Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Judge Orders Fauci, Other Top Officials to Produce Records for Big Tech-Government Censorship Lawsuit
September 7th, 2022Via: Epoch Times: Dr. Anthony Fauci, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, and other top Biden administration officials who were resisting efforts to obtain their communications with Big Tech companies must hand over the records, a federal judge ruled on Sept. 6. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a Trump appointee, ordered the government to quickly […]
An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed
September 3rd, 2022I played with Midjourney and watched the outputs generated from other users’ prompts. The results ranged from *meh* to breathtaking. It’s extremely weird and unsettling to consider how advanced this technology is already, and where it’s going to be in few years. It’s also astonishing. Via: Vice: A man came in first at the Colorado […]
Power Company Seizes Control of Thermostats in Colorado During Heatwave
September 2nd, 2022Via: Summit News: Around 22,000 households in Colorado lost the ability to control their thermostats after the power company seized control of them during a heatwave. After temperatures soared past 90 degrees, residents were left confused when they tried to adjust their air conditioning and found locked controls displaying a message that said “energy emergency.” […]
U.S. Officials Order Nvidia to Halt Sales of Top AI Chips to China
September 1st, 2022Via: Reuters: Chip designer Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) said on Wednesday that U.S. officials told it to stop exporting two top computing chips for artificial intelligence work to China, a move that could cripple Chinese firms’ ability to carry out advanced work like image recognition and hamper Nvidia’s business in the country. The announcement signals a […]
T-Mobile Will Provide Mobile Phone Services Over SpaceX Starlink Satellite Network
August 26th, 2022It will be a low bandwidth option for when there is no terrestrial mobile network available. It will use existing phones. Via: Ars Technica: SpaceX and T-Mobile announced an ambitious plan on Thursday evening to provide ubiquitous connectivity from space to anyone with a cell phone. The project would pair SpaceX’s Starlink satellite technology with […]
World Economic Forum: “Technology Will Become More Intertwined With The Body In The Form Of Implants”
August 26th, 2022Mmm hmm. Via: The Defender: Claiming “augmented reality” technology “has the ability to transform society and individual lives,” the World Economic Forum (WEF) recently suggested there are “solid,” “rational” and “ethical” reasons to consider implanting children with microchips. According to an article published this month on the WEF website, “Implant technologies could become the norm […]
Tesla “Full Self Driving” Generally Performs Well, Occasionally Tries to Kill You
August 23rd, 2022Via: Electrek: Over the 13-minute and 8-mile test, we only had a single driver intervention (12:56), but it obviously was a significant one. Tesla FSD Beta was clearly taking the sharp turn too fast, and it was about to throw us down the cliff on the side of the road. I applied the brakes as […]
Zuckerberg Mocked After Ridiculous, Cringe Inducing $10 Billion VR Boondoggle
August 22nd, 2022The schadenfreude is powerful in this one. Via: Independent: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a new avatar for his metaverse character after the previous version was widely mocked online for appearing “dead-eyed” and creepy. The criticism focussed on a Facebook post last week promoting the launch of the Horizon Worlds platform in France and […]
UN Recruited Over 100,000 ‘Digital First Responders’ to Push Establishment COVID Narrative
August 19th, 2022Via: Summit News: At the height of the pandemic, the United Nations recruited over 100,000 “digital first responders’ to push the establishment narrative on COVID via social media. The revelation actually slipped out in October 2020 during a World Economic Forum podcast called ‘Seeking a cure for the infodemic’, although it is only going viral […]
People Flee Soaring Crime in Downtown Areas of San Francisco, Cleveland and Portland
August 19th, 2022Via: Daily Mail: San Francisco, Cleveland and Portland have the most deserted downtowns in the US as soaring crime rates in the Democratic cities scare away workers and tourists. In a recent study by the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California Berkeley, San Francisco’s downtown area was found to be only 31 […]
