The world is facing an alarming surge in forest fires. Between 2001 and 2023, the amount of tree cover the world lost each year due to fires rose dramatically. But new AI supported technology could help slow some blazes.In March, Farsat, a nonprofit collaboration of corporations, wildfire authorities, and others, launched the first of some 50 planned firefighting satellites. They all make up an AI enhanced network designed to cover the globe and detect flames before they spread beyond a 5x 5 m square area i ...

Trade Deal & International Relations - The UK and US have a trade deal covering the vast bulk of UK's industrial/goods exports to the US, including autos, pharma, aerospace, and steel [7] - The trade deal started with 10% tariffs and ended with 10% tariffs, but now many cases don't have tariffs [8] - The US has committed to negotiating the reduction and elimination of tariffs, opening the door to a broader, deeper technology partnership [8] - The UK already has a national security investment act to check supply chains, exports, and inward investment, focusing on China [8] - The UK views China as a strategic rival and adversary, particularly regarding its support for Russia in Ukraine, necessitating a realistic approach [8] - The speaker's views on China have evolved through three stages: bedding down China into the international trading system, the "golden era" of open engagement, and now coming to terms with China's economic dominance and overproduction [8] - The speaker suggests that the US should work with other big players like Britain and Europe to address imbalances in trade created by China [8] - The speaker believes the current trade deal with the US is binding, given the close alliance between the two countries [9] - The speaker acknowledges that leaving the European Union has resulted in losses for the UK, necessitating a reset and improvement of the existing Brexit deal [9] Technology Partnership - The UK and US are pursuing a technology partnership focused on future industries driven by science and technology, such as AI, nuclear fusion, quantum computing, engineering biology, and space [8][11] - The goal is to accelerate scientific and technological advancement through collaboration, incorporating American technology to create new businesses and industries in the UK [11] - The UK aims to regulate technology companies in a pro-innovation, pro-growth manner, avoiding stifling regulations [11] - Quantum computing is highlighted as a specific area for collaboration, aiming to achieve better and quicker results than working separately [14] - The speaker emphasizes the need to protect collaborative work in areas like quantum computing to prevent technology from being transferred to the Chinese economy [14]

China has high hopes that the C919, the country's first domestically made passenger jets, could challenge the aircraft manufacturing markets currently dominated by Boeing and Airbus and showcase technological advancements made by its statebacked plane maker Comarmac. But as the US China trade war escalates, analysts warned that the C919's heavy reliance on US suppliers for critical components could threaten plans to increase production and even hits maintenance supports for the C919 jets that are already in ...