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Audio of this conversation is available via your favorite podcast service.On this show, when we talk about technology and democracy, guests are often talking about the relationship between technology and existing democratic systems. Today’s guest wants us to think more expansively about what doing democracy means and the role the technology can play in it. Nathan Schneider, an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, is the author of Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life.What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the discussion.Speaker 1:Your film is now ready to be shown.Justin Hendrix:Good morning. I’m…

Two leading space consulting companies, Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners, have merged to form Novaspace. With over 130 professionals across 10 offices worldwide, Novaspace is the largest consulting firm focused solely on the space industry. In addition to management consulting services, Novaspace also supports clients with technology consulting, market intelligence and capability development, and hosts a number of leading executive summits. Headquartered in Paris, Euroconsult has 40 years of history in management consulting, market intelligence and executive summits (including the annual World Space Business Week in Paris) with offices in France, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Australia and the United States. With offices…

Ordz Games has unveiled BitBoy, a handheld gaming console reminiscent of the iconic Game Boy, but with a unique twist: it allows players to earn Bitcoin while playing their favorite retro games on a blockchain network. Gamefi + DEPIN devices The Hong Kong-based company plans to launch its first Gamefi + DEPIN device later this year, marking a key milestone in the convergence of gaming and decentralized physical infrastructure networks. Dubbed BitBoy One, the innovative device will make its debut at the Hong Kong Web3 Gaming Expo ahead of its official launch event at Paris Blockchain Week. Pre-orders are expected…

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It’s rare that a graduate student’s research has an impact across the Department of Defense (DoD), but for one Science, Mathematics, and Research for Change (SMART) scholar, that’s exactly what happened. During his internship at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Sensors Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Nathan Jones began working with his SMART mentor, Dr. Rachel Kinnard, a research mathematician at AFRL, to recreate and refactor topological data analysis (TDA) code. TDA is used to understand and analyze data by examining the shape and structure of surfaces. It has a wide range of applications, including sensor data fusion,…

The automated cashier isn’t an AI, it’s someone in India. Amazon made headlines this week for rolling out its “Just Walk Out” checkout system, where customers simply pick up their in-store purchases and walk away while a “generative AI” tallys up the receipt. But as The Information reported, the system wasn’t as automated as it seemed: Amazon simply relied on Indian workers to review in-store security camera footage and create an itemized list of purchases. Instead of saving on cashier costs or training better systems, costs have grown and the promise of a perfect technological solution has become even more…

Coniferous forests of the Garies Biosphere Reserve. — UNESCOThe world celebrates the International Day of Forests every year on March 21 to highlight the role of forests in sustaining the planet’s ecosystems. This year’s theme for Forest Day was “Forests and Innovation: New Solutions for a Better World.” This theme focuses on leveraging technological solutions to protect forests. Many innovative ideas can be implemented to ensure healthy and rapid growth of forest cover in countries.First, geographic mapping allows for accurate measurement of forest cover in specific regions and countries. Such information is essential for countries to plan long-term, set targets,…

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department on April 2 released its first-ever strategy for integrating commercial space technology into the national security posture, a move that signals the Pentagon’s intent to leverage investments from the private space sector rather than relying solely on custom government systems. But the Defense Department’s strategy also recognizes that there are structural, procedural and cultural obstacles the department must overcome to shift away from its traditional model of developing its own space systems solely for military purposes. The Pentagon has historically prioritized bespoke, custom-designed government systems over off-the-shelf technologies, creating barriers to the adoption of commercial…

To receive industry-leading AI updates and exclusive content, sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters. Learn more Business intelligence and data analytics tools like Tableau enable enterprise users to do so much more. Often the biggest challenge isn’t adding more functionality, it’s that users are staring at a blank page and not knowing what to do. That’s the challenge Salesforce is trying to solve with the debut of Einstein Copilot for Tableau, which is being released in beta today. The new AI tool for Tableau is an extension of Salesforce’s broader portfolio effort, Einstein Copilot, which brings a set…

Vinuri Dissanayake (MPP’25), a policy studies student at Georgetown University, shared her experience at the second Ideathon in Singapore. Over the past few years, there has been a flurry of news about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies, including Hollywood strikes, the European Union’s AI law, and ChatGPT. The technological future is right around the corner, but it seems harder to know whether to treat it as a guest or an intruder. As someone with a deep interest in understanding the role of responsible technology in society, I’m increasingly impatient to find ways to explore this.Participating in the second annual…