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Baruch Winters

Black Hawk helicopter in flight representing autonomous military aviation

The Black Hawk That Doesn’t Need a Pilot: Autonomous Military Helicopters Are Already Flying

Sikorsky’s MATRIX autonomy system has flown Black Hawks without a pilot directly controlling the aircraft, and the U.S. Army now has a UH-60MX test helicopter integrated with the technology. The future of military aviation…

By Baruch WintersOct 16, 20263 min read

Close-up of eyeglasses illustrating smart glasses privacy and surveillance concerns

News WireReporting

The Glasses That Could Know Your Name: Meta’s Hidden Face-Recognition Code and the End of Public Anonymity

WIRED found unreleased facial-recognition code called NameTag inside Meta’s smart-glasses ecosystem. Meta later removed the code. The technology may be inactive, but the larger question remains: what happens when eyewear can identify strangers on…

By Baruch WintersOct 16, 20264 min read

Abstract visualization of brain neurons representing organoid biocomputing

Alternative ScienceReporting

Tiny Human Brain Organoids Just ‘Read’ Braille — Welcome to the Wetware Computer Era

Researchers connected living human brain organoids to tactile sensors and decoded Braille signals with up to 83% accuracy. It is not a thinking brain in a jar—but it may be an early glimpse of…

By Baruch WintersOct 16, 20263 min read