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ICE Plans to Spends Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots (www.404media.co)
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to buy at least a million dollars worth of robots from Boston Dynamics, the company that makes the dog-like SPOT robots, with the purpose of improving “officer safety,” according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement.

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[–] 143 points 3 days ago (2 children)

But Boston Dynamics has ethics and won't do business with ICE, right? Right??

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  • [–] 78 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    In the past, they held out and said no. I hope they stand by it now.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    I just read that corporations are starting to cozy up to Democrats, in anticipation of the Democratic Bloodbath in the Midterms. Perhaps they'll see that supporting MAGA and ICE is a bad idea.

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  • [–] 37 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Depends on who owns them these days. Last I heard they had changed hands a couple times.

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