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TRANSCOM head gives thumbs up for US Air Force to begin divesting KC-135s

WASHINGTON — The head of U.S. Transportation Command signaled Tuesday he is ready to support Air Force plans to start retiring some KC-135 aerial refueling tankers. Last year, after the Air Force requested the authority to retire 13 KC-135s in fiscal 2021, TRANSCOM commander Gen. Stephen Lyons pushed back, arguing that retiring the legacy tankers without an operational KC-46 would exacerbate…
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MobileNews

Google apps are beginning to adopt ‘Google Sans Text’

At the “What’s new in Material Design” session this morning, Google shared that its apps are starting to use Google Sans Text. We’ve seen it pop-up in some products already, but the company at I/O 2021 better detailed the font. As we learned in 2018, Google Sans is…
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US Army tackles enduring system to counter both drone and cruise missile threats

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is on a path to choose an enduring system that will counter both drone and cruise missile threats by releasing a solicitation to industry for a prototyping effort and by hosting a shoot-off for two teams at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The service released a solicitation for prototypes for its Indirect Fires Protection Capability, or IFPC, in April. …
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI call center automation company Asapp raises $120M

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. Asapp, an AI research-driven customer experience company, today announced it has raised $120 million at a $1.6 billion valuation, double its previous post-money valuation. Asapp says it plans to use…
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Canon Says the Camera Market is Reaching the Point of Saturation

Canon has upgraded its forecast for the rest of 2021 after it showed camera sales up 34% over the previous year’s pandemic-blighted sales cycle. Despite the good news, the company reportedly added that the camera market is reaching the point of saturation. As part of its first-quarter financial results, Canon updated its 2021 sales anticipation to be up slightly because revenue was…
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Walgreens used AI to optimize vaccine outreach emails

Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. As of May 18, nearly 40% of the U.S. population had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with close to 50% having received at least one shot. But outreach remains a major challenge. McKinsey…
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Apple asks judge to dismiss Epic’s claim that iOS is an ‘essential facility’

As the Epic vs Apple trial continues, the latter has submitted a filing in the case to have the court make a ruling on Epic’s allegation that iOS is an essential facility. Apple believes the judgment should be granted in its favor as Epic hasn’t offered up evidence for the claim and provides two core reasons for why it should be dismissed. In the court filing made by Apple last night seen by…
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