libya

  • The Age of Autonomous Killer Robots May Already Be Here

    The Age of Autonomous Killer Robots May Already Be Here

    A “lethal” weaponised drone “hunted down” and “remotely engaged” human targets without its handlers’ say-so during a conflict in Libya last year, according to a United Nations report first covered by New Scientist this week. Whether there were any casualties remains unclear, but if confirmed, it would likely be the first recorded death carried out…


  • Watch A MiG-23 Fighter Jet Fly Insanely Close To The Ground

    Watch A MiG-23 Fighter Jet Fly Insanely Close To The Ground

    Video: If you were standing up straight, your head would be clipped off from this low pass from a fighter jet. That’s how close this Libyan MiG-23 is flying to the ground. The flyby is terrifyingly low and ridiculously fast and it is completely wild, especially considering how Libya only has a smattering of these…


  • The Real-Life Libyan Ocean’s Eleven

    The Real-Life Libyan Ocean’s Eleven

    The treasure was kept mostly in two wooden chests and locked away in a bank vault: thousands of coins, jewellery and figurines, some around 2600 years old. For decades it sat in the bank, unattended despite the historical and monetary value. Then, as a popular uprising erupted around the downtown bank last winter, someone entered…