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Tencent Threatens Legal Action Against U.S Department of Defense Over Blacklist Inclusion
Tencent CEO Ma Huateng has issued an official statement responding to the inclusion of Tencent Holdings, including its gaming division Tencent Games, on the U.S. Department of Defense’s blacklist of “Chinese military companies.” The company has threatened legal action if it is not removed from the list. What Happened? On…
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Do You Own a Startup? The DoD Wants To Know About It!
This is the age of small ideas and big impacts, where any single teen in a room can create multi-million dollar companies and within years be changing everything from the way we talk to one another to the very internet itself. With so many people looking to get into the…
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Eric Schmidt to Chair US Defense Department Advisory Board
In a statement from the US Department of Defense today, it has been announced that Alphabet’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt will chair a new advisory board. Named the Defense Innovation Advisory Board, it will consist of 12 expert individuals from the private sector who will put their effort together in order…
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The Pentagon to Upgrade its 4 Million PCs to Windows 10
Microsoft has scored its biggest customer yet, which will see its Windows 10 operating system installed on millions of computer over 2016. The company has announced that the US secretary of Defense has ordered the Pentagon to upgrade its 4 million PC to Windows 10 over the next twelve months,…
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The Pentagon Wants $15bn Funding for Weaponised AI in 2017
The Pentagon has filed its fiscal budget for 2017, for which it is asking for between $12 billion and $15 billion to fund the development of artificial intelligence weapon technology, Business Insider reports. “This is designed to make the human more effective in combat,” said US Deputy Defense Secretary Robert…
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