Tag: Tech
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Doing business with the Navy shouldn’t be ‘artificially hard,’ research chief says
[ad_1] The Navy’s top research organization is “dedicated” to making it easier for small businesses to get contracts, the chief of naval research said Thursday. And, he said, if the process is “artificially hard,” companies should call him out on it. “We have really, really worked hard to lower the barrier of entry and make ... -
Hoping to Get More of Their Teachers to Try AI, Students Organize a National Conference
[ad_1] Summer is a time for educators to do some learning, and there are plenty of conferences and workshops throughout the season. But one national event for teachers this month had a very unusual trait: It was started and organized by students. The free online conference, called AI x Education, aimed at getting teachers at ... -
Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023
[ad_1] The Africa Tech Festival Awards is taking place at the Bay Hotel in Camp’s Bay, Cape Town on 15 November 2023, to fête the achievements of some of the African technology, telecommunications, and media industry’s most illustrious pioneers and tech entrepreneurs. As awards ceremonies go, Africa Tech Festival’s are a standout, not only in ... -
US issues threat warning after hackers break into a satellite
[ad_1] It seems like nothing is off limits for threat actors to target these days. Hospitals, schools, charity organizations and even municipalities have all been successfully targeted by malicious cyberattacks in recent years. And now, it seems like attackers are even looking into space for new systems to try and compromise. Last week, the Office ... -
Anambra empowers LGAs’ BPRS Department Heads with Data Sourcing Training and Laptops Presentation
[ad_1] Heads of Departments of Budget, Planning, Research, and Statistics (BPRS) across the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra State were on Wednesday, handed over brand new laptops in continuation of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s vision to equip the state workforce with digital tools. The presentation was made after the one-day training of the BPRS departmental ... -
The Pandemic Released a Stream of Money for Broadband. Will That Advance Digital Equity?
[ad_1] Chheng Tang, a parent of three teenage students and one preteen, has found the free internet she gets through her school both relieving and, in a way, unsettling. Tang now works part time as a tutor at DuPont Elementary, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Before that, she worked in special education. For a number of years, ... -
Today’s D Brief: Belarus evac warning; NorK missile test; Russian bomber downed; Army SOF study; And a bit more.
[ad_1] The State Department says Americans should probably leave Belarus pronto. That warning comes just days after Lithuania closed two border crossings with Belarus, and it comes amid a “buildup of Russian military forces in Belarus,” according to the U.S. Embassy in Minsk. Advice: “U.S. citizens in Belarus should depart immediately,” and possibly via “the ... -
New Chinese research examines how to get drones to target without GPS
[ad_1] A recent academic paper out of China proposes a new method for controlling drones and steering them to targets in environments where GPS is under attack, a new sign of the growing importance of drones in conflicts where adversaries have advanced electromagnetic jamming capabilities. The paper, published at the end of July in the ...











