Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Enterprises Building Their Own AI Infrastructure, Buying Up Apple Hardware
August 31st, 2026Commentary on Kimi K3 back in July: Trillion dollar valuations on U.S. AI companies… while Chinese companies are running knowledge distillation operations and then releasing competitive models for free… Hmm. While nobody is claiming that Kimi K3 is better, overall, than top proprietary systems, companies can potentially run it in their own data centers. If […]
How Marine Rifle Squads Plan To Fight Future Wars Dominated By Drones
August 28th, 2026Trillions of dollars went up in smoke on just the F-35 boondoggle as ground forces were left totally vulnerable to unsophisticated, inexpensive and devastating attacks. While nobody goes to prison for wasting trillions of dollars, a solution for whatever ails .mil is available for the low, low price of… Via: The War Zone: The ubiquity […]
Battle Damage Assessment of Iranian Attacks on U.S. Assets in Jordan
August 28th, 2026Via: Daily Mail:
They Know What’s Coming, Because They Planned It
August 28th, 2026Via: The Burning Platform: Anyone living in the real world of commuting to a job, buying groceries, paying rent, filling up their gas tank, paying utility bills, paying property taxes, and generally trying to live an honest hard working life with a couple weeks of vacation per year, knows they are being fed a load […]
Graduating High School Without The Ability To Read
August 26th, 2026Mission accomplished. Via: ColdFusion: Related: Meta reaches $16.68B settlement over social media harms to children
SpaceX Starbase, Louisiana
August 25th, 2026Introducing Starbase, Louisiana – a high-cadence launch site that will enable Starship to open a pathway to the stars for humanity. Thank you to @LAGovJeffLandry and the great people of Louisiana for all of their support as we work together on this audacious project ?… pic.twitter.com/hq308hvg2g — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 25, 2026
U.S. Navy Live-Fire Tests Drone Sailboat With Missile Launcher
August 22nd, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: Once known primarily for capturing dramatic footage from inside hurricanes and tropical storms during the Atlantic hurricane season, Saildrone’s autonomous surface vessels have evolved into dual-use platforms that recently demonstrated the ability to deploy Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM). California-based Saildrone revealed in a press release that its unmanned surface vehicle (USV) launched two […]
Chinese Robot Runs 100m Sprint Quicker than Usain Bolt’s World Record
August 22nd, 2026Why run them into a padded barrier instead of slowing them down??? haha Via: Guardian: A ?robot named Lightning ?has run ?the 100m in 9.32 seconds, ?beating the human world ?record, China’s ?state broadcaster ?has reported. The humanoid, developed by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, ?reached a peak speed of 14.5 metres per second during […]
The Hidden Debt That Apple Owes to the CIA
August 20th, 2026Via: Wall Street Journal: Without CIA funding that helped keep NeXT afloat in the ’80s, Steve Jobs might not have made a triumphant return to Apple—and the iPhone might not have its foundational operating code. … “How many units are you prepared to deliver on an annual basis?” Romello asked. “That’s privileged information,” Jobs shot […]
Current State of Battlefield Robots in Ukraine War
August 19th, 2026Mostly Chinese-made components + 3D printing + Starlink… Related: U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine’s Drones Won.
