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Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, says it is halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone

A number of high-profile whistleblowers in the technology industry have stepped into the spotlight in the past few years. For the most part, they have been revealing corporate practices that thwart the public interest: Frances Haugen exposed personal data exploitation at Meta, Timnit Gebru and Rebecca Rivers challenged Google on…

Taser developer Axon said this week it is working to build drones armed with the electric stunning weapons that could fly into schools and “help prevent the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.”

Axon’s plan for stopping mass shootings condemned just hours after being announced

The company’s ethics advisory board, however, has objected to idea

“That’s an oversight and a mistake that I did not file,” Jackson told the Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday.

Boris Johnson came under fire for issuing a new version of the code last week, which allows ministers who break the rules to avoid resigning

From deportations to ethics rules, a break is to off-load any troublesome headlines

The Jubilee festivities offer a reprieve to Boris Johnson, who has been trying to win over wavering MPs as he faces the threat of a no confidence vote in his leadership