Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Microsoft’s Woke Crackup
November 8th, 2021I thought that this was a hoax at first, but it is definitely real. This is from Microsoft Ignite 2021. Woke Capital incarnate. pic.twitter.com/KHlfMzjOt9 — Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) November 4, 2021 If you’re not announcing your pronouns, race, hairstyle and accessories, you’re on the wrong side of history.pic.twitter.com/cfmynPoFX4 — Titania McGrath (@TitaniaMcGrath) November 5, 2021
Bill Gates and the Uncertain Future of Food Security
November 1st, 2021Via: Off-Guardian: As we approach a winter of discontent and Global food systems go from bad to worse, there’s trouble in paradise. At the root of these problems, Government responses to COVID-19 have contributed to a six-fold increase in famine-like conditions as global supply chains collapse, and field trials for gene-edited crops and farm animals […]
Venezuelans Turn to Gold Nuggets as the Local Currency Implodes
November 1st, 2021Dealing with physical gold in fractions of a gram seems extremely cumbersome, and, are vendors confident that they’re being paid in actual gold? With the use of cryptocurrencies booming in Venezuela, I wonder if people are using any of the gold backed cryptos for the purposes described in this piece? The most bugeyed Cryptogon readers […]
Zuckerberg Announces Meta
October 29th, 2021I actually enjoy cyberpunk literature and metaverse-like themes in movies. The experience in real world projects, however, seems to be mostly about hilarious technical glitches and creepy situations. See: SecondLife: And now that you’re cringing and squinting at your screen through one eye, here’s an update from Mark Zuckerberg on the glorious adventures that await […]
MITRE Corporation and Digital Vaccine Passports
October 28th, 2021Via: The Gray Zone: While vaccine passports have been marketed as a boon to public health, promising safety, privacy, and convenience for those who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the pivotal role a shadowy military-intelligence organization is playing in the push to implement the system in digital form has raised serious civil liberties concerns. … […]
The Single Best Investment Of All Time? From $8000 To $5.7 Billion In 14 Months
October 28th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: What began as an outlay of $3,400 through a series of nine purchases using Wrapped Ethereum (WETH) – and 45 more purchases since then for a total investment of roughly $8,000, has turned into $5.8 billion – a gain of more than 95 million percent over the past 400 days, given SHIB’s recent […]
Panasonic Unveils its Tesla 4680 Battery Cell, Production to Start Next Year
October 26th, 2021Via: Electrek: Panasonic has today unveiled its new 4680 battery cell built for Tesla and it plans to start “test production” early next year. … The head of Panasonic’s battery unit, Kazuo Tadanobu, said the new cell has five times the capacity of smaller previous models. He said the battery was developed in line with […]
Hertz Orders 100,000 Tesla Model 3 Electric Vehicles
October 26th, 2021Via: CBS: Car rental company Hertz has ordered 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla in a move that some analysts say further validates a growing electric vehicle movement in the U.S. Hertz said Monday that it’s buying the Tesla Model 3 cars by the end of 2022, and it also will create its own electric vehicle-charging […]
Boosters in Australia: “It Will Be About the Maintenance of Your Vaccination Status.”
October 25th, 2021“It will be about the maintenance of your vaccination status.” pic.twitter.com/DaHdAQshUL — Caldron Pool (@CaldronPool) October 24, 2021
Why NFTs Are Valuable
October 25th, 2021Via: Awaken with JP:
