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Chinese robotics startup Unitree has been caught embedding a backdoor in their robots that lets them spy on people. This shows why we must ban all Chinese robots. Whether it’s a robot dog, android, autonomous EV or drone, all these products are the same. They have chips, cameras, a battery…
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“For two decades, no Secretary of Defense even bothered to set foot in Silicon Valley…” In 2015, Ash Carter finally changed that. This was the beginning of a wave that launched a thousand defense startups. In 2016, Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchoff took control of Defense Innovation Unit X (DIUx).…
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YC recently released its Request for Startups. This morning, I decided to do my own. Here are the top 5 startups I want to see: 1. Easier Ways to Navigate Zoning. Housing costs in this country are obscene. Restrictive zoning is the main factor driving these costs. I want to…
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Since 1945, our nuclear weapons have made us invulnerable. Those days are over. Chinese companies are well ahead of us in robotics. Soon, they will turn these technologies to military uses. Unitree recently demoed an android that can run fast on hills, gravel, or stairs. It will cost just $16,000.…
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How do you think the Air Force inspects nuclear missile silos? A cool green laser, or maybe some infrared goggles? Well, until recently, they did it like this: “…Joe on a rope with a hammer, he was listening to the sound that the silos made when he hit it.” That’s…
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Marine special forces are testing robot dogs armed with rifles. A human still makes the decision to fire — for now. The robot that Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) is using comes from a company called Ghost Robotics, according to The War Zone. The robots are armed with rifles…
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“What if you could make a drone botnet? You just give it a task and it operates autonomously and does it.” “That would be so cool!” Last month, I was having lunch with an awesome founder I invested in. His company had recently been acquired, and we were kicking around…
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A man walks in a remote field. From a place he cannot even see, a quiet drone takes off. It’s headed his way. This drone was made by Anduril Industries and this time, it just watched. But it can do a lot more. These powerful craft can fly at 80…
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Reddit’s Wallstreetbets loves Palantir Technologies, a Denver-based maker of data analytics software. The merry band of traders mention it more than any other stock, but the company has serious problems. Big Losses Palantir claims to make products that analyze data better than anyone else. If that’s true, why has the…
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