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Memphis, Tenn. - Policing and Technology to Fight Crime
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner has long been a strong proponent of technology to fight crime. In his transition team report released earlier this week, one recommendation was to “Broadly expand drone usage” to free up manpower. The city just graduated 36 new cadets from the academy Thursday.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Reappointed to Board of Directors
OpenAI's previous board shocked the tech world in November when it announced Altman’s firing in a blog post. Altman was reinstated as CEO and three of the four board members who fired him stepped down. The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether OpenAI misled its investors. In a summary, Altman and Taylor held a conference call with reporters.
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Read more at The Washington Post
Huawei Develops a More Powerful 7-Nanometer Chip for Mate 60 Pro Smartphone
Huawei managed to develop a more powerful chip for its Mate 60 Pro smartphone using technology from US companies. An earlier report mentioned SMIC using ASML’s tech in the past Reports from Bloomberg indicate Huawei utilized technology from California-based Applied Materials and Lam Research to create a 7-nanometer chip. This news comes after a previous Bloomberg report in October 2023 mention SMIC employing technology from Dutch company ASML. Further US restrictions in November 2022 prohibited the approval of equipment sales to Huawei and other Chinese companies,
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Dr James Manyika, Senior Vice President of Research, Technology and Society at Google
Dr James Manyika, the senior vice president of research, technology and society at Google, was born in 1965 in Zimbabwe. After graduating from the University of Oxford in England, Dr Manyika said he was a PE boy. Asked if the huge advances in technology, particularly AI, is going to wipe out jobs as is widely feared, he said there was nothing to be scared of.
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Read more at The Zimbabwe Mail
Hawaii Places Wildfire Sensors in Wake of Lahaina Fire
Hawaii is placing wildfire detection sensors statewide in wake of deadly Lahaina fire. About 80 wildfire sensors are being strategically placed around the state. The first 20 sensors on Maui expected to be active by April 8.
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The Future of the Poultry Industry
AI is the cornerstone of many new technologies in fields such as bird sexing by companies like Orbem and Targan. Analysts believe the future of the poultry industry will be empowered by these technologies. The year 2023 will go down in history as the year artificial intelligence became mainstream. AI quickly became the hottest topic in virtually all areas, and poultry farming was no exception.
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Read more at Poultry World
Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg 2024
Students in Pinellas County Schools’ STEM program from three middle schools in St. Petersburg got to meet drivers and learn about the technology behind the cars and the race itself. The 75 students were from Johns Hopkins Middle, Bay Point Middle and Thurgood Marshall Fundamental Middle. Ten students also participated from the St. Pete Parks and Recreation therapeutic program.
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Read more at FOX 13 Tampa
UFO Sightings - The Pentagon's Unclassified Report
The review of U.S. government records dating back to 1945 was conducted by the Pentagon’s All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) The report highlights several incidents where individuals named authentic classified programs but “the interviewees mistakenly associated these authentic USG programs with alien and extraterrestrial activity” Phillips said that AARO’s 40-person staff were involved in the effort to gather historical information from all federal agencies that had conducted previous reviews of UAP incidents.
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China to Step Up Research and Development of 6G Wireless Technology and Launch "Artificial Intelligence Plus" Initiative
China will step up the research and development of 6G wireless technology and launch an 'artificial intelligence plus' initiative to leverage AI to promote new industrialization. Jin Zhuanglong, minister of industry and information technology, said at the sidelines of the ongoing two sessions in Beijing that more efforts will be made to promote the deep integration of informatization and industrialization.
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Read more at China Daily
Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center Showcase
Friday, the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center held a showcase at Michigan State University, detailing technologies that can help manufacturers in our neighborhoods. Russ Zarras is the Lead Business Developer for Fraunhofer USA, one of the participating companies at Friday's event.
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Read more at FOX 47 News Lansing - Jackson