Universe Updates

Preview: Donald Trump Jr. blasts Twitter, big tech censorship practices Donald Trump Jr. joins Jesse Watters on 'Watters' World.' https://ift.tt/2BQxqhF

Amid coronavirus quarantines, Twitter sees unprecedented spike in users Twitter has received an unprecedented surge of users amid the global coronavirus pandemic and U.S. protests. https://ift.tt/2ZX0Eom

Army enters a new era in warfare for 2040 -- the 'Big 10' U.S. Army leaders are quite vocal and clear about the service’s six major modernization priorities, however, a close look across the spectrum of current major programs raises a pertinent question: Could the Army now be building ten new platforms? https://ift.tt/2BqaRQF

Pittsburgh-area company makes drone that can disinfect an entire stadium in 3 hours The company expects to all needed certifications by this fall. https://ift.tt/30uC2Cq

Elon Musk says Neuralink will stream music straight into your brain Tesla CEO Elon Musk claims that his implantable computer interface Neuralink will be able to stream music directly to a person's brain. https://ift.tt/3fIbi7I

Is China's new J-31 stealth multi-role fighter an F-35 rip-off? Media reports are now referencing new photos of the emerging J-31 5th-Gen stealth fighter appearing on social media, ostensibly showing various design improvements to the new radar-evading multi-role aircraft.  https://ift.tt/3eEELhL

US weighs ban of Chinese social media app TikTok Increasing concerns over TikTok's ties to the Chinese government; State Department correspondent Rich Edson reports. https://ift.tt/3iIDauf

Twitter's Dorsey donates 'unprecedented' $20M to Sean Penn’s CORE charity for coronavirus relief Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated an “unprecedented” $20 million through his #startsmall fund to Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE), actor Sean Penn’s disaster relief organization, to help fight the coronavirus in the US. https://ift.tt/3eMHXsl

Netflix pledges $100 million toward economic initiatives for black communities Netflix is pledging 2 percent of its cash holdings, initially up to $100 million, to provide economic opportunity for the black community. https://ift.tt/2VAjrmy

Army AI-enabled robots may fire weapons in war to defend against attacks What if artillery rounds, mini-drone swarms of explosives, rockets and even air-fired missiles are all approaching forward-positioned Army troops at the same time? Imagine that these incoming weapons are dispersed, varied and fast approaching. How do ground commanders avoid being overwhelmed and destroyed? Could AI help solve this lethal predicament?  https://ift.tt/2NSWrv7

Social media alternative Parler doesn’t censor, fact-check posts, CEO says Parler CEO John Matze said Parler is important for conservatives during an election year, where they can post freely without being censored. https://ift.tt/31mNXUD

The Pentagon has plans to destroy hypersonic weapons attacks The Pentagon is looking to Space War as an emerging method to counter seemingly unstoppable hypersonic weapons attacks, with early prototyping of satellite sensors and other tracking technology to more quickly find and “take out” weapons traveling more than five times the speed of sound.  https://ift.tt/3eAAZ9M

Lasers, AI and drones likely to inform Navy concept for new 2030 destroyer Maybe it will take out missiles beyond the earth’s atmosphere, incinerate targets well beyond the horizon with high-powered laser weapons and instantly stop a multi-faceted series of incoming attacks all at the same time? Perhaps it will use AI-empowered algorithms to launch a large fleet of networked surface, air and undersea drones, able to launch coordinated attacks at long ranges? https://ift.tt/3dATPfD

The Federalist fighting back against Google after threats to block it from using Google ad platform The Federalist Senior Editor, Chris Bedford joins Jon Scott with insight. https://ift.tt/37SZ0WX

Tucker on big tech trying to censor his show Twitter flagged satirical tourism ad for CHOP from 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' https://ift.tt/2V0HXgu

Chinese students are crucial to US national security, ex-Google CEO says Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes that legislative efforts to bar Chinese students from studying in the U.S. could be “against our own self-interest.” https://ift.tt/2YNQJ2n

Report: 30,000 college football fans unknowingly captured by facial-recognition test at Rose Bowl Over 90,000 fans who attended the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., this past January were being watched before they even got to their seats, as their features were captured by facial recognition software near the FanFest activity area, by a company called VSBLTY.  https://ift.tt/3hux7sX

Snap CEO: We're using our free-speech rights by limiting Trump's content Snap CEO Evan Spiegel defended the company's action of limiting the reach of President Trump's content by invoking the First Amendment and free speech, adding that other tech platforms should be more willing to emulate them.  https://ift.tt/37qXVWm

Army Futures Command general describes how future wars will look Gen. John Murray, commander of Army Futures Command, explains what future wars will look like. https://ift.tt/37ep3ro

Twitter cracks down on 5G conspiracy theories Twitter is cracking down on 5G conspiracy theories related to the coronavirus pandemic by slapping a fact-checking label on them. https://ift.tt/2BDMxub