June 2020

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Legal Technology and its applications and implications for regulation and practice

June 6, 2020 Geofrey Banzi, Legal Technologist, Big Four 0

Reading Time: < 1 minute Are you interested in finding out more about: the applications of Legal Technology to delivering social justice during the Covid 19 pandemic, the ICO’s approach to the regulation of novel IT solutions, such as the […]

Tall Tales By Your Grandparents About Walking Five Miles To School Will Instead Be About Using Self-Driving Cars For Your Kid’s Generation
Walking five miles to school in the snow and uphill will become a new tale about being driven to school by self-driving cars.
Lance Eliot, Contributor
That Turtle Smashing Through A Windshield Striking A Florida Mom Is A Valuable Lesson For AI Self-Driving Cars
News out of Florida indicates that a turtle burst through the front windshield of a car, fortunately all are okay, and we can thusly glean lessons learned for self-driving cars.
Lance Eliot, Contributor
Hot Off The Presses: Defining Standard For Self-Driving Cars Gets Newly Updated And Released, Here’s What You Need To Know
The venerated standard that defines the levels of self-driving cars has gotten a fresh look, being released at the end of April 2021 while the prior version was June 2018. Here's the quick and dirty about what you need to know.
Lance Eliot, Contributor
Gnarly Skateboarders Trying Dangerously To Hitch A Ride On Self-Driving Cars
Skateboarders sometimes try to do bumper hitching, which is dangerous and should not be done, but the question is how will self-driving cars deal with those gnarly riders.
Lance Eliot, Contributor

Commission findings of evaluation of rules on horizontal agreements between companies May 6, 2021
On 6 May 2021, the European Commission published a working paper setting out the results of its evaluation of Regulation 1217/2010 (the R&D Block Exemption), Regulation 1218/2010 (the Specialisation Block Exemption) and the Guidelines on the application of Article 101 to horizontal agreements (the Horizontal Guidelines).
House of Commons committee launches inquiry into new UK space strategy and satellite infrastructure May 5, 2021
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry and a call for evidence in relation to developing a new UK space strategy and UK satellite infrastructure.
Government responds to Commons Committee report on 5G diversification May 5, 2021
The government has responded to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report highlighting the risks posed to network resilience and security as a result of the dependency of the UK's 5G rollout on only two vendors.
National Security and Investment Bill: publication of Act May 5, 2021
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 has been published.

What If Gravity Is Actually a Double Copy of Other Forces? May 9, 2021
An enigmatic connection between the forces of nature is allowing physicists to explore the quantum side of gravity.
Charlie Wood
What’s the Point of Wasps, Anyway? May 8, 2021
A new study says the reviled stinging insects play a critical ecological role—and their venom might even be useful to people.
Damian Carrington
Pfizer's FDA Request, Vaccine Diplomacy, and More News May 7, 2021
Catch up on the most important updates from this week.
Eve Sneider
Bats Raised in Helium-Rich Air Reveal a Key to Echolocation May 7, 2021
To test bats’ sense of the speed of sound, researchers put them in an atmosphere that alters it. No word on whether the helium made the bats sound funny.
John Timmer, Ars Technica
Sharks Use the Earth’s Magnetic Field Like a Compass May 6, 2021
Biologists have long believed that these animals rely on magnetic sensing to migrate across oceans. Someone finally figured out how to prove it.
Sara Harrison