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France and Germany thrust into lockdown as second COVID-19 wave sweeps Europe: French President Emmanuel Macron and German

France and Germany thrust into lockdown as second COVID-19 wave sweeps Europe: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel ordered their countries back into lockdown on Wednesday, as a massive second wave of coronavirus infections threatened to overwhelm Europe before the winter.
Source: reuters.com

Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms

Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms, Report Finds: Police across Canada are increasingly adopting algorithmic technology to predict crime. The authors of a new report say human rights are threatened by the practice.
Source: vice.com

Remote intelligence will be with us before artificial intelligence concludes Richard Baldwin in his book "The Great Convergence".

Remote intelligence will be with us before artificial intelligence concludes Richard Baldwin in his book "The Great Convergence". He proposes this future by explaining the present state of global trade in terms of three "separation costs"; transport, knowledge, and people. Transport costs fell with...
Source: amazon.co.uk