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Space Force

Space Force general says US satellites are attacked on daily basis | NY Post

According to a Space Force general, enemies strike American satellites on a daily basis in ways that border on “acts of war,” and the US will lose a space arms race if it does not act. In an op-ed published Tuesday in The Washington Post, Gen. David Thompson said that China and Russia regularly assault US satellites with lasers, radiofrequency jammers, and cyber attacks. Thompson revealed a 2019 event in which a Russian spacecraft came dangerously close to a US “national security satellite,” prompting authorities to assume it was an attack. According to the op-ed, the spacecraft stepped back and deployed a missile. Despite Russia’s threats, the Chinese were “far ahead” of their neighbors when it came to “fielding operational systems at an unbelievable rate,” the official told the Telegraph earlier this month at the Halifax International Security Forum. 

Source: https://nypost.com/2021/12/01/space-force-gen-david-thompson-says-us-satellites-are-attacked-on-daily-basis/

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Robots

A Mobile Robot Can Make Sure Crowds Keep Two Meters Apart | IFLS

A mobile robot has been created that can measure individual distances and roll over to notify them that they are too close together. Although it isn’t quite Robocop, perhaps computerized rule monitoring must begin somewhere. Adarsh Jagan Sathyamoorthy, a Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland, College Park, and associates present a robot they constructed with spatial awareness, enabling it to detect distances between objects or humans in PLOS ONE. Because the robot is movable, it can use the same vision to make its way through a busy environment, alerting those who are too close together to move to a safe distance. The study states that this is done “discreetly, employing a mounted display,” but we wouldn’t bet on no one noticing a robot elbowing its way through a crowd. 

Source: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/a-mobile-robot-can-make-sure-crowds-keep-two-meters-apart/ 

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Machine Learning

Twitch will use machine learning to catch ban-dodging trolls | Engadget

Twitch is implementing a new machine learning function to assist streamers in defending their channels from those seeking to circumvent bans. The technology, dubbed “Suspicious User Detection,” will automatically alert those it believes are “likely” or “probable” ban evaders. Twitch will prohibit any communications sent by the former from appearing in chat in these circumstances. It will also detect streamers and any mods who are assisting them with their channel. They can then determine whether or not to ban that person. Potential repeat trolls can send messages in chat by default, but they will be detected by the system as well. Twitch also claims that creators have the option of not sending any messages in the first place. 

Source: https://www.engadget.com/twitch-suspicious-user-detection-announcement-000510859.html 

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Information Warfare

16th Air Force Leaders talk Information Warfare at Alamo AFCEA | Sixteenth Air Force

At the AFCEA, Alamo Chapter Event, held Nov. 15-18 in San Antonio, Texas, sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) leaders gathered with electronic warfare, intelligence, and industry experts to discuss these issues on latest developments in the cyber domain, potential difficulties in tactically converting to multi-domain processes, and military cyber and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance operations battlespace in the coming years. Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh, commander of the 16th Air Force, discussed the Numbered Air Force’s activities, deployments, and capacity, as well as what the approach to a problem-centric enterprise entails, and how applying data analysis ability to the problem sets of air components and combatant commanders provides opportunity. 

Source: https://www.16af.af.mil/News/Article/2855280/16th-air-force-leaders-talk-information-warfare-at-alamo-afcea/ 

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Gaming

Razer Gaming Laptops Will Cost More Next Year, Razer CEO Says | Gizmodo

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan tweeted that the company’s next-generation gaming laptop will be more costly compared to “substantial hikes” in hardware prices. With versions like the Stealth 13 starting at $1,299 and the Blade 17 reaching up to $3,699, Razer already sells some of the most costly consumer and gaming laptops available. It’s not difficult to see a future in which some Razer Blade setups cost more than $4,000 per. Tan didn’t say how much the price hike would be, but we’ll find out early next year: After a suspected CES 2022 unveiling, Razer is set to show off its new laptop portfolio. Simultaneously, AMD is expected to release Rembrandt APUs (Ryzen 6000), and Nvidia will unveil the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU. 

Source: https://gizmodo.com/razer-gaming-laptops-will-cost-more-next-year-razer-ce-1848144025