Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the US

May 4, 2023

This week, ten-year-old drone company ACSL announced plans to enter the U.S. commercial drone market. The firm has already taken a sizable bite out of the market in its native Japan, with a certification from the country’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, as well as a deal to provide disaster support for the […]

Japan’s biggest drone maker sets its sights on the US by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Hugging Face and ServiceNow release a free code-generating model

May 4, 2023

AI startup Hugging Face and ServiceNow Research, ServiceNow’s R&D division, have released StarCoder, a free alternative to code-generating AI systems along the lines of GitHub’s Copilot. Code-generating systems like DeepMind’s AlphaCode; Amazon’s CodeWhisperer; and OpenAI’s Codex, which powers Copilot, provide a tantalizing glimpse at what’s possible with AI within the realm of computer programming. Assuming […]

Hugging Face and ServiceNow release a free code-generating model by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch

Ransomware attack forces Dallas to shut down courts, disrupts some 911 services

May 4, 2023

The City of Dallas in Texas has confirmed a ransomware attack has downed key services, including 911 dispatch systems.  City officials confirmed on Wednesday that a number of the city’s servers had “been compromised with ransomware,” causing widespread service outages. The Dallas Police Department (DPD) website is currently offline. The City of Dallas website displays […]

Ransomware attack forces Dallas to shut down courts, disrupts some 911 services by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch