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UK Ministry of Defence uses 'Fortnite on steroids' for soldier training; Apple challenges data access demand

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The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a £2 billion contract to a consortium including Skyral to develop virtual gaming worlds for training British soldiers, described as 'Fortnite on steroids.' Separately, Apple Inc. is challenging a demand from the UK Home Office for 'back door' access to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users. AI

IMPACT Virtual training environments may see increased adoption, while data privacy debates continue regarding government access to encrypted user data.

RANK_REASON The cluster covers a defense contract for training simulation and a legal challenge regarding data access, neither of which are core AI releases or significant industry shifts.

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UK Ministry of Defence uses 'Fortnite on steroids' for soldier training; Apple challenges data access demand

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 ‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to he

    📰 ‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisionsOn a sunny July day in Riga, Latvia, a Nato convoy drives down a street lined with k…

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/fortnite-on-steroids-th… web.archive.org
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data The Home Office has made a fresh request for ‘back door’ access to encrypted iCloud

    📰 Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data The Home Office has made a fresh request for ‘back door’ access to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British usersApple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access ... 📰 …

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/apple-legal-challenge-u… web.archive.org

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