishing their golf clubs in Scotland – or rather have other people polish them, and describe Brexit as a “great thing”, Hillary Clinton announced her tech agenda. Friendly for the commercial technology sector – with better incentives for startups, impr
The U.S. Government just took a big commitment towards open-source software. The “ Federal Source Code Policy — Achieving Efficiency, Transparency, and Innovation through Reusable and Open Source Software ” paper sheds some light on the Government’s plan to improve the acquisitions, building, and de
The Apple vs. DOJ/FBI week continues with a Tim Cook interview that aired Wednesday evening on national television. Apple’s CEO sat down (in his office) with David Muir of ABC News , in his first public discussion since the court order that required the tech company to provide technical assistance i
We generally tend to have a high tolerance to terrorism. We watch the news in horror when the attacks happen, but we tend to forget them as soon as we can. It’s not because the tragedy might not affect us directly, or because it happened somewhere far away from us, it’s because if we don’t, then get
