Month: December 2020
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Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves – The New York Times
Police Drones Are Starting to Think for Themselves (Published 2020) In one Southern California city, flying drones with artificial intelligence are aiding investigations while presenting new civil rights questions. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/technology/police-drones.html When the man left the car, carrying a gun and a bag of heroin, a nearby police car had trouble following as he sprinted…
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India’s Leading Documentary Filmmaker Has a Warning – The New York Times
India’s Leading Documentary Filmmaker Has a Warning (Published 2020) Anand Patwardhan spent decades tracking the rise of Hindu nationalism. And now, under an increasingly repressive government, he holds his screenings in secret. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/magazine/india-documentary-anand-patwardhan.html Over four hours, “Reason” documents how the world’s largest democracy has plunged into a majoritarian abyss since the Bharatiya Janata Party,…
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In Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal, Putin Applied a Deft New Touch – The New York Times
In Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal, Putin Applied a Deft New Touch (Published 2020) The iron-fisted tactics used against Georgia and Ukraine seem to have fallen out of favor, replaced by a more subtle blend of soft power and an implicit military threat. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/world/europe/nagorno-karabakh-putin-armenia-azerbaijan.html “What else is to be done?” Mr. Mikaelyan asked, after taking another…
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Why the Assassination of a Scientist Will Have No Impact on Iran’s Nuclear Program | The New Yorker
Why the Assassination of a Scientist Will Have No Impact on Iran’s Nuclear Program Since Friday’s killing, the question increasingly being asked in Washington and the Middle East is about motive. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/why-the-assassination-of-a-scientist-will-have-no-impact-on-irans-nuclear-program On Friday, the Muslim holy day, he was reportedly travelling with his wife, in a black Nissan sedan, from…