Archive for the 'Technology' Category
“World’s Fastest Electrodes” Triple the Energy Density of Lithium Batteries
October 8th, 2020As usual, with laboratory-stage “game-changing” battery news, I definitely wouldn’t try to hold my breath waiting for this, but it makes for interesting reading. Via: New Atlas: French company Nawa technologies says it’s already in production on a new electrode design that can radically boost the performance of existing and future battery chemistries, delivering up […]
AMD Reveals New Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 Processors
October 8th, 2020Via: The Verge: AMD just announced its new lineup of Ryzen 5000 series processors for desktops, which are also the first chips from the company set to feature its next-gen Zen 3 architecture and represent the biggest jump for AMD’s desktop chips yet. AMD is also setting expectations high, promising that the new Ryzen 5900X […]
The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant
October 6th, 2020Via: Vice: The body tasked with oversight of the IRS announced in a letter that it will investigate the agency’s use of location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on peoples’ phones, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Motherboard. The move comes after Senators Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren demanded a formal […]
SpaceX, L3Harris Technologies Get Pentagon Contracts to Track Missiles from Outer Space
October 6th, 2020Via: Nextgov: The Pentagon’s Space Development Agency—which will become part of the U.S. Space Force in 2022—selected SpaceX and L3Harris Technologies to produce satellites and sensors that can track and target advanced missile threats from outer space. Award notices published to the federal procurement site beta.sam.gov Friday afternoon indicate that SpaceX could receive more than […]
How the Police Use AI to Track and Identify You
October 3rd, 2020Via: The Gradient: Surveillance is becoming an increasingly controversial application given the rapid pace at which AI systems are being developed and deployed worldwide. While protestors marched through the city demanding justice for George Floyd and an end to police brutality, Minneapolis police trained surveillance tools to identify them. With just hours to sift through […]
For Years, Intel Sat On Its CPU Monopoly And Now The Tide Turns Against Them
October 3rd, 2020AMD’s Zen 3 chips (reveal 8 October) are going to be very ugly for Intel. Via: Seeking Alpha: Intel is scared.
JPMorgan’s Gold And Silver Manipulation “Crime Ring”
October 1st, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: There was a time when the merest mention of gold manipulation in “reputable” media was enough to have one branded a perpetual conspiracy theorist with a tinfoil farm out back. … All that changed in November 2018 when a former JPMorgan precious-metals trader admitted he engaged in a six-year spoofing scheme that defrauded […]
Tesla Using Cobalt-Free LFP Batteries in Chinese Model 3 Vehicles
October 1st, 2020Via: Electrek: Tesla has reduced the price of the Model 3 in China and at the same time bumped the range as it introduces cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries in its standard range Model 3s. As we have previously reported, Tesla has been planning to update its made-in-China Model 3 vehicles with lithium iron […]
Why Writing by Hand Makes Kids Smarter
October 1st, 2020My wife and I have been using Zaner-Bloser handwriting materials with our children. Highly recommended! Via: Medical Express: New brain research shows that writing by hand helps children learn more and remember better. At the same time, schools are becoming more and more digital, and a European survey shows that Norwegian children spend the most […]
U.S. Air Force Has Built and Flown Prototype “Next-Generation Fighter Jet”
October 1st, 2020In case you thought the $1.5 trillion F-35 boondoggle would slow them down… Via: DefenseNews: The U.S. Air Force has secretly designed, built and flown at least one prototype of its enigmatic next-generation fighter jet, the service’s top acquisition official confirmed to Defense News on Sept. 14. The development is certain to shock the defense […]
