Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Brain Scans Can Detect Who Has Better Skills
October 3rd, 2018Via: Wall Street Journal: To gain new insight into how highly specialized workers learn skills or react to stressful situations, researchers are leveraging advanced scanning technologies to look at what’s happening inside the brain. In the latest findings, a team of researchers studied surgeons as they performed surgical simulations and found they could identify novice […]
Amazon Raising Minimum Wage to $15
October 3rd, 2018Mmm hmm. Meet the Robots at Amazon: Of course, Amazon spins this by saying that they need humans to build and service the robots, so don’t worry about automation. *grin* Other commentary: Bezos’ Decision to Raise Wages is Largely a Machiavellian Distraction Amazon Eliminates Monthly Bonuses and Stock Grants After Minimum Wage Increase The Real […]
Chinese Armed Drones Now Flying Across Mideast Battlefields
October 3rd, 2018Via: AP: High above Yemen’s rebel-held city of Hodeida, a drone controlled by Emirati forces hovered as an SUV carrying a top Shiite Houthi rebel official turned onto a small street and stopped, waiting for another vehicle in its convoy to catch up. Seconds later, the SUV exploded in flames, killing Saleh al-Samad, a top […]
Humanoid Construction Robot Installs Drywall by Itself
October 2nd, 2018Via: The Verge: If Japan’s Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute has its way, construction workers might be a thing of the past. Researchers have built HRP-5P, a humanoid bot that can handle a variety of construction tasks when there’s either a staffing shortage or serious hazards. The prototype uses a mix of environment detection, […]
New Zealand: Travelers Refusing Digital Search Now Face $5000 Customs Fine
October 2nd, 2018Via: Radio New Zealand: Travellers who refuse to hand over their phone or laptop passwords to Customs officials can now be slapped with a $5000 fine. The Customs and Excise Act 2018 – which comes into effect today – sets guidelines around how Customs can carry out “digital strip-searches”. Previously, Customs could stop anyone at […]
DEF CON Report: “Grave and Undeniable” Security Issues with Electronic Voting Systems
October 1st, 2018Via: Ars Technica: Today, six prominent information-security experts who took part in DEF CON’s Voting Village in Las Vegas last month issued a report on vulnerabilities they had discovered in voting equipment and related computer systems. One vulnerability they discovered—in a high-speed vote-tabulating system used to count votes for entire counties in 23 states—could allow […]
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Tim Berners-Lee Working on Decentralized Apps and Data Storage
September 29th, 2018Via: Fast Company: On his screen, there is a simple-looking web page with tabs across the top: Tim’s to-do list, his calendar, chats, address book. He built this app–one of the first on Solid–for his personal use. It is simple, spare. In fact, it’s so plain that, at first glance, it’s hard to see its […]
SEC Sues Elon Musk, Seeks to Ban Him from Running Tesla or Any Public Company
September 27th, 2018Update: Musk to Resign as Tesla Chairman, Remain as CEO in SEC Settlement Via: Reuters: Tesla and Elon Musk have agreed to pay $20 million each to financial regulators and the billionaire will step down as the company’s chairman but remain as chief executive, under a settlement that caps a tumultuous two months for the […]
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin to Supply Engines for Boeing-Lockheed Rocket Venture
September 27th, 2018Via: Wall Street Journal: Blue Origin LLC, the space-transportation company run by Jeff Bezos, has won a contract to provide engines for a potential rival’s next-generation rocket, according to people familiar with the matter, vaulting Mr. Bezos into the lucrative market for Pentagon satellite launches. United Launch Alliance LLC—a joint venture between Boeing Co. and […]
