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New Cadillac Infotainment System Brings V2V Communications Along For The Ride

Forbes - Tech

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Cloud-based profiles allow users to customize the infotainment system to match individual preferences and take that same customized experience with them into any new Cadillac user experience equipped vehicle. In the coming weeks, Cadillac will start shipping 2017 CTS sedans with a mid-year update that brings an all-new version of the brand's CUE infotainment system.


SpaceX cargo ship scrapped docking at space station

USATODAY - Tech Top Stories

First commercial rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center's historic pad 39A where Apollo missions started the voyage to the moon. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, en route to the International Space Station. The Dragon cargo ship was scheduled to dock with the space station Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, but it was pushed back to Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. MELBOURNE, Fla. -- An unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo ship aborted a planned Wednesday morning rendezvous with the International Space Station and will try again Thursday, NASA said. At 3:25 a.m. EST, less than three hours before the Dragon was to be captured by a robotic arm on the station, Dragon computers automatically rescheduled the approach after its navigation systems recognized something wrong in data about the station's location.


Is Trump Bad For The World? Amnesty International Says Donald Trump's 'Poisonous' Rhetoric Is A Danger To The World

International Business Times

President Donald Trump's "poisonous" rhetoric during his campaign to win the presidential election led to a global trend in increasingly divisive politics, Amnesty International's 2016/17 annual report released Wednesday said. "Donald Trump's poisonous campaign rhetoric exemplifies a global trend towards angrier and more divisive politics. Across the world, leaders and politicians wagered their future power on narratives of fear and disunity, pinning blame on the "other" for the real or manufactured grievances of the electorate," the report titled "The state of the world's human rights" read. The publication also commented on the instability of the Trump-led administration, saying: "His predecessor, President Barack Obama, leaves a legacy that includes many grievous failures to uphold human rights, not least the expansion of the CIA's secretive campaign of drone strikes and the development of a gargantuan mass surveillance machine as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Yet the early indications from President Trump suggest a foreign policy that will significantly undermine multilateral co-operation and usher in a new era of greater instability and mutual suspicion."


SpaceX's NASA Mission To International Space Station: Dragon Docking Delayed By A Day

International Business Times

SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft, carrying 5,500 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments to the International Space Station, abandoned its attempts to dock with the ISS early Wednesday after its GPS navigation system had some trouble. The docking maneuver, in which astronauts aboard ISS use the space station's robotic arm to engage Dragon, is now scheduled for 6 a.m. EST Thursday. During the live coverage Wednesday morning on NASA TV, commentator Rob Navias said: "Dragon aborted its approach to the International Space Station because of an apparent problem with what is called the filter on the Relative Global Positioning System (RGPS) hardware that basically tells the Dragon's on-board computers what its relative position in the sky is to the International Space Station." When the safety system on Dragon aborted its approach to the ISS, it was over 3,500 feet away. There was no impact to the space station, and crew onboard was in no danger.


Cool Lego space shuttle

FOX News

Lego has a new space shuttle set for 2017 and it promises to be one any space fan can enjoy. We got a close-up first look at the new Lego Creator Space Shuttle Explorer 3-in-1 set at the New York Toy Fair 2017 on Feb. 18. It's a 285-piece set under Lego's Creator line, which encourages creativity through multiple builds. It will be available this summer for $29.99. The main build is the shuttle itself, which has the hallmark features of past Lego shuttles, such as payload bay doors that open, a robotic arm and a satellite to move around.


How Asia, digital tech and AI are reshaping the globalization debate

#artificialintelligence

Key Western markets are adopting protectionist trade policies, but the rise of Asia, automation, digital technologies and AI could make that difficult. The world is going through a turbulent time. The policies of the new US presidential administration, potential trade wars and the rise of Asia are together going to have a fundamental influence on the world's development, yet they are underpinned by longer-term changes in the world's power dynamics. When examining paradigm changes, it's important to separate the long and short term, since both may have different winners and losers. Maybe the most pressing question regarding global policies is whether the aim is to find win-win solutions or return to zero-sum policies.


Struggle over Aleppo's story takes to the skies

Al Jazeera

They give new tools to the powerful and their challengers. In the Syrian city of Aleppo, the struggle to frame the conflict for the international community ran parallel to the battle for control over the land itself. While drone footage from Russia Today showed videos of rebel-held and heavily-bombed eastern Aleppo, Syria's Ministry of Tourism published footage of the city's intact western half, complete with the soundtrack from HBO's hit show Game of Thrones. Life with the regime was normal. Life with the rebels was hell.


Russian Space Craft Lifts off for International Space Station

U.S. News

Another cargo craft, Dragon, launched by privately owned Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, is due to rendezvous later in the day with the space station where astronauts will use a robotic arm to grab and load it to a docking port.


Chinese Companies Aim to Take Lead in Development of World-Changing Technology

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While US tech giants like Google and Microsoft are racing to infuse artificial intelligence into their core products, tech companies in China are keen to ready their artificial neural network to solve complicated problems of city governance and healthcare. The AI team of Aliyun told the Global Times on Monday that it has made progress in fixing the problem over the past year as its self-developed AI system, dubbed ET, is breaking new ground in areas like video recognition and traffic prediction. In Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, at the intersection of Nanhua Middle Road and Baogang Avenue, one of the busiest crossings in the city, the average traffic jam index monitored by local authorities between 9 am and 1 pm fell 25.75 percent after using ET in September in 2016, the team disclosed in a statement. Based on those predictions, the computer will then come up "smart" measures such as intelligently controlling traffic lights to help traffic flow better, Hua said. Reshaping city governance is just a part of Aliyun's AI empire.


Elementary, my dear Watson! IBM now using AI platform to solve cybercrimes

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IBM's Watson AI and IoT-fuelled supercomputer finally has the role it was born for, as it is now being recruited to tackle cybercrime. Since it was first presented to the world as a contestant on the gameshow Jeopardy!, IBM Watson has evolved 10-fold. From its new internet of things (IoT) headquarters in Munich, it is being used not only to develop the brains for future autonomous vehicles, but also to influence decision-making, from healthcare to smart cities. Now, similar to the Dr Watson character in the legendary Sherlock Holmes books, IBM Watson is to be recruited to solve crimes – specifically, cybercrimes. Over the past year, Watson has been trained in the language of cybersecurity, ingesting more than 1m security documents.