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Submission + - Taiwan Drone Alliance Quadruples Size, Fortifies Supply Chain (aviationweek.com)

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schwit1 writes:

Taiwan’s state-backed drone industry alliance has grown from 50 members at its September 2024 inception to more than 200 today and is expeditiously decoupling from China-based supply chains, Chairman Hu Kai-Hung tells Aviation Week.

Hu, who also serves as the chairman of Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC), says that the drone alliance is laser-focused on creating a “non-red supply chain”—the red referring to China—to align with the requirements of the U.S., which has flagged the security threats posed by Chinese drones.

Members of the Taiwan Excellence Drone International Business Opportunities Alliance (Tediboa) are required to prove the origin of their components, Hu says.

USA should be doing the same.

Related: Drones now account for 80% of casualties in Ukraine-Russia war.

That's remarkable. Artillery — the previous champ — topped out last century at 60-70% of casualties, depending on the war.

Submission + - A Review Of The Personal Humanoid Robots (readmultiplex.com)

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schwit1 writes: This is the most comprehensive review of the top 30 humanoid robots.

We explored the details from expected price to abilities.

We explore cultural, philosophical, practical aspects— show you a way to be in front of the changes ahead from new business opportunities to adjusting to the philosophical and governmental changes we face.

Submission + - Federal judge declares Google's digital ad network is an illegal monopoly (apnews.com)

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schwit1 writes: Google has been branded an abusive monopolist by a federal judge for the second time in less than a year, this time for illegally exploiting some of its online marketing technology to boost the profits fueling an internet empire currently worth $1.8 trillion.

The ruling issued Thursday by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia comes on the heels of a separate decision in August that concluded Google’s namesake search engine has been illegally leveraging its dominance to stifle competition and innovation.

After the U.S. Justice Department targeted Google’s ubiquitous search engine during President Donald Trump’s first administration, the same agency went after the company’s lucrative digital advertising network in 2023 during President Joe Biden’s ensuing administration in an attempt to undercut the power that Google has amassed since its inception in a Silicon Valley garage in 1998.

Submission + - HS Student Discovers 1.5M New Astronomical Objects by Developing an AI Algorithm (smithsonianmag.com)

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schwit1 writes: “Matteo Paz from Pasadena, California, recently won the first place prize of $250,000 in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search for combining machine learning with astronomy. Self-described as the nation’s ‘oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for high school seniors,’ the contest recognized Paz for developing his A.I. algorithm. The young scientist’s tool processed 200 billion data entries from NASA’s now-retired Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) telescope. His model revealed 1.5 million previously unknown potential celestial bodies.”

Submission + - Q-CTRL unveils jam-proof positioning System that's 50X more accurate than GPS (interestingengineering.com)

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: Q-CTRL developed a new system called “Ironstone Opal,” which uses quantum sensors to navigate without GPS. It’s passive (meaning it doesn’t emit signals that could be detected or jammed) and highly accurate.

Instead of relying on satellites, Q-CTRL’s system can read the Earth’s magnetic field, which varies slightly depending on location (like a magnetic fingerprint or map). The system can determine where you are by measuring these variations using magnetometers.

Submission + - RFK Jr pledges to find the cause of autism by September (bbc.com)

Submitted by skam240
skam240 writes: US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has pledged "a massive testing and research effort" to determine the cause of autism in five months.

Experts cautioned that finding the causes of autism spectrum disorder – a complex syndrome that has been studied for decades – will not be straightforward, and called the effort misguided and unrealistic.

Kennedy, who has promoted debunked theories suggesting autism is linked to vaccines, said during a cabinet meeting on Thursday that a US research effort will "involve hundreds of scientists from around the world."

"By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic and we'll be able to eliminate those exposures," Kennedy said.

Comment Taiwan proposing zero tariffs (Score 1) 159

by schwit1 (#65290553) Attached to: Micron To Impose Tariff-Related Surcharge on SSDs, Other Products

https://archive.is/20250407174...

In a video message shared Monday, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said that his country would not retaliate against Trump’s tariffs, instead proposing negotiations based off a starting point of “zero tariffs” between Taiwan and the United States.

“Like the US-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, negotiations on tariffs can start from Taiwan-US bilateral zero-tariff treatment,” Lai said.

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