December 2023

Kodiak’s military prototype AV is a Ford F-150 pickup

December 5, 2023

Kodiak Robotics has unveiled its first autonomous test vehicle for the U.S. Department of Defense, a Ford F-150 pickup truck that the startup has upfitted with its software and sensor stack. The DOD is using the vehicle to test autonomous surveillance and reconnaissance missions in off-road terrain, diverse operational conditions and GPS-challenged environments. Kodiak won […]

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Fossil-fuel emissions are over a million times greater than carbon removal efforts

December 5, 2023
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are on track to reach a record high by the end of 2023. And a new report shows just how insignificant technologies that pull greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere are by comparison.  Worldwide, those emissions are projected to reach 36.8 billion metric tons in 2023, a 1.1% increase…

UK age assurance guidance for porn sites gives thumbs up to AI age checks, digital ID wallets and more

December 5, 2023

The UK’s Internet regulator has set out draft guidance for how porn sites will need to meet a newly introduced hard legal requirement to prevent children accessing adult content. So, yep, those years-in-the-making British age checks for porn sites are finally on the way. The watchdog intends this kind of bared flesh to be safety […]

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Max Q: A Starlink terminal and a Kuiper terminal walk into a bar

December 4, 2023

Welcome back to Max Q! In this issue: Why space parachutes are so hard, a new lawsuit alleging safety issues at Blue Origin, news from Loft Orbital, Relativity Space and more

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‘Animate Anyone’ heralds the approach of full-motion deepfakes

December 4, 2023

As if still-image deepfakes aren’t bad enough, we may soon have to contend with generated videos of anyone who dares to put a photo of themselves online: with Animate Anyone, bad actors can puppeteer people better than ever. The new generative video technique was developed by researchers at Alibaba Group’s Institute for Intelligent Computing. It’s […]

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