Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Walmart Is Rolling Out the Robots
April 10th, 2019Via: Wall Street Journal: Walmart Inc. is expanding its use of robots in stores to help monitor inventory, clean floors and unload trucks, part of the retail giant’s efforts to control labor costs as it spends more to raise wages and offer new services like online grocery delivery.
Internet Censorship Could Create “Splinternet”
April 10th, 2019Via: AFP: Increasingly, moves by governments to filter and restrict content are threatening to fragment the system created with the promise of connecting the world with a largely unified body of content.
California: Wealthy Obtain Medical Exemptions for Children to Avoid Vaccinations
April 9th, 2019Roughly the same people who don’t allow or severely restrict screentime for their children are also not vaccinating them. Now there’s a problem with, “Unethical physicians,” who are granting these exemptions. Fascinating. Look to Australia to see where this winds up: Vaccine Skepticism In Australia Now Punishable by 10 Years in Jail. Via: California Healthline: […]
United States Supply Chain Strategy for Electric Vehicles
April 8th, 2019Via: Reuters: U.S. government officials plan to meet with executives from automakers and lithium miners in early May as part of a first-of-its-kind effort to launch a national electric vehicle supply chain strategy, according to three sources familiar with the matter. While Volkswagen AG, Tesla Inc and other electric-focused automakers and battery manufacturers are expanding […]
In Trade Wars of 200 Years Ago, the Pirates Were Americans
April 7th, 2019Intellectual property theft!? *pfft* Look into some of the early American fortunes and you’ll find a different sort of piracy. See, Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich by Kevin Phillips: Although later generations have taken a glossier view, the Revolution was another grand intermingling of public purpose and private profit—and as […]
Radiation Concerns Halt Brussels 5G Development
April 7th, 2019Via: Brussels Times: Plans for a pilot project to provide high-speed 5G wireless internet in Brussels have been halted due to fears for the health of citizens, according to reports. In July, the government concluded an agreement with three telecom operators to relax the strict radiation standards in Brussels. But according to the Region, it […]
Amazon Wants to Launch Thousands of Satellites for Broadband Internet Service
April 4th, 2019Via: CNBC: Amazon is planning to build a network of more than 3,000 satellites federal filings reveal, in an ambitious attempt to provide global internet access. Known as Project Kuiper, the move represents the latest space ambition from Jeff Bezos. Amazon has previously announced its cloud business will build a network of satellite facilities on […]
Bitcoin Soars 20 Percent, Mystery Buyer Seen as Catalyst
April 2nd, 2019Via: Reuters: Bitcoin burst to its highest level in almost five months on Tuesday, sending smaller cryptocurrencies up, with analysts ascribing the move to a major order by an anonymous buyer that triggered a frenzy of computer-driven trading. … Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, chief executive of London-based cryptocurrency firm BCB Group, said the move was likely […]
Apple Developing an Electric Car, Hires Tesla’s Former Head of Electric Powertrains
March 31st, 2019I wonder if it will be made in China by Foxconn… Via: Electrek: There has long been a debate about Apple’s secretive automotive project being only about a self-driving system for vehicles rather than a full electric autonomous vehicle. It now looks clear that the latter is the case as Apple hires Tesla’s head of […]
Prison Labor: Inmates in Finland Are Training AI
March 29th, 2019Via: The Verge: “Prison labor” is usually associated with physical work, but inmates at two prisons in Finland are doing a new type of labor: classifying data to train artificial intelligence algorithms for a startup. Though the startup in question, Vainu, sees the partnership as a kind of prison reform that teaches valuable skills, other […]
