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Abu Dhabi Art, Khalifa University, HCT yoke art and culture for students 3 hours ago Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Abu Dhabi Art’s Art + Tech project, with Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, welcomed guest artist Alfred Tarazi to host this year’s lineup of virtual workshops. It invited the next generation of engineers, scientists and technology professionals from Khalifa University, to nurture their cultural intellect and advance their technology skills, ...

Critics say the bills introduced across the country would infringe free speech rights and disproportionately target people of color

Part one of (Photo: Thierry Meirer Pkepaemboiu/Unsplash) April 7, 2021 For millennia, people have perceived the ocean as endlessly bountiful. Owned by none. Teeming with life. Ours for the taking.  But during the past couple of decades, that narrative of inexhaustibility has been upended. The biggest fish are fished out. Sharks are becoming rare. Many marine mammals are on the brink. Even plankton populations are shifting and thinning out.  And at the same time, the very chemistry of the glo...

If you liked the dozens of post-election lawsuits, the ballot recounts and audits, and the utter chaos and anger that prevailed after the 2020 elections, then you’ll absolutely love the Democrats’ top legislative priority this year — passage of HR 1, the ludicrously named “For the People Act.” Reintroduced again this year, this leftist initiative is an attempt to codify into law what Mark Alexander calls “The Left’s Bulk-Mail Ballot Fraud Strategy,” ensur...

Experts from across government, the private sector and security research community will vote on the most pressing issues in the field.

Image: Mike Ljung Journalism is facing unprecedented assaults from attempts at censorship and the proliferation of fake news around the world. To push back against these threats, blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) applications are being developed to help authenticate media content, preserve records and maintain journalism integrity. From Rappler CEO Maria Ressa’spersecution and conviction in the Philippines for cyber libel, to the arrests of reporters and media tycoons in Hong...

The US Government can search your phone at the border without a warrant Posted on Feb 16, 2021 by Caleb Chen The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has ruled that border security doesn’t need a warrant to do a digital search of your device at borders. The court decision reverses a 2019 decision in the case of Alasaad v. Wolf which held that both basic searches and advanced analytics searches of phones required “reasonable suspicion.” The official result is now in: Neither rou...

NASA is transitioning long-running hypersonic technology studies increasingly toward potential commercial applications and has awarded two new contracts supporting high speed design and propulsion work to Aerion Supersonic and GE Aviation respectively.

 - February 9, 2021, 9:36 AM Aerion anticipates its ambitions for a larger AS3 will benefit from its partnership with NASA that will explore technologies that could be used at high-Mach speeds in the range of between Mach 3-5. (Photo: Aerion Supersonic) Aerion Supersonic, which has indicated plans to explore hypersonic aircraft possibilities, is taking a step in that direction under an agreement with NASA to jointly study “high-Mach” aircraft, the company announced today. The Space Act Ag...

Originally published on January 18, 2021 4:08 pm Civil liberties advocates are warning that the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol could lead to new police and surveillance powers. If history is a guide, they say, those tools could be used against Blacks and other people of color in the justice system, not the white rioters who stormed Congress. Albert Fox Cahn watched in horror last week as rioters beat and shoved their way into the U.S. Capitol. The civil rights lawyer said the images made him...