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Lords accept U.K. national ID compromise: No compulsory biometric ID before 2010
A compromise is reached in the U.K. over a mandatory biometric national ID; for a while the stalemate between the House of Commons and the House of Lords threatened a constitutional crisis, but now all agree for 2010 as target date for the new ID
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Some chemical plants get it, many others do not; plant safety legislation will change that
Ronald Reagan used to say: “If you cannot make them see the light, make them feel the heat”; some chemical plants have taken plant security seriously, and Geismar, Louisiana-based Honeywell is one of them; trouble is, most of the 15,000 U.S. plants have not followed Honeywell’s example; the threat of federal legislation may concentrate their minds
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Trend: U.S. domestic spying offers opportunities for niche players
While the debate over the NSA domestic spying rages on, niche companies emerge to offer compliance services to small telecoms and ISPs
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The long view
Why Ukraine’s AI Drones Aren’t a Breakthrough Yet
Machine vision, a form of AI, allows drones to identify and strike targets autonomously. The drones can’t be jammed, and they don’t need continuous monitoring by operators. Despite early hopes, the technology has not yet become a game-changing feature of Ukraine’s battlefield drones. But its time will come.