Yemen: The U.S. Navy faces an unprecedented challenge in its battle with the Yemeni military in the Red and Arabian Seas. Yemeni-made drones are repeatedly targeting U.S. forces, prompting the search for technology to neutralize these aerial threats. As the task becomes increasingly difficult, the United States is …
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Documents obtained by The Age show drones have slipped past prison defences that until recently were hobbled by a reliance on manual observation by guard patrols and CCTV to protect airspace over the sprawling complexes. One incident report, released through freedom of information, shows authorities failed to detect a drone …
Read More »Zoox’s Maddening Struggle to Make Robo-Cars Safe—and Prove I…
Here’s the deal, says Mark Rosekind. He’s sitting in a large, white conference room, deep within Zoox’s sprawling office complex in Foster City, halfway between Palo Alto and San Francisco. Around him, some 400 workers clack away on computers, or roll out yoga mats in the central “town hall” space, …
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