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Have autonomous robots started killing in war? The reality is messier than it appears

The Verge

Autonomous drone attacked soldiers in Libya all on its own,” read one headline. Let’s be clear: by itself, the UN does not say for certain whether drones autonomously attacked humans in Libya last year, though it certainly suggests this could have happened. And why is this incident in Libya special?

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Data Digest: Open Data for Africa Platform, Silent Data Revolution in MENA and Data Strategies

Tech Soup

A short competition also enabled participants to put what they learnt to practical use by conceptualizing business plans. Libya, Djibouti and Jordan have also granted restricted access to micro data to selected individuals and organizations.

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Events Roundup: NetSquared Loves You this February

Tech Soup

Tripoli, Libya: NetSquared Tripoli Meetup. Get realistic tech trends and best practices for 2014 from NetSquared Toronto. Warsaw, Poland: e-volunteering. Washington, DC Developing a Holistic Mobile Strategy. Wednesday, January 29. Manchester, United Kingdom: CiviCRM meetup. Thursday, January 30. Tuesday, Feburary 4.

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Trump just drove a truck through Congress’s massive tariff loopholes

Fast Company Tech

Trade Representative, to impose tariffs in response to any act, policy, or practice of a foreign country that the USTR finds is unjustifiable or unreasonable (terms the law, again, does not define). As for his reciprocal-tariff scheme, Trump will likely rely on Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act , which allows the president, through the U.S.

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