Archive for the 'Technology' Category
FBI Asks Court for 66 Years to Release Information From Seth Rich’s Computer
October 31st, 2022Tell me another one. Via: Epoch Times: The FBI is asking a U.S. court to reverse its order that it produce information from Seth Rich’s laptop computer. If the court does not, the bureau wants 66 years to produce the information. Rich was a Democratic National Committee staffer when he was killed on a street […]
Department of Homeland Security’s Plans to Police Disinformation
October 31st, 2022Via: The Intercept: The Department of Homeland Security is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public documents — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency […]
Whitney Webb: ‘They May Deplatform the Truth, But Their Lies And Distortions Will Never Replace It’
October 28th, 2022Via: The Defender: With each passing day, it seems that journalism is becoming less of a profession and more of a war zone. Indeed the difference between journalism and “information warfare” is becoming increasingly difficult to pinpoint. Whereas journalism continues to be defined as “writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of […]
Twitter Engineers Locked Out of Code Repositories, Tesla Engineers On Site
October 27th, 2022Via: Bloomberg: Elon Musk asked engineers from Tesla Inc., the electric-car maker he runs, to meet with product leaders at Twitter Inc., moving swiftly to make a mark on the company he’s about to take private, according to people familiar with the matter. … Twitter’s engineers can no longer make changes to code as of […]
Twitter: Bloomberg Claims Musk May “Reverse Life Bans”
October 27th, 2022Via: Bloomberg: Musk also intends to do away with permanent bans on users because he doesn’t believe in lifelong prohibitions, the person said. That means people previously booted off the platform may be allowed to return, though it was unclear if that included former president Donald Trump, the person said.
Elon Musk Officially Owns Twitter
October 27th, 2022Via: TechCrunch: Elon Musk has closed his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter. A number of outlets reported that Musk sealed the deal Thursday night, taking Twitter private and ousting a handful of top executives — CEO Parag Agrawal included — in the process. Musk reportedly cleaned house on Thursday, firing CFO Ned Segal, Head of […]
A Day in the Life of a Twitter Employee
October 27th, 2022Censoring wrongthink and destroying free speech is a rough job… https://t.co/ONUz7P7cJj — Truthstream Media (@truthstreamnews) October 27, 2022
Russia Strikes Ukrainian Infrastructure, Says It May Destroy Western Satellites
October 27th, 2022Starlink. Via: Reuters: A senior Russian government official raised the possibility that Moscow could shoot down commercial Western satellites being used to help Ukraine’s war effort, as Russia pressed ahead with its bombing campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure. If acted on, the threat would inevitably raise fears about spiralling escalation of the eight-month-old conflict and the […]
Millions of Americans Were Assigned ‘COVID-19 Violation’ Scores Based on Cellphone Data Collected During Lockdowns
October 26th, 2022Via: The Defender: A voter analytics firm harvested data from millions of Americans’ cellphones during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns and used the data to assign phone users a “COVID-19 decree violation” score and a “COVID-19 concern” score, according to a whitepaper released by PredictWise, the firm that harvested the data. The data, derived from “nearly […]
Starlink Signals Can Be Reverse-Engineered To Work Like GPS
October 21st, 2022Via: MIT Technology Review: Todd Humphreys’s offer to SpaceX was simple. With a few software tweaks, its rapidly growing Starlink constellation could also offer ultra-precise position, navigation, and timing. The US Army, which funds Humphreys’s work at the University of Texas at Austin, wanted a backup to its venerable, and vulnerable, GPS system. Could Starlink […]
