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In this interview, originally published in the A/W 2022 issue of Fact’s print edition, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst discuss AI art and digital sovereignty. Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst’s work, both as solo artists and collaborators, is often concerned with the effects of disruptive technologies. Herndon’s 2015 album, Platform, drew attention to issues like…

There is now large-scale use small drones in warfare and there is now a rapid pace of improvement. The massive and effective military use of drones has been proven in the Ukraine war. The most effective countermeasure is electronic jamming. DARPA has large request for bids for swarms of autonomous drones. Autonomous Multi-domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms…

There are interesting reports on the close combat fighting in the Ukraine-Russia war. There is extensive use of drones in close combat for situational intelligence and to drop grenades on soldiers. There are other videos showing the use of drones for combat but they are restricted viewing because of the violence. There are many videos…

There is a research paper from researchers at four major universities that tries to calculate how bad the banking crisis could get. Erica Xuewei Jiang, University of Southern California Gregor Matvos, Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management Tomasz Piskorski, Columbia University – Columbia Business School, Finance Amit Seru, Stanford University Monetary Tightening and U.S.…

Home » Technology » First Republic Bank Will Be Put Into Receivership First Republic Bank is the other major bank in Silicon Valley. The bank is going to get seized by the US government after losing about $100 billion in deposits. BREAKING: First Republic Bank is expected to be seized by the US government per…

Home » Energy » Pictures of The Most Powerful Launch Vehicle Ever Here are more pictures showing the power of the SpaceX Starship. The world’s most powerful launch vehicle ever developed pic.twitter.com/oYnZON31mm — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 25, 2023 pic.twitter.com/bIRxZafD6A — RTF (@RTFnfa) April 25, 2023 Starship liftoff in slow motion pic.twitter.com/KqHjqwP88Z — Elon Musk (@elonmusk)…

The US Navy DDG(X) program wants next-generation guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) to replace the Navy’s Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers and older Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyers. The US Navy plans to start buying the first DDG(X) in FY2032. The Navy’s proposed FY2024 budget requests $187.4 million in research and development funding for the program.…

The US Navy combat laser program is getting stalled with $55 million per year for prototypes but no combat deployment. The US Navy does not want to start spending billions to deploy small numbers of lasers that will probably live up to expectations of effectiveness. When the US Navy says a weapon system is too…

Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 27th, 2023, Chainwire Venom Foundation has teamed up with DoraHacks, Developer DAO, and Hacken to launch its first-ever virtual hackathon. The event aims to equip developers with all the tools and resources necessary to start building on the Venom blockchain. While registrations begin on the 27th of April 2023, the hackathon…

The Smithsonian has the original Star Trek Enterprise model. It has been restored by special effects experts from ILM (Industrial Light and Magic). It shows paint details that were not visible from the resolution of old TVs. Adam Savage went and saw it. It was made of wood. The Smithsonian did a great deal of…