Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Can Proceed
July 11th, 2023Microsoft is now the Lockheed Martin of video games. Via: The Hill: A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators sought to ax the deal saying it will hurt competition. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in […]
Britcoin CBDC ‘Could be Used to Check Ages and Nationalities’
July 9th, 2023Via: Telegraph: Rishi Sunak’s new “Britcoin” digital currency could be used to check shoppers’ ages or nationalities, a developer working on the project has said, amid mounting concerns over privacy. … Britcoin – known officially as central bank digital currency (CBDC) – is being developed jointly by the Bank of England and Treasury as an […]
Keep Useless People Happy with Drugs and Computer Games
July 8th, 2023Via: Yuval Noah Harari:
Meta’s Twitter Clone Launches, Immediately Censors Anyone with Unapproved Thoughts
July 8th, 2023That didn’t take long. Via: Not the Bee: Your thread on Threads has been removed… Goes against our guidelines… Are you sure you want to follow…
DoD Invokes Defense Production Act To Boost Metals Mining After China Export Controls
July 7th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: According to a Pentagon spokesperson cited by Reuters, the US Defense Department announced on Friday it is invoking the Defense Production Act to boost the domestic mining and processing capacity of two rare earth metals, gallium and germanium, critical for high-tech chip-making for the US defense industry. Reuters said the Pentagon has a […]
China Making Neurostrike Weapons, “To Disrupt Brain Functions and Influence Government Leaders or Entire Populations”
July 7th, 2023Via: The Washington Times: China‘s People’s Liberation Army is developing high-technology weapons designed to disrupt brain functions and influence government leaders or entire populations, according to a report by three open-source intelligence analysts. The weapons can be used to directly attack or control brains using microwave or other directed energy weapons in handheld guns or […]
Satire: AI Trump and Biden Debate 24/7
July 5th, 2023Via: Twitch – trumporbiden2024:
“Orwellian Ministry Of Truth” Busted – Judge Bars Biden Officials, Agencies From Contacting Social Media Companies
July 5th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: In an order fittingly issued on Independence Day, a federal judge in Louisiana has forbidden multiple federal agencies and named officials from having any contact with social media companies with the intent to moderate content. The preliminary injunction arises from a suit filed by the states of Missouri and Louisiana, along with individuals […]
Zuckerberg Launching Threads to Compete with Twitter
July 4th, 2023Via: AFP: Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he is facing a new challenge as tech nemesis Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week. Zuckerberg’s Meta group, which owns Facebook, has listed a new app in stores as “Threads, […]
Toyota Claims Solid State Battery Breakthrough
July 4th, 2023Via: Mining: Toyota said on Tuesday it has made a technological breakthrough that will allow it to halve the weight, size, and cost of batteries. “For both our liquid and solid-state batteries, we are aiming to drastically change the situation where current batteries are too big, heavy, and expensive,” said Keiji Kaita, president of Toyota’s […]
