An international team of researchers has demonstrated the world’s fastest and most powerful optical neuromorphic processor for artificial intelligence, which is capable of processing ultra-large scale data

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation and an intelligence unit inside the Department of Homeland Security didn’t issue a threat assessment of the Jan. 6 pro-Trump protests that devolved into violence inside the Capitol, people briefed on the matter said.
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Shortly after Twitter announced Friday afternoon that they were permanently suspending the account of President Trump, Google shared that they were removing Parler, a conservative social media app, from their Play Store immediately, saying in a statement…

Twitter Inc late on Friday suspended U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign account @TeamTrump for violating its rules.

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In this letter to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, the ACLU urged Members to oppose H.R. 4192, Confronting the Threat of Domestic Terrorism Act. By reifying and broadening domestic terrorism

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Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in Britain and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by the U.S. drugmaker.

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There hasn't been any Trump emails for more than 48 hours. Almost unheard of -- he sent 33 in the first six days of Jan; 2,500+ last year. (h/t @TrumpEmail) At least one of the services the team used, @CampaignMonitor, has suspended Trump's access, the company…

Downloads spike after Tesla CEO Musk asks users to join app in a tweet.

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There is no question that social media played a role in the siege and take-over of the US Capitol on January 6. Since then there has been significant focus on ...

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