Archive for the 'Technology' Category
First Rivian R1T Pickup Bound for Customer Rolls Off Assembly Line
September 15th, 2021I’d like to see how it would hold up against WhistlinDiesel’s testing protocol *chortle* Via: CNBC: EV start-up Rivian is the first automaker to bring an electric pickup to the consumer market, beating Tesla, General Motors and others in what’s expected to be a hotly contested segment in the years ahead. Rivian founder and CEO […]
Tesla Cofounder JB Straubel Announces New 100 GWh Battery Material Factory in the U.S.
September 15th, 2021Via: Electrek: The company describes the situation in a press release today: Redwood will produce strategic battery materials in the US, supplying battery cell manufacturing partners with anode copper foil and cathode active materials. We plan to transform the lithium-ion battery supply chain by offering large-scale sources of these domestic materials produced from as many […]
Biden’s Total Financial Surveillance
September 9th, 2021Via: Reason: Imagine living in a world where every one of your noncash financial transactions—a restaurant meal, a Venmo transfer to a friend, maybe some bitcoin bought on the dips—was automatically reported to a beefed-up, audit-hungry IRS. That dystopia will become a reality if President Joe Biden gets his way. Biden, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, […]
Unlimited Hangout: Professor Mark Crispin Miller on the “Barbarous,” “Deranged,” “Totalitarian” Left and Censorship
September 8th, 2021Via: Unlimited Hangout: Professor Mark Crispin Miller joins the podcast to discuss the propaganda that has been used to opportunistically sell certain agendas to the public in the Covid era, just as in past crises of similar scale. Unlimited Hangout with Whitney Webb · Propaganda in the Covid Era with Mark Crispin Miller Related: News […]
Victoria: “There is going to be a vaccinated economy, and you get to participate in that if you are vaccinated”
September 6th, 2021Via: ABC: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has sent a clear message as to what the future of the economy looks like in the state, saying proof of double vaccination will now be the price of entry. “There is going to be a vaccinated economy, and you get to participate in that if you are vaccinated,” […]
Canada: All Major Parties Now Support Vaccine Passports
September 6th, 2021Via: Reclaim the Net: The leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Erin O’Toole, promised a federal proof-of-vaccine system if his party gets elected, which means that those who support civil liberties are going to be left with few options as all major parties support the invasive practices. Prime Minister Trudeau made a similar pledge […]
Robocop Is Here: Singapore Deploys Robots To Detect “Undesirable Behavior” Including Groups Of “More Than Five People”
September 6th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: The robot(s), called Xavier, will weave its way autonomously through the crowds to detect “undesirable social behaviors” including: Congregation of more than five people (in line with prevailing Safe Management Measures) Smoking in prohibited areas Illegal hawking Improperly parked bicycles within HDB Hub Motorized active mobility devices and motorcycles on footpaths Upon detecting […]
NSA Backdoor in Juniper Firewall Exploited by China
September 5th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: The Juniper product that was targeted, a popular firewall device called NetScreen, included an algorithm written by the National Security Agency. Security researchers have suggested that the algorithm contained an intentional flaw — otherwise known as a backdoor — that American spies could have used to eavesdrop on the communications of Juniper’s overseas […]
Dr. Scott Atlas: Science Killed Itself Over COVID-19
September 3rd, 2021Science is fine, when it occurs. What we’re seeing isn’t science. It’s the full ferocity of the corporate state during a feeding frenzy. Via: The Federalist: Atlas has refused to be silenced. He has a lot to say about how the scientific field and Americans’ trust in it have been tremendously harmed during the COVID-19 […]
Taliban: “China Is Our Most Important Partner”
September 3rd, 2021Cryptogon 2010 re: rare earths in Afghanistan: “Did China know about this all along? Without Chinese funding, the U.S. wouldn’t be in Afghanistan.” And now, the Taliban announce, “China is our most important partner and represents a fundamental and extraordinary opportunity for us, because it is ready to invest and rebuild our country.” Talk about […]
