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Facial recognition systems perform some very challenging tasks such as checking an individual's photo against a database of known or suspected criminals. The task can become nearly impossible when the systems acquire poor facial images-a situation that occurs all too often in real-world environments. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found ... read more
Washington (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 The U.S. Army, as part of its suicide prevention program, is using an interactive video to encourage soldiers to seek help to cope with war-related stress. The Army, which has seen suicides among soldiers climb 46 percent since the United States invaded Iraq in 2003, is conducting training that includes distributing "buddy cards" to alert soldiers to problems among their friends and an ... more
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 26, 2008Boeing has announced that the Royal Netherlands Navy has successfully test-launched two Boeing Harpoon missiles from air defense and command frigate (LCF) HMS De Zeven Provincien. The exercise, which was the first LCF launch of a Harpoon, was held off the coast of Virginia on Nov. 8. In the exercise scenario, a hostile ship attacked the Dutch frigate, which responded with a salvo of two ... more  
Washington (UPI) Nov 25, 2008 High on the agenda of this week's meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors will be the recent report from Director General Mohammed ElBaradei about Syria. How the agency responds to the Syrian challenge may determine whether future urgent proliferation concerns are brought before it and the U.N. Security Council or resolved through military force, as ... more  
Baghdad (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 The big bangs of vehicle-borne explosive devices that rock Iraq's capital often cause mass civilian casualties and grab world headlines, but they also obscure a less dramatic terrorist attempt to undermine government security efforts. The means are small bombs attached to cars and other vehicles with magnets. The targets: Iraqi Security Force officers or Sons of Iraq group leaders riding ... more  
Moscow (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 The Russian military plans to resume tests of the Bulava missile at the end of this year, a navy headquarters officer said. The new submarine-launched ballistic missile is expected to enter service in 2009 along with the new submarine designed to carry this missile, the Borei-class Project 955 nuclear-powered undersea cruiser Yury Dolgoruky. It is nevertheless clear that the ... more |
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Italy challenges EU over key climate toolRome (AFP) Mar 6, 2026 Italy is once again challenging the EU's green transition, pushing for an overhaul of the bloc's carbon trading scheme and changing the way the tool operates to try to cut electricity bills. ... more  
Swiss vote down proposal for massive 'climate fund'Geneva (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to create a multibillion-dollar climate fund aimed at combating global warming and its consequences, voting against it by a large margin. ... more 
AI giants promise Trump to pay for increased energy needsNew York (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Seven US tech giants at the forefront of artificial intelligence committed Wednesday to offset the costs of their increased electricity needs through investments in energy infrastructure. ... more 
  
CesiumAstro buys Vidrovr to embed AI across satellite communicationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 CesiumAstro has acquired Vidrovr in a move to integrate artificial intelligence directly into its space communications systems, payloads, and satellite platforms, extending AI-driven analytics and r ... more 
Behind Space Innovation The Growing Role of Outsourcing ServicesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 Explore the reasons outsourcing has become the norm in space innovation. Discover how it helps teams reduce turnaround times, lower costs and improve results within a short time. ... more 
After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan mineralsCaracas (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals. ... more
  
Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AIWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more 
Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP saysWalldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more 
Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikesParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more
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Berlin (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 Berlin has become a European hub for the Russian mafia, according to security experts in the German capital. If you own a BMW X5 or a Porsche Cayenne, you shouldn't park it in the streets of Berlin too often, because these fancy SUVs top the list from which the Russian mafia is "shopping" in Germany's capital. The criminals cruise the rich neighborhoods until they find their car of ... more  
Salt Lake City (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 Sandcastle worms using their natural glue as a binder for their homes are a model for University of Utah researchers creating a synthetic version for humans. University of Utah bioengineers said they hope the synthetic version of this "superglue" can be used within the next few years to repair shattered bones in joints or the face, the university said in a news release. "You would ... more  
Washington (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 The contrast is sharp and cruel between America and Europe, between President-elect Barack Obama's economic team and its sharp focus on activist policies for a recovery, compared with the disarray in Berlin, Paris and London. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed this week to agree on a European stimulus package. Even plans for a modest cut in the ... more  
Miami (UPI) Nov 26, 2008 Russian oil companies are expressing an interest in tapping Cuba's offshore oil potential ahead of an official state visit by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Moscow's top diplomat in Cuba earlier this week said Russian petroleum firms have designs on drilling in waters in the Gulf of Mexico off Cuba's northern shores, an area Cuban energy experts say contains an estimated 20 billion ... more |
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Dubai airport briefly suspends operations after interceptionDubai (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 Dubai airport, the world's busiest for international traffic, suspended operations Saturday before partially resuming services, after an air defence interception in the area during attacks from Iran. ... more 
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Water emerges as a dangerous new war targetParis, France (AFP) Mar 9, 2026 Attacks on water systems are uncommon in wartime, but they have appeared in the war in the Middle East with strikes on desalination plants - critical infrastructure for millions of people in the arid region. ... more 
Hydromea and Equinor prove subsea wireless link from seabed to cloudLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Hydromea and Equinor have completed what they describe as the world's first real-time, high-bandwidth wireless data link from the seabed directly to a cloud environment, demonstrating a subsea-to-sa ... more 
Warming El Nino may return later this year: UNGeneva (AFP) Mar 3, 2026 The warming El Nino weather phenomenon could return later this year as its cooling opposite La Nina fades away, the United Nations said Tuesday. ... more
  
Residents warned 'crocs everywhere' after north Australia floodsSydney (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 Police in Australia's Northern Territory warned of 'crocs everywhere' on Sunday and said they had moved more than a thousand people across the state into shelter after massive floods. ... more 
Shelter rankings and shower-timing apps: Israelis, Palestinians adjust to Iranian rocketsJerusalem (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 What is Israel's best bomb shelter? And when is the best time of day to shower without interruption from a missile alert? ... more 
Children must not be 'collateral damage' in Mideast war: UN expertsGeneva (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child insisted Wednesday that children must be protected during the war in the Middle East, highlighting an alleged air strike on an Iranian school. ... more |
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