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- TECHNOLOGY
- February 5, 2019
The US government has warned against the use of anti-drone technology by private companies and even American states, saying it could break current wiretap and hacking laws. In a joint advisory put out this week by the Department of Justice, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Homeland Security, the agencies
READ MOREPolice have shot a man dead in central London. The Metropolitan Police said that the man had been killed after officers stopped him in Westminster late on Sunday night. The force said it was not treating the incident, which took place in a road off Whitehall, as terrorism. Download the new Independent Premium app Sharing
READ MORERoundup Another week has passed in the AI world, with military shenanigans, US government regulation and new chips from Qualcomm. Here’s the best of the rest. Are facial recognition coming to police body cams soon?:Axon, the largest supplier of body cameras to US police, has filed patents to develop, surprise, surprise, facial recognition software. It
READ MOREVideo Russian engineers have turned a humble drone into a formidable terrifying cataclysmic weapons platform, by, well, strapping a gun to it. The flying gizmo was designed by Russian students in 2016, and completed this year, according to military blog C4ISRNET. Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property later granted the patent to Almaz-Antey, a state-owned
READ MOREPolice have shot a man in east London after reports that threats of murder had been made by someone wielding knives. Firearms officers were called to reports of a domestic disturbance at a home in Hackney’s Knights Close at 9.43pm on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said. A 28-year-old man was said to have been armed and making threats to
READ MOREImage copyright Google Image caption A woman called police to say a female was being held by armed men in the Anchor pub A man was accidently shot by police as they investigated reports of a woman being held by armed men in a south-east London pub. The Met responded to a call shortly before
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