Defence & Security

Forest maps of the future with Airbus’ Biomass

The Engineer: Amongst the tools we now have at our disposal to help us reduce carbon emissions, one vital, natural instrument has been helping us to fight the battle all along: our global rainforests. Thought to absorb around a third of…

Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System

New York Times: Facebook plans to shut down its decade-old facial recognition system this month, deleting the face scan data of more than one billion users and effectively eliminating a feature…

Satellites Could Help Track if Nations Keep Their Carbon Pledges

New York Times: Under the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming, nations must measure and report progress toward their pledged reductions in emissions. They regularly submit greenhouse gas inventories, detailing emission sources as well as removals, or sinks, of the gases…

Pentagon Wants AI to Predict Events Before They Occur

IEEE Spectrum: What if by leveraging today’s artificial intelligence to predict events several days in advance, countries like the United States could simply avoid warfare in the first place? It sounds like the ultimate form of deterrence, a strategy that would…