Archive for the 'Technology' Category
AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse
January 8th, 2026Great, the hallucinations compile and run without errors. Via: IEEE Spectrum: In recent months, I’ve noticed a troubling trend with AI coding assistants. After two years of steady improvements, over the course of 2025, most of the core models reached a quality plateau, and more recently, seem to be in decline. A task that might […]
Dell Admits Customers Aren’t Buying PCs for AI Features
January 8th, 2026I’m pretty sure that Dell’s customers are NOT confused about their desire to avoid built in, invasive and poorly functioning AI features. Via: PC Gamer: “We’re very focused on delivering upon the AI capabilities of a device—in fact everything that we’re announcing has an NPU in it—but what we’ve learned over the course of this […]
Trying To Figure Out If The Donut Labs Solid State Battery Is Real
January 7th, 2026In the video below, Ziroth got the Donut Labs representatives to admit that their solid state battery doesn’t contain any lithium. Does it contain any… Barium? *wink* Hopefully, a highly qualified independent organization or lab will be able to verify some of the revolutionary claims about the battery when the Verge Motorcycles begin shipping in […]
Verge Electric Motorcycles With Solid State Batteries? “Sounds Too Good to Be True”
January 5th, 2026Very interesting—if it’s real. Via: Electrek: Verge Motorcycles, the Finnish electric motorcycle manufacturer known for its futuristic hubless rear wheel design, is claiming another massive first for the industry. The company announced today that it is launching the “world’s first” production motorcycle equipped with solid-state batteries, promising a massive leap in range and charging speed. […]
Boston Dynamics Atlas Humanoid Robot Testing in Hyundai Factory
January 5th, 2026Via: 60 Minutes:
How U.S. Delta Force Raid Captured Maduro
January 4th, 2026Via: Cappy Army:
Britain: Ministers Planning to Issue Digital ID to Newborns
January 4th, 2026Then add the digital wallet (to use the central bank digital currency) and it’s GAME OVER. Via: Daily Mail: Newborns could be allocated digital IDs in a ‘sinister’ expansion of the controversial policy. Ministers have privately raised the prospect of issuing the new technology to children at birth, along with the ‘red book’ of health […]
TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts Induce Measurable “Brain Rot”
January 2nd, 2026I don’t go on TikTok or Instagram, but Firefox with the Hide YouTube Shorts add-on reliably blocks YouTube Shorts for me. Via: Focal Points: Now, a peer-reviewed paper titled, Demystifying the New Dilemma of Brain Rot in the Digital Era: A Review, confirms that brain rot is real: the digital environment is chemically, cognitively, and […]
China’s BYD Overtakes Tesla as World’s Top EV Seller
January 2nd, 2026Via: DW: Annual sales figures for 2025 show Tesla has lost its crown as the world’s top electric vehicle seller to Chinese rival BYD. Elon Musk’s Tesla reported a bigger-than-expected fall in fourth-quarter deliveries on Friday and delivered 1.64 million cars in 2025, down nine percent from the previous year. On Thursday, BYD said it […]
Jay Anderson on Limited Hangout UFO Disclosure
January 1st, 2026Via: Project Unity: Related: Joe Rogan Experience #2430 – Jay Anderson
