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The best way to take down a drone is with another drone

The best way to take down a drone is with another drone

14 February 2018

Illegal or unwanted drones put air travellers at risk, so a competition called DroneClash is calling for new ways to tackle them

Face-recognition software is perfect – if you’re a white man

Face-recognition software is perfect – if you’re a white man

13 February 2018

Three leading face-recognition systems correctly identified white men 99 per cent of the time but did badly at identifying women with darker skin

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