Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Anthropic Refusing to Let U.S. Government Use AI for Mass Domestic Surveillance and Fully Autonomous Weapons
February 27th, 2026Via: Anthropic: The Department of War has stated they will only contract with AI companies who accede to “any lawful use” and remove safeguards in the cases mentioned above. They have threatened to remove us from their systems if we maintain these safeguards; they have also threatened to designate us a “supply chain risk”—a label […]
Apple Will Begin Manufacturing Mac Mini In Texas Later This Year
February 24th, 2026Via: Apple: Apple today announced a significant expansion of factory operations in Houston, bringing the future production of Mac mini to the U.S. for the first time. The company will also expand advanced AI server manufacturing at the factory and provide hands-on training at its new Advanced Manufacturing Center beginning later this year. Altogether, Apple’s […]
Firefox 148 Rolls Out With The Promised AI Kill Switch
February 24th, 2026Via: Techspot: Firefox and its forks remain the preferred browsers for a niche segment of power users, many of whom strongly opposed Mozilla’s plans to infuse the browser with generative AI features. To its credit, Mozilla listened to community feedback and agreed to introduce a graphical interface option allowing users to disable all AI features […]
“I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?”
February 24th, 2026Many AIs fail to answer the question correctly, but far more of a worry is that 28% of humans also get it wrong: The most common pushback on the car wash test: “Humans would fail this too.” Fair point. We didn’t have data either way. So we partnered with Rapidata to find out. They ran […]
Donut Lab Starts to Release Independent Test Results of Their Solid State Battery
February 23rd, 2026Donut Lab only released charge rate information so far, along with a countdown to the next release of test results. While they appear to want the controversy to drag on for as long as possible, at least they are moving in the right direction with the release of some information. VTT Test Report I was […]
U.S. Air Force Transports Compact Nuclear Reactor Aboard C-17
February 22nd, 2026Via: The Defense Post: The US Department of Defense has airlifted a compact nuclear reactor from California to Utah, marking the first time a C-17 military transport aircraft has transported a nuclear microreactor. In partnership with Hawthorne-based Valar Atomics and the Department of Energy, officials flew the unfueled Ward 250 reactor from March Air Reserve […]
Iran (So Far Away)
February 22nd, 2026The RAMpocalypse. No hard drives. GPU and SSD prices through the roof? Worth it. Via: Dr Phoxotic: In case you don’t know what inspired the AI slop above: A Flock Of Seagulls – I Ran (So Far Away):
Man Accidentally Gains Control of 7,000 Robot Vacuums
February 22nd, 2026Via: Popular Science: A software engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes. While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote […]
Tech Billionaires Shielding Their Children From The Products That Made Them Rich
February 22nd, 2026Via: Fortune: As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told a New York Times reporter his kids had never used an iPad and that, “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” Since then, the trend of Silicon Valley billionaires keeping their families away from technology has become even more pronounced, […]
OpenAI Is Suddenly in Trouble
February 21st, 2026Via: Cold Fusion TV: Related: AI Fails at 96% of Jobs (New Study)
