April 9, 2022 – Page 2 – Cyber Chronica

The Space Force will get a space simulation platform from Slingshot Aerospace that will be used to educate advanced topics.

Slingshot Aerospace stated today that it is working on a digital duplicate of space for the United States. As part of a new $25 million contract, the Space Force will be able to swiftly offer training and wargaming capabilities. The company’s Digital Space Twin model mimics the space environment and displays real-time maps of on-orbit objects and space weather. Slingshot has been developing the tool as a commercial product for the last two years and will adapt it for Space Force missions under the new contract to “improve their capacity to monitor and react to present and future threats,” according to a news statement issued by the company on Thursday. Before completing the government product, the corporation intends to release the commercial version.

Source: https://www.defensenews.com/battlefield-tech/space/2022/03/31/us-space-force-awards-contract-for-simulation-and-wargaming-environment/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-exclusive

According to research conducted by a human-rights organization, Facebook encourages climate skeptics to engage in more severe misinformation and conspiracy organizations.

According to research issued by Global Witness on Wednesday, Facebook’s algorithm exacerbated uncertainties rather than guiding users to trustworthy information. Facebook’s technologies are “intended to prevent disinformation,” according to the company. Investigators generated two users: climate skeptic “Jane” and acknowledged scientific bodies following “John.” They then kept note of what Facebook’s algorithm recommended for both accounts. Jane quickly came across information debunking man-made climate change, including sites calling it a “hoax” and criticizing mitigation efforts. Posts accused the “green movement” of “enslaving mankind” and the United Nations of being “an authoritarian state with less credibility than Bugs Bunny,” among other examples. Other articles, such as this one from CFact Campus, disputed that people were responsible for climate change.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60905348