Archive for the 'Technology' Category
U.S. Eases Iran Tech Sanctions To Make Way For Musk’s Starlink Amid Protests
September 23rd, 2022Cryptogon 2019: Recently Retired USAF General Makes Eyebrow Raising Claims About Advanced Space Technology: If you’re like me, you’ve been wondering: What is Starlink’s actual purpose? I didn’t entirely believe the prosaic narrative about better rural broadband Internet and a funding source for Elon Musk’s Mars aspirations, etc. Well, it might be about those things […]
U.S. Military Bought Mass Monitoring Tool That Includes Internet Browsing, Email Data
September 22nd, 2022Rabbi Rob Thomas also sits on the board of the Tor Project… Via: Vice: Multiple branches of the U.S. military have bought access to a powerful internet monitoring tool that claims to cover over 90 percent of the world’s internet traffic, and which in some cases provides access to people’s email data, browsing history, and […]
Tesla To Unveil “Optimus” Robot At Upcoming September 30th AI Event
September 22nd, 2022Might be comedy gold. Via: ZeroHedge: Call us not quite surprised that Elon Musk has amassed his fair share of skeptics over the last few years. And these skeptics are likely going to be in full force now that Tesla is getting ready to unveil its “Optimus” robot. With a plan to “deploy thousands of […]
Pentagon Opens Review Of Its Clandestine Psychological Operations
September 20th, 2022Mmm hmm. We Believe in Ghosts… Do You?? #PsyWar Via: Antiwar: The Pentagon has ordered a sweeping review of how it conducts clandestine information warfare after social media sites removed fake accounts that were suspected of being linked to the US military, The Washington Post reported on Monday. A report published last month by research […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Seizing Americans’ Phone Data and Storing It For 15 Years
September 18th, 2022I’m not sure how long I’ve been posting about this. A quick search turned up one from 2008. So it goes… Via: Engadget: If a traveler’s phone, tablet or computer ever gets searched at an airport, American border authorities could add data from their device to a massive database that can be accessed by thousands […]
Food Delivery Robot Rolls Through LA Crime Scene as Confused Cops Look On
September 16th, 2022A food delivery robot forces it’s way across a police crime scene. pic.twitter.com/T5DaET5Q5b — Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) September 13, 2022 Via: USA Today: When you’ve got a job to do, you’ve got a job to. At least that’s the work ethic of a food delivery robot named Connie, whose indifferent actions went viral […]
U.S. Army Conducts ‘Drone Swarm’ Exercise With Armed Quadcopters
September 15th, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: At sunrise this morning a swarm of 40 quadcopters all equipped with cameras, MILES, and lethal munition capable launched in advance of 11th ACR’s attack on a prepared defense by 1AD. Drones will be as important in the first battle of the next war as artillery is today. pic.twitter.com/zPQ2I8SoqN — NTC Lead 6 […]
Google Deepmind Researcher Co-Authors Paper Saying AI Will Eliminate Humanity
September 15th, 2022Via: Vice: The paper envisions life on Earth turning into a zero-sum game between humanity, with its needs to grow food and keep the lights on, and the super-advanced machine, which would try and harness all available resources to secure its reward and protect against our escalating attempts to stop it. “Losing this game would […]
Ukraine’s Astronomers Say There Are Tons of UFOs Over Kyiv
September 15th, 2022Hmm. Via: Vice: Ukraine’s airspace has been busy this year—that’s the nature of war. But scientists in the country are looking to the skies and seeing something they didn’t expect: An inordinate number of UFOs, according to a new preprint paper published by Kyiv’s Main Astronomical Observatory in coordination with the country’s National Academy of […]
Truly Autonomous Cars May Be Impossible Without Helpful Human Touch
September 12th, 2022Via: Reuters: Autonomous vehicle (AV) startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop truly self-driving cars, but industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may be needed permanently to help robot drivers in trouble. … Imperium Drive’s Kaveh said as more self-driving cars – which are more predictable than […]
