May, 2019

“They’re starting to accept our technology,” says Ruelens. “It just took time for them to see.”...

AI software can "strip the outside of a building level by level and see what's inside the building."... At a briefing during ITEC, Knowles showed the audience a picture of an enemy base that was captured and digitally re-created in about an hour using commercial software and a small drone. "We were able to throw that UAS up, capture that in an hour, put it on the laptop, process it, and push it out," he said...

The United States is seriously considering suspending training for Turkish pilots on advanced F-35 fighter jets as Ankara moves ahead with plans to purchase a Russian missile defense system despite objections from Washington...

And just yesterday, Turkey was saying how four F-35 fighter jets have already been delivered to Turkey and their activities are ongoing at the base in the US. “Training of our four pilots is underway and hundreds of sergeants got maintenance training and returned (to Turkey),” they said, adding that 37 personnel were recently trained.

Well, now it seems it will soon be over for Turkey. They spoke too soon and over-confidently.

The global fishing industry is riddled with forced labour, anti-trafficking experts say, warning that consumers are unaware of the "true cost" of the seafood they buy in stores and restaurants. Exploited workers face non-payment, overwork, violence, injury, and even death... "We were often beaten when we didn't catch enough, even if we were sick."...

A total of six American troops have been identified so far from 55 boxes of human remains that North Korea turned over last year, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Ken Hoffman, a spokesman for the U.S. Defense POW/MIA Account Agency (DPAA), said four families have been notified of the remains, while two other families are awaiting notification.

The latest batch of orders and opinions included one likely to be celebrated by both sides of the abortion debate, another giving promise to those seeking greater accountability for the actions of border patrol agents, and another that left in place an Obama-era policy regarding transgender students... The Supreme Court still has high-profile cases left to decide, including one dealing with a citizenship question on the 2020 census, and another over whether a war memorial in the shape of a cross can remain on public property. Time, not pre-conceived notions of the court, will tell how those play out.

In a statement Tuesday, Planned Parenthood said Missouri's health department is "refusing to renew" its annual license to provide abortion in the state. If the license is not renewed by May 31, Missouri would become the first state without a functioning abortion clinic since 1973 when Roe v. Wade was decided.Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit requesting a restraining order against the state, hoping to restore the license and avoid service disruption. A circuit court judge will hear arguments on Wednesday.

The military has uniform dress codes and regulations against partisan political acts while in uniform. In a brief statement Tuesday, the Navy said only that the matter was under review by Navy leadership to ensure that the wearing of the patches did not violate policy or regulations.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, speaking at a luncheon on Tuesday, made clear what would happen if a Supreme Court vacancy should materialize in the midst of the 2020 election season: "Uh, we'd fill it." Although his comment drew laughter and support from those in attendance at the Paducah Chamber luncheon, progressives swiftly accused McConnell of partisan hypocrisy...

Memorial Day was the busiest recent day of enforcement activity for El Paso Sector Border Patrol Agents during the ongoing influx. The 2,200 apprehensions included two large groups and many smaller ones.

According to the report, the blockchain-based platform will act as a repository for mortgage records, as well as a way to confirm that the mortgages comply with registration policies. Additionally, the platform will accommodate on-going updates that occur after a property sale, such as recording liquidation and payment defaults or changes to the mortgages...

It said the bill was "unconstitutional" and added that the US Congress had failed to provide evidence to support its restrictions on Huawei products.

The company has now filed a motion for summary judgment, seeking a quick determination by US courts on whether the case has merit to proceed.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), has awarded a contract to construct approximately three miles of new bollard wall system on federally owned land...The contract for this project was awarded on May 28, 2019 to Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. for the amount of $42,860,000 and construction is anticipated to begin in August 2019. This project includes the construction of 18-30 foot tall steel bollards, in addition to road construction, detection technology and lighting installation.

The changes include cutting 90 minutes of CNNi programming that’s produced in London. CNNi will simulcast CNN U.S. programming during that 90 minute time period, for the time being. We’re being told that some of the London-based jobs will shift to Atlanta, but overall headcount will be unchanged.

Four months before a Chinese woman was accused of lying to get into Mar-a-Lago, an 18-year-old college freshman in November fooled Secret Service agents into thinking he was a club member and wandered the grounds for 20 minutes before he was arrested.

An apologetic Mark Lindblom on Tuesday told a federal magistrate that he had no evil intentions when he decided to try and enter the club on the day after Thanksgiving while President Donald Trump and his family were visiting. The Washington, D.C. teenager said he just wanted to see if he could do it.

The company has been on probation since April 2017 as part of a $40 million settlement for dumping oily waste into the ocean from its Princess Cruise Line ships for eight years and covering it up... The Miami-based cruise company, the largest in the world, is charged with violating its probation. Federal prosecutors announced last week that they had reached a deal with Carnival Corp. on the charges, which include dumping plastic into Bahamian waters and falsifying records. At the June 3 hearing, Judge Patricia Seitz will review the deal, and she wants Carnival Corp.’s C-suite to be there.

“The city has not provided any permits, it has not approved of the construction that has gone up already,” Peter Ibardo, a city spokesman in Sunland Park, N.M., told The Texas Tribune. “They built the structure without authority or any building permits from the city.”... [We Build The Wall's Board member and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach] told The Texas Tribune on Tuesday that the owner of the private property went through the permitting process and that “official inspectors were on the property,” adding that construction would likely be completed Tuesday or Wednesday.

The new method Alexa will use to backtrack when it hears the wake word is relatively simple - listen to everything and detect the command using the same speech recognition it uses currently...