Month: December 2021

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Space Force

Space Force at two: ‘Still a toddler,’ with all that brings | Breaking Defense

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However, as the Space Force approaches its second birthday on Monday, advocates in Congress and market analysts are feeling a little like parents of a two-year-old human child: pleased but also irritated. While major parliamentarians claim to have made a difference, they, including a wide range of industry insiders and experts, are concerned about the lack of advancement on space exploration, which was a key component of the new military force’s formation. Lawmakers and professionals focused their attention on the inability to simplify the intricate space purchase decision-making process, which has resulted in a lack of movement in restructuring America’s fragile satellite networks into a more resilient architecture. 

Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2021/12/space-force-at-two-still-a-toddler-with-all-that-brings/ 

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Machine Learning

MIT Shares How Machine Learning Models Can Make Sense Of Nonsense & How This Could Be A Problem | Clean Technica

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Medical diagnosis and automated vehicles both involve image categorization. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently discovered an intriguing problem involving machine learning and picture identification. Depending on what the technology is being used for, this problem could be trivial or dangerous if it is not addressed. Although this isn’t a new issue, the one found by MIT scientists and dubbed “overinterpretation” is. It’s a problem that could have ramifications for both medical diagnostics and self-driving cars. Overinterpretation is essentially an algorithm that makes a “confident” forecast based on details it seems that we humans don’t understand, resulting in a prediction that shouldn’t be made. 

Source: https://cleantechnica.com/2021/12/17/mit-shares-how-machine-learning-models-can-make-sense-of-nonsense-how-this-could-be-a-problem/ 

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Information Warfare

Ukraine accuses Russia of information warfare after ‘neo-Nazi’ arrests | Reuters

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On Monday, Russia’s domestic intelligence service was condemned of cyber espionage by its Ukrainian equivalent after it announced the detention of 106 sympathizers of a Ukrainian neo-Nazi youth ministry for plotting assaults and mass killings. The event occurred at a time when tensions between the two nations were at an all-time high, with Ukraine warning of a potential Russian invasion and Moscow denouncing any such plans. The Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia announced that it had conducted searches in 37 of the country’s more than 80 districts, with two of those detained planning attacks on educational facilities. The suspected group was recognized by the FSB as the MKU, which stood for “Maniacs. Cult of Murder,” according to Russian media. As per the FSB, the group was formed by a Ukrainian with the support of Ukraine’s intelligence community. 

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-arrests-ukrainian-neo-nazis-kyiv-denies-link-them-2021-12-13/ 

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Robots

Hyundai unveils a four-wheeled robot that’s designed to carry almost ANYTHING – including parcels, babies and trays of drinks | Daily Mail

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Hyundai has created a new four-wheeled robot that can transport anything from packages and beverages to newborns and health monitoring. According to Hyundai, the Mobile Eccentric Droid (MobED) robot has a small and thin body that is ideal for ‘stability and high mobility’ jobs. It will be revealed in January at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2022 when it will be demonstrated doing jobs in complicated and demanding conditions. It may be seen holding a child and traversing a hill while packed with a tower of champagne flutes in a marketing film for the gadget. 

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10321019/Hyundai-unveils-four-wheeled-robot-thats-designed-carry-ANYTHING.html 

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Gaming

How Rollic sees the future of ‘TikTokable’ hypercasual games | Venture Beat

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Rollic’s hypercasual games, which can be played in less than a minute, have received over a billion downloads. Seven of its products have got the highest free downloaded game rankings in the iOS app store in the United States. Hair Challenge, High Heels, and Tangle Master 3D are three games that have surpassed 100 million downloads. Rollic was purchased by Zynga for $168 million in August 2020 because of his ability to create successful hypercasual games. As it advances in the hypercasual sector, Rollic has purchased four studios of its own: Uncosoft, ByteTyper, Cresear Entertainment, and ZeroSum. 

Source: https://venturebeat.com/2021/12/19/how-rollic-sees-the-future-of-tiktokable-hypercasual-games/