Archive for the 'Technology' Category
The Navy Plans To Launch Swarms Of Aerial Drones From Unmanned Submarines And Ships
March 3rd, 2021Via: The War Zone: The U.S. Navy has handed a contract to Raytheon for versions of its Coyote small unmanned aerial vehicle configured as loitering munitions, also known as “suicide drones.” The service says that it specifically wants them to support the development of unmanned surface and underwater vehicles as platforms to launch drone swarms, […]
Israel: ‘Freedom Bracelet’ Tracking Device Launched As Alternative To Quarantine
March 2nd, 2021Via: Summit News: Israel has rolled out what it is calling a ‘Freedom bracelet’, a tracking device that will serve as an alternative to a two-week quarantine for anyone entering the country from abroad.
Reasons Why Bill Gates Is Now America’s Biggest Farmland Owner
February 28th, 2021The inflation hedge is definitely a part of it, but my guess is that future production of dangerous frankenpHood is the main driver. Via: New York Post: For investors who know what they’re doing, agricultural land offers financial stability in uncertain times. “Farmland has had a remarkably consistent ability to hedge against inflation,” Sherrick says. […]
Google’s Eric Schmidt & The Artificial Intelligence Military-Industrial Complex
February 25th, 2021Via: The Last American Vagabond: In late January, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI), or the AI Commission, released a draft of their upcoming report to Congress, rejecting calls to ban AI-powered autonomous weapons, characterized by critics as “killer robots”. While the AI Commission did briefly address privacy and civil liberties concerns, they […]
Arizona’s $24-Million Prison Management Software Is Keeping People Locked Up Past The End Of Their Sentences
February 25th, 2021In other news, NAACP lawsuit targets Arizona private prisons, accuses state of practicing slavery. And now… Via: TechDirt: The Arizona Department of Corrections is depriving inmates of freedom they’ve earned. Its $24 million tracking software isn’t doing what it’s supposed to when it comes to calculating time served credits. That’s according to whistleblowers who’ve been […]
Entire Federal Reserve Payment System Crashes
February 25th, 2021Via: Economic Policy Journal: The United States Federal Reserve wire systems went down completely at around around 11:15 a.m ET, making it impossible for banks and other financial institutions to transfer money. The interruption impacted multiple Fed services, including its pivotal automated clearinghouse system, which connects depository and related institutions send electronic credit and debt […]
Details of Spy Plane Leaked by Hackers Sfter Canadian Manufacturer Bombardier ‘Refused to Pay Ransom’
February 24th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: Details for a military spy plane appear to been leaked on the dark web by hackers as it is believed manufacturer Bombardier refused to pay a ransom. Canadian business jet manufacturer Bombardier, whose Global 6000 jet is used for Saab’s GlobalEye spy plane system, announced on Tuesday that it recently suffered ‘a […]
The U.S. Air Force Just Admitted The F-35 Stealth Fighter Has Failed
February 24th, 2021$1.5 trillion later… Via: Forbes: The U.S. Air Force’s top officer wants the service to develop an affordable, lightweight fighter to replace hundreds of Cold War-vintage F-16s and complement a small fleet of sophisticated—but costly and unreliable—stealth fighters. The result would be a high-low mix of expensive “fifth-generation” F-22s and F-35s and inexpensive “fifth-generation-minus” jets, […]
$350 for 3D Printed Gun
February 24th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: The next round of COVID-19 relief could bring up to $1,400 direct payments to millions of Americans. Some people will buy food, save money, pay rent or bills. Others will gamble in the stock market. Some may take the free money and print an entire 3D gun at home. According to Futurism, it […]
Bill Gates Goes Full Captain Planet, Wants To Change ‘Every Aspect Of Economy’ While We Dine On Fake Meat
February 15th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: Microsoft founder Bill Gates is pushing drastic and ‘fundamental’ changes to the economy in order to immediately halt the release of greenhouse gasses – primarily carbon dioxide – and ‘go to zero’ in order to save the planet from long-prognosticated (and consistently wrong) environmental disaster.
