Archive for the 'Technology' Category
6G Mobile Networks: “Real-Time Remote Access to Human Brain-Level AI”
July 29th, 2019Mmm hmm. Via: Venture Beat: As 5G networks continue to expand in cities and countries across the globe, key researchers have already started to lay the foundation for 6G deployments roughly a decade from now. This time, they say, the key selling point won’t be faster phones or wireless home internet service, but rather a […]
Apple Contractors Regularly Hear Siri Recordings of Drug Deals, Medical Details and People Having Sex
July 29th, 2019Via: Guardian: Apple contractors regularly hear confidential medical information, drug deals, and recordings of couples having sex, as part of their job providing quality control, or “grading”, the company’s Siri voice assistant, the Guardian has learned. Although Apple does not explicitly disclose it in its consumer-facing privacy documentation, a small proportion of Siri recordings are […]
False Self Employment: Google’s YouTube Business Practices Possibly Illegal in Europe
July 26th, 2019LET ME SHOW YOU ITS FEATURES! Via: JoergSprave: Related: FairTube
New ‘Monarch’ Brain Device Approved for ADHD
July 25th, 2019You couldn’t make it up. Via: Truthstream Media – YouTube:
Tesla: JB Straubel Is Leaving Executive Role, Moving to Advisory Role
July 24th, 2019Ouch. Shit. Not good. Via: Electrek: Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that JB Straubel, Tesla co-founder and longtime Chief Technology Officer, is leaving his executive role and moving to an advisory role. Musk made the announcement during the conference call following Tesla’s release of its Q2 2019 financial results. The CEO confirmed that Straubel is […]
Samsung’s 2019 Galaxy Tab A 10.1-inch 128GB Tablet for $250 on Amazon (Reg. $330)
July 24th, 2019Wow. That’s a good deal. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 128 GB WiFi Tablet Black (2019)
Area 51: “Testing Of The Tissues From Workers Showed Chemicals That Were Unknown To Doctors”
July 24th, 2019Via: Los Angeles Times: In the late 1990s, I represented workers at Area 51 who were suffering from health issues and trying to find out what toxic substances they had been exposed to on the base. The case ultimately led to the government acknowledging the existence of the site, where highly classified research into next-generation […]
Trump Tells Pentagon to Find Better Sources of Rare Earth Magnet
July 23rd, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday told the Pentagon to find better ways to procure a rare earth magnet used in specialty motors, warning that the nation’s defense would suffer without adequate stockpiles. Attention is growing on rare earths, an obscure grouping of 17 minerals used to build weapons, consumer electronics and a […]
Russia’s Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: ‘Largest Data Breach In Its History’
July 21st, 2019Via: Forbes: Red faces in Moscow this weekend, with the news that hackers have successfully targeted FSB—Russia’s Federal Security Service. The hackers managed to steal 7.5 terabytes of data from a major contractor, exposing secret FSB projects to de-anonymize Tor browsing, scrape social media, and help the state split its internet off from the rest […]
Computer Failure Cripples Several New York City Subway Lines
July 20th, 2019Via: CBS: About a third of New York City’s subway lines were suspended for more than an hour during Friday’s hot evening commute, and the head of the city’s Transit Authority acknowledged that the agency “did not know exactly where our trains were.” A computer system failure that resulted in the snafu stranded some passengers […]
