Autonomous weapon systems – commonly known as killer robots – may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil war. History could well identify this as the starting point of the next major arms race, one that has the potential to be humanity’s final one.
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After losing an appeal to preserve the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the Biden administration announced on Monday that it will simply create a new rule to circumvent the legal ruling.
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The new law may soon be in conflict with federal regulators. A decision from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on one company’s license could come as early as Monday.
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Abbott has long resisted making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory. There may be legal precedent on Biden’s side.
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Sweeping new mandates are expected to apply to businesses with more than 100 employees, whose workers would have to be inoculated or face weekly testing. The White House estimates that the policy will impact about 80 million workers, or two-thirds of the country’s workforce.
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