Archive for the 'Technology' Category
A Black Hawk Helicopter Flew for the First Time Without Pilots
February 11th, 2022Via: Popular Science: February has already been a big month for autonomous flight. For the first time, this past Saturday, and then again on Monday, a specially equipped Black Hawk helicopter flew without a single human on board. The computer-piloted aircraft was being tested as part of a DARPA program called Alias, and the tests […]
CIA Secretly Collected ‘Bulk’ Data on American Citizens, Senators Say
February 11th, 2022Via: Bloomberg: Two U.S. senators said the Central Intelligence Agency has been secretly collecting “bulk” information on American citizens without congressional oversight. The senators, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, expressed alarm in an April 13 letter to Avril Haines, the director of National Intelligence and William Burns, the director of […]
Tesla Full Self Driving Dumpster Fire
February 10th, 2022Full self driving? This is more like Russian roulette. Via: AI Addict: Related: Automakers Are Rethinking the Timetable for Fully Autonomous Cars
We Were Warned About Computer Driven Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
February 9th, 2022Via: Truthstream Media:
Geomagnetic Storm Takes Out 40 SpaceX Starlink Satellites
February 9th, 2022Via: SpaceX: Unfortunately, the satellites deployed on Thursday were significantly impacted by a geomagnetic storm on Friday. These storms cause the atmosphere to warm and atmospheric density at our low deployment altitudes to increase. In fact, onboard GPS suggests the escalation speed and severity of the storm caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50 […]
Corona Investigative Committee: Peoples’ Court of Public Opinion
February 6th, 2022Note: This is a public presentation, not a legal proceeding in any court, as stated in the press release: This investigation is of the people, by the people and for the people and will be referred to as the ‘Peoples’ Court of Public Opinion. Having been unable to find a court to hear the actual […]
Mysterious Aircraft Spotted At Area 51 In Unprecedented Satellite Image
February 3rd, 2022Via: The Warzone: The aircraft in question measures roughly 65 feet long and 50 feet wide — about the size of a Su-27 Flanker — and has wings that are reminiscent of Concorde, with its elegantly curved ‘ogival’ leading edge. Even the mystery aircraft wing’s trailing edges are curved, leading to almost scimitar-like wingtips that […]
Facebook Stock Tanks
February 3rd, 2022Via: Daily Mail: Facebook lost daily users for the first time in its 18-year history in the final quarter of 2021, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes was caused by the TikTok boom. The social media giant’s devastating earnings report on Wednesday sent Facebook shares plunging more than 20 percent, wiping more than $200 billion off […]
Startup ONE Says Battery Prototype Delivered 750-Mile Range
January 29th, 2022Assuming that ONE actually did it, how did they do it? Via: Reuters: Our Next Energy (ONE), a two-year-old Michigan startup, said on Wednesday it had tested a prototype of its new battery in a Tesla Model S, driving 752 miles (1,210 kilometers) before recharging. ONE aims to begin producing battery packs that will deliver […]
Waymo Sues California DMV to Keep Robotaxi Safety Details Secret
January 28th, 2022Google should ask for the information to be released in 2076. Via: Los Angeles Times: Waymo, the driverless car company operating an autonomous taxi fleet in San Francisco, is suing the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The immediate issue: whether the company, owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., can hide from the public safety-related information […]
