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- TECHNOLOGY
- February 5, 2019
The US Department of Homeland Security has awarded a $224,000 contract to Clearview AI to purchase “information technology components,” in a deal sealed this week. The one-year contract reveals Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in Dallas, Texas, will use Clearview’s software. Some four companies bid for the contract, Tech Inquiry, a non
READ MOREImage copyright Reuters It has been a long time coming but the British public are finally about to see the details of the “Russia report”. Nearly a year-and-a-half after it was completed, the report will be published by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee on Tuesday morning. It is expected to provide an overview of the
READ MOREImage Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH NASA’s Insight lander is back in business after the agency reported that its “mole,” a digging probe designed to burrow into the martian soil, is now back in action after suffering months of mishaps. Tilman Spohn, the principal investigator for the instrument officially known as the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package
READ MOREImage caption The Observer leads on the “fury” after the police watchdog delayed its decision on whether to probe Prime Minister Boris Johnson for possible criminal misconduct while he was mayor of London until after the general election. It is alleged businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri received favourable treatment due to her friendship with Mr Johnson. But,
READ MOREThe White House is preparing to formally object to Democrats’ impeachment inquiry as soon as Friday, saying it won’t cooperate with the probe because it was initiated without a vote of the House. The White House Counsel’s Office was preparing to send a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi objecting to the form of the
READ MOREPriti Patel will launch a fresh inquest into Scotland Yard’s disastrous handling of Operation Midland, the investigation into fictitious claims of a VIP sex abuse ring, it has emerged. The Home Secretary will on Friday instruct Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to complete an inquiry into the Met’s response to allegations made by fantasist Carl
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