Chinese Firm To Deploy 100 Humanoid Robots To Households For Daily Chores

DC Judge Tosses Charges Against Former F.B.I. Officials Accused Of Lying About Hunter Biden Laptop A federal magistrate judge on Monday dismissed the criminal complaint against two former FBI officials accused of misleading Congress in 2023 about the bureau's work on the Hunter Biden laptop investigation. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said the case against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides "cannot be described as anything other than weaponization." Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui at Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22, 2024. (Craig Hudson/The Washington Post) According to Faruqui, the investigation...

Japan Looks To Palantir For Battlefield AI Japan is preparing to introduce AI into the command-and-control systems of its Self-Defense Forces as part of a wider military modernization effort aimed at improving operational speed and interoperability with the United States, according to Nikkei.  Under the proposal, multiple U.S.-developed AI platforms would support commanders by processing battlefield data, assisting with tactical decisions, and coordinating operations across missions such as missile defense, counterstrikes, and drone deployments. The initiative is expected to be incorporated into revisions of Japan's national security strategy later this year...