Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Elon Musk Says It’s More Important for Tesla to Make a Robot Than New Car Models This Year
January 27th, 2022Remember full self driving? That’s a cakewalk compared to this. Via: CNBC: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call that a humanoid robot is the “most important product” that Tesla is developing this year, putting it ahead of the much-hyped Cybertruck and other vehicles, including the Semi and the Roadster. […]
Fed Study on Digital Currency
January 21st, 2022The real motivation for a state issued digital currency is the desire to link it to a social credit system. Look at China. If the U.S. does a digital dollar, and it becomes required, that would be the final nail in the coffin. Via: ABC: The Federal Reserve on Thursday released a highly anticipated report […]
Airlines Ask Biden to Delay 5G Rollout, Warn of ‘Catastrophic Aviation Crisis’
January 20th, 2022Via: The Defender: Executives from the biggest U.S. airlines asked the Biden administration for “immediate intervention” in today’s scheduled rollout of 5G technology near major airports, warning of an impending “catastrophic” aviation crisis when AT&T and Verizon deploy new 5G service. Numerous international airlines in response canceled flights to certain U.S. airports — one suspended […]
“Vehicle Kill Switches” By 2026 [???]
January 19th, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: The rumors we first reported on back in December have turned out to be true: the United States federal government is apparently in the process of trying to force automakers to install kill switches in their vehicles that authorities can use to shut down any newer vehicle. The law comes as part of […]
Facebook Working on Mysterious ‘Authentic’ Robot Eyeball that Could Track Where Humans Are Looking
January 19th, 2022Via: Independent: Facebook has patented a new technology for an “authentic” robot eye. The idea, granted in December, would let the social media company build a “high performing and realistic” eyeball that would be like an “animatronic device” to track humans’ eye movements. Tracking eye movements is used in digital ads to detect what people […]
Google and Facebook’s Top Execs Allegedly Approved Dividing Ad Market Among Themselves
January 15th, 2022Via: Register: The alleged 2017 deal between Google and Facebook to kill header bidding, a way for multiple ad exchanges to compete fairly in automated ad auctions, was negotiated by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and endorsed by both Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (now with Meta) and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, according to an updated complaint […]
Totalitarianism in America is Here
January 14th, 2022Via: Peak Prosperity: Related: Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America by Bertram Gross
Facebook Is a Snitch
January 12th, 2022Via: Reason: This shouldn’t be a revelation, but posting the details of your life online is not an effective way to keep secrets. Among those trawling for information are government agents who find social media an easy and low-cost means of gathering intelligence, often with the cooperation of both the platforms and their targets. Since […]
Teenager Claims to Have Taken Control of 20 Tesla Vehicles in 10 Countries
January 12th, 2022Via: Barron’s: A teenager calling himself a 19-year-old security specialist and hacker in his Twitter profile claims to have hacked a number of Tesla vehicles. It isn’t the first alleged hack of Tesla cars, but it might be the first solo teen to claim to have succeeded. “So, I now have full remote control of […]
Sony Electric Cars – Sony Mobility
January 4th, 2022Via: Tech Crunch: At CES in Las Vegas this evening, Sony’s Chairman, President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida showed off a brand new prototype of its Vision S concept electric car, and announces that the Sony Group is starting a new division – the Sony Mobility Inc – which will start commercializing its electric vehicles.
