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US spy-tech firm Palantir was a shoo-in for a multi-million-pound NHS contract months before the deal was signed, emails obtained by openDemocracy appear to show. The email exchange from 2020, in which senior NHS executives discussed the budget for a new national data platform, sees more than one person referring …

Enlarge / Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2020 shows the wreckage at the site where a wildfire swept through in Vacaville of Solano County in northern California. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The US interior department’s decision not to buy more drones with Chinese parts has made it more …

Washington • A bill that Democratic and Republican senators introduced Thursday would ban the sale of advanced armed drones to any nation that is not a close U.S. ally, according to lawmakers and congressional aides. The proposed legislation is aimed at halting an effort by the Trump administration to bypass …

While the US once was a dominant leader in drone weapons technology, other countries such as China and Turkey have made progress in building cheaper drones capable of conducting airstrikes on the battlefield. China is not a member of the MTCR, a fact that has led some US officials to …

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used helicopters, airplanes and drones in more than 15 cities to watch protests over the killing of George Floyd and obtained more than 270 hours of surveillance. According to data from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) obtained by The New York Times and confirmed by The …

The Trump administration has extended the executive order banning American businesses from working with companies that pose a national security risk, extending the muddled relationship between US enterprise and Chinese conglomerates such as smartphone maker Huawei and telecom equipment manufacturer ZTE. The order, called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act …

President Donald Trump this week proposed a mere 0.3% increase in military spending to $740.5 billion next year. But inside that budget, there’s a big emphasis once again on high-tech defense capabilities in areas like cyberwarfare, use of the cloud in the battlefield, specialized drones, advanced communications and artificial intelligence. …

Jan 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. government is planning to permanently halt its civilian drone program due to the devices being made at least partly in China, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The Interior Department is considering halting about 1,000 drones after deciding that the risk of the drones …

“One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” The quote comes from Stalin. The coverage comes from Donald Trump. Trump famously modified his coverage on Syria after seeing images of a pair Syrian youngsters killed by a chemical assault. It didn’t matter that the Syrian authorities had …