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China Builds World's First AI-Powered Drone Carrier For Maritime Operations
China Builds World's First AI-Powered Drone Carrier For Maritime Operations
The latest observation of how China aims to use artificial intelligence to conquer the Pacific is the launching of the world's first autonomous drone carrier.
According to the South China Morning Post, the intelligent, unmanned 88-meter drone carrier named Zhu Hai Yun will bring revolutionary changes to ocean surveillance, deploying a swarm of aerial, sea, and or submersible drones.
The Zhu Hai Yun...
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Court Preliminarily Enjoins New York's Limits on Unauthorized Practice of Law,
From Judge Paul Crotty's decision yesterday in Upsolve, Inc. v. James (S.D.N.Y.); not sure that this will survive on appeal (as the court notes, appellate courts have upheld such limits on nonlawyers' giving people legal advice), but it seems important and much worth following:
"The orderly functioning of our judicial system and the protection of our citizens require that legal advice should be offered only by those who possess the requisite qualifications and authorization for the practice of...
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Nuland-Pyatt Ukraine Coup Tape Removed From YouTube After 8 Years
Nuland-Pyatt Ukraine Coup Tape Removed From YouTube After 8 Years
Authored by Joe Lauria via Consortium News,
The smoking gun proving US involvement in the 2014 coup in Kiev has been removed from YouTube after eight years. It was the most complete version of the intercepted and leaked conversation between then Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland and Geoffrey Pyatt, the then US ambassador to Ukraine, in which the two discuss who will make up the new government weeks before...
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Biden says ‘second amendment is not absolute’ after Texas shooting
President Biden on Wednesday called for more gun control after a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school left 19 children and two adults dead, arguing in a White House address that the "second amendment is not absolute." Biden asked "when in God's name will we do what needs to be done" about the "amount
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10,000 Truck Drivers Taken Off The Road Due To Marijuana Violations
10,000 Truck Drivers Taken Off The Road Due To Marijuana Violations
Five years ago in 2017, when the US labor shortage was in its nascent stages and when the US was years away from a wage-price spiral, the Fed’s Beige Book surveys of economic activity across the country in April, May and July all noted the inability of employers to find workers able to pass drug screenings: “It’s not just a matter of labor participation; there is also a lot of collateral economic damage,” said Alan...
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News Roundup: Texas death toll increases; gun violence apologists scurry to dodge blame
The death toll in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting now stands at 19 elementary school children and two teachers, with at least 17 others injured. The state's Republican leaders immediately launched into defenses that tried to push blame onto everything other than their own efforts to reduce even the flimsiest hurdles standing between Texas mass murderers and weapons of war. The National Rifle Association is still planning to hold its convention in Houston this weekend.
The Supreme Court,...
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Ukraine update: Russia is blockading Ukraine, but it's blackmailing the world
On the ground, Ukraine’s military has been remarkably effective at halting Russian advances and extracting a price for every inch of ground surrendered. Oryx currently has Russia’s verified losses at over 4,000 pieces of equipment, including 715 tanks. By comparison, Ukraine’s documented losses are at just over 1,000 pieces of equipment and 177 tanks. Russia has been losing equipment at a rate that’s 4 times that of Ukraine. It still is.
Ukraine has also surprised Russia in the air. Not only...
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Report Shows FBI Spied On 3.3 Million Americans Without A Warrant, GOP Demands Answers
Report Shows FBI Spied On 3.3 Million Americans Without A Warrant, GOP Demands Answers
Authored by Joseph Lord via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Top House Republicans are demanding answers from the FBI after court-ordered information came to light showing that the federal agency had collected the information of over 3 million Americans without a warrant.
Republican Representative from Ohio Jim Jordan speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Policing Practices and...
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If fixing US gun crisis is the aim, we need to unite
President Joe Biden’s divisive stance on his “Republican colleagues,” will ensure no meaningful gun legislation is passed following the tragic Texas school shooting.
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Elon Musk's Starlink Satellite Internet Hits 400,000 Users
Elon Musk's Starlink Satellite Internet Hits 400,000 Users
SpaceX's Starlink has exponentially grown its subscriber base worldwide this year. The network of thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, providing high-speed internet anywhere globally, has seen a 275% increase in subs since January.
CNBC noted that the Elon Musk-owned company presented the new figures to the Federal Communications Commission in a presentation on May 19. Starlink had 145k subscribers at the...
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Elon Musk considers the right of gun ownership 'an important safeguard against potential tyranny of government,' says he favors restricting assault weapon sales to individuals in special situations
Billionaire business magnate Elon Musk told CNBC via emails on Wednesday that he is in favor of "tight background checks" for all firearm sales and that he supports restricting assault weapon sales to individuals in special situations, such as gun range proprietors or individuals residing in a "high risk location, [such as an area with prolific] gang warfare."
Musk also noted that he thinks the right to bear arms serves as a critical check against the possibility of tyrannical...
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Former President Tweets Unbelievably Coarse and Cruel Reaction to School Shooting
A day after the horrific shooting in Uvalde, TX, that took the lives of almost two dozen innocent souls, a former U.S. president tweeted something so insensitive, so upsetting, and so cruel that it de