Axon Vision, Asio Technologies, SmartShooter and other Israeli defense companies are looking for new markets for their AI tools — many of which are being used for the first time in the Gaza Strip, Nikkei Asia reports.
In January, SmartShooter’s CEO said Israel’s war on Gaza would help boost sales, +972 magazine reported. “This is the finest hour of the defense industries,” Mor said.
Poland’s parliament opened an inquiry into the use of the NSO Group’s spyware under the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party, which ruled the country for eight years. The government will notify those who were targeted.
“Too long we’ve been lied to about Pegasus by PiS and we’re going to get to the bottom of it now,” the member of parliament leading the inquiry said.
In an interview with ABC News, the vice president said the goal of the bill recently passed by the House is to force TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to sell:
We need to deal with the owner, and we have national security concerns about the owner of TikTok, but we have no intention to ban TikTok... It’s an income generator for many people, what it does in terms of allowing people to share information in a free way, in a way that allows people to have discourse, it’s very important.
