Archive for the 'Technology' Category
SpaceX Competitor OneWeb Goes Bankrupt
March 28th, 2020Via: BBC: OneWeb, the high-profile London-based satellite start-up, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US. The firm, which has been building a network to deliver broadband across the globe, blamed the Covid-19 crisis for its inability to secure new investment. OneWeb issued a statement saying it was laying off most of its staff while […]
Coronavirus Could Infect Privacy And Civil Liberties Forever
March 26th, 2020Via: Forbes: From a technological perspective, the coronavirus pandemic is one massive testbed for surveillance capitalism. More specifically, it’s a testbed for new, much more large-scale forms of surveillance. Already, governments in Italy, Germany, Austria, China, South Korea and Taiwan have begun analysing smartphone data so as to determine to what extent populations are really […]
British Government: COVID-19 No Longer Considered To Be A High Consequence Infectious Disease In UK
March 25th, 2020This Covid-19 operation is at least as sloppy as 9/11. My greatest concern, at this point, is that they will have to attempt to try to make it real somehow. How? Because the effects range from no symptoms to death, I’m wondering: Is this a binary weapon? Can a kill switch be flipped for a […]
“Mobile Phone Industry Explores Worldwide Tracking of Users”
March 25th, 2020It’s coming fast and furious now. This coronavirus thing is Al-Qaeda x 1000. How long until: “5G to Battle Coronavirus” Via: Guardian: The mobile phone industry has explored the creation of a global data-sharing system that could track individuals around the world, as part of an effort to curb the spread of Covid-19. The Guardian […]
New Coronavirus Stimulus Bill In Congress Creates U.S. Digital Dollar
March 23rd, 2020Via: Forbes: As the markets continue to drop and the U.S. looks to Congress for agreement on a massive stimulus package to save the economy from impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the newest offer by House Democrats includes a very forward-looking kind of stimulus: the creation of a ‘digital dollar’ and the establishment of ‘digital […]
The U.S. Space Force’s New Mission? Protecting 5G
March 23rd, 2020Via: Popular Mechanics: Space-based internet traffic will fall under the nation’s newest armed service. Related: Tonight’s Successful Starlink Mission Makes SpaceX the World’s Largest Satellite Operator, Was First U.S. Space Force Launch FCC Approves SpaceX to Deploy up to 1 Million Small Antennas for Starlink Internet Network
Bill Gates: When Coronavirus Vaccine Becomes Available, Digital Certificates Will Show Who Has Received It
March 19th, 2020Eventually we will have some digital certificates to show who has recovered or been tested recently or when we have a vaccine who has received it. Via: Reddit: I’m Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. AMA about COVID-19:
Hong Kong Is Putting Electronic Wristbands on Arriving Passengers to Enforce Coronavirus Quarantine
March 18th, 2020Via: CNBC: Hong Kong is using electronic wristbands as part of its effort to enforce quarantines and reduce the spread of the new coronavirus. The measure comes as the government announced that starting at midnight on March 19, it is putting all arriving passengers under a two-week quarantine and medical surveillance. The city’s leader Carrie […]
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launches 60 More Starlink Satellites
March 18th, 2020Via: CBS: Three days after a dramatic launch abort, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket suffered a premature engine shutdown during the climb to space Wednesday but was still able to place another batch of 60 Starlink internet satellites into the planned orbit. The first stage, however, was unable to pull off what would have been […]
Israel: Shin Bet Uses Secret Mobile Phone Social Graph System to Track Coronavirus Exposure
March 16th, 2020Well, well, well… Lunatic fringe, hair on fire conspiracy theorists: Right again. Via: New York Times: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has authorized the country’s internal security agency to tap into a vast and previously undisclosed trove of cellphone data to retrace the movements of people who have contracted the coronavirus and identify others […]
