Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Secrets of Friedrich Lüling
October 18th, 2022Via: Secrets of Friedrich Lüling:
Oakland Cops Hope to Arm Robots With Lethal Shotguns
October 17th, 2022Via: The Intercept: In a series of little noted Zoom meetings this fall, the city of Oakland, California, grappled with a question whose consequences could shape the future of American policing: Should cops be able to kill people with shotgun-armed robots? The back-and-forth between the Oakland Police Department and a civilian oversight body concluded with […]
Kayne West To Purchase “Uncancelable” Social Media App Parler
October 17th, 2022I’m far more concerned with search engine censorship than with anyone’s ability to express themselves. Platforms that are resistant to censorship aren’t the hard part, but finding that information… They’ve thought of that. Maybe the answer is decentralized search engines that are run by volunteers. Think Bittorrent applied to search. Via: ZeroHedge: Parlement Technologies, the […]
Swarmed Navy Destroyer Had Its Bridge Illuminated By Mysterious Drones
October 15th, 2022Via: The Warzone: PHM [USS Paul Hamilton] observed four UASs with a CPA [closest point of approach] approximately 200 yds off the bow, port and starboard beams. The UASs had an on station time of approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. The first UAS was spotted by lookouts at 0240L. observed with a single, solid […]
Musk Demands Pentagon Pay for Starlink Usage in Ukraine
October 14th, 2022Update: Made You Look, Musk Will Keep Starlink Active in Ukraine — Via: PC Magazine: SpaceX may have to stop providing Starlink terminals in Ukraine unless the US government steps in to cover the costs, the company writes in a letter to the Pentagon. According to CNN(Opens in a new window), SpaceX wrote to the […]
Students Break Acceleration World Record
October 13th, 2022Via: University of Stuttgart: In 1.461 seconds from 0 to 100[km/h]: This is the new best time for the fastest accelerating electric vehicle and a new world record. On Friday September 23, 2022, the record was broken by 20 students from the University of Stuttgart with their self-built electric racing car, on a racetrack at […]
Microsoft’s Army Goggles Left US Soldiers With Nausea, Headaches in Test
October 13th, 2022Via: Bloomberg: US soldiers using Microsoft Corp.’s new goggles in their latest field test suffered “mission-affecting physical impairments” including headaches, eyestrain and nausea, according to a summary of the exercise compiled by the Pentagon’s testing office. More than 80% of those who experienced discomfort had symptoms after less than three hours using the customized version […]
“The Biggest Purveyor of Online Mal-, Mis- and Dis-Information Is the U.S. Government”
October 12th, 2022Via: Corbett Report: By their actions, governments and intelligence agencies the world over have revealed that they are truly afraid of the free flow of information online.
My Favourite Computer, An Old Mac
October 8th, 2022Via: Muezza.ca: This Macintosh Classic II wasn’t the best computer of its day, it wasn’t even the best Mac available at the time, but 30 years on and as its second owner it has unexpectedly become one of my favourite computers. The Classic II sits on a desk in the corner of my living room, […]
Army Set To Buy Computerized Rifle Sights For Shooting Down Drones
October 7th, 2022Via: The Warzone: The U.S. Army has purchased SMASH 2000L computerized optical sight systems manufactured by the Israeli defense firm Smart Shooter. The company is highlighting the system’s counter-drone role, and both the Army and the U.S. Marine Corps have already acquired a limited number of older SMASH 2000 variants for this very purpose. SMASH […]
