The Teen Taking on China’s Drone Dominance
Rein began building drones in seventh grade as a hobby. Over time, he began to realize the commercial and geopolitical importance of drone development.
Technology
A New Brave New World, Faith Outside the Gates
Today, AI-powered cities like The Line in Saudi Arabia and other surveillance-heavy urban experiments are no longer science fiction. They offer safety, convenience and control but risk turning human beings into manageable units of data. A sanitised society – but a soulless one.
Having a Look at Transhumanism
So how should we respond to this threat? By using these emerging technologies of AI and robotics for truth, goodness and beauty.
Travel by Wire? Not for a While Yet
Quantum teleportation is exciting – but not that exciting.
How Internet of Things Devices Affects Your Privacy
Even when they’re not yours. If people’s data privacy matters, how do we address this reality?
The US Is Behind in Drone Warfare
Drone warfare is here. Massed autonomous robotic warfare will soon follow. America needs to catch up.
We Must Avert an Intellectual Dark Age
One of the greatest risks of AI technology may be a degradation of the learning process itself, and thus a new intellectual dark age. It is up to teachers and teaching institutions to do all they can to avert such a catastrophic outcome.
Big Brother Lives Next Door
The UK claims to be part of the free West, yet we have more CCTV cameras than anywhere else in the world. Completely enamoured of surveillance, even our bloody doorbells are filming us
The War Has Shattered the West’s Delusions
Winning the narrative, in other words, is not the same as winning the war. It may not even be relevant once the shells start falling.
The History and Upgrade of M1 Abrams
Army leadership is driving hard to accelerate the newest Abrams.
How the US Can Defend Against Attacks
To succeed against a fast-changing capability like drones, and whatever battlefield tech comes next, America needs affordable mass and thoughtful foresight.
Peter Thiel Will Give Us Exactly What We Want
All we want is to continue to exist. And the terrible, awful secret of life is that everyone always gets what they want. Palantir has been created to do exactly that.
An Icy Wind Blows Through the Research Labs
If you read the newspapers you may not know it, but biotechnology is going through a process of collapse.
The Gaps in Our Laws on Covert Recordings
Police said the case did not meet the threshold for prosecution. This highlights the difficulties surrounding existing laws when it comes to non-consensual recording, harassment and image-based harm.
The Role of Plastic in Beating Poverty
If we were to stop using plastic tomorrow, global supply chains would collapse, food wouldn’t reach the people who need it in remote areas, and millions would lose access to life-saving medical supplies.