Archive for the 'Technology' Category
“Two Plumes of Gauze and then the Racoon Protocol”
September 16th, 2026This American did an interview with an AI recruiter If you speak nothing but nonsense to the AI agent, it doesn’t correct you or ask you to go into detail. The AI recruiter actually has a conversation with you that makes no logical sense There seems to be no flags in the… pic.twitter.com/sRx6RtbqkP — Wall […]
Leopold Aschenbrenner Is Back to Losing Money in AI Stocks
September 16th, 2026Leopold Aschenbrenner is definitely an enterprising man! Via: Crypto News: Leopold Aschenbrenner of hedge fund Situational Awareness has returned after losing billions of dollars in July — and he’s already losing money again. CNBC broke the news Friday morning, six weeks after Aschenbrenner’s historic blow-up, that Situational Awareness was re-buying AI stocks and leveraged options […]
Costco Begins Rationing Kirkland Signature Motor Oil As Refined Crisis Spreads
September 14th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: Costco’s Kirkland Signature motor oil has doubled in price, and customers now reportedly face a purchase limit as the Gulf energy conflict, combined with the Russia-Ukraine war, has sent the global refining market into a tailspin. Auto news website The Auto Wire reports that a 10-quart package of Kirkland full-synthetic oil now costs […]
U.S. Air Force Secretary: U.S. Has Deployed Orbital “Space Control Weapons”
September 14th, 2026Via: Defense One: Air Force Secretary Troy Meink acknowledged that the U.S. has space weapons, a public revelation that some experts said could accelerate an arms race in orbit. “Today, we continue to ensure we remain ready to meet the challenges of evolving threats wherever they exist,” Mink said during his Monday morning speech at […]
SpaceX Building Gas Turbine Components to Power AI
September 14th, 2026Via: Startup Fortune: SpaceX is building its own foundry in Bastrop, Texas, to cast gas turbine blades and vanes, sidestepping a global supply chain where only three foundries can make the parts and order books run through 2029. The move, first reported by The Information and confirmed by Elon Musk, is meant to power SpaceX’s […]
Off Topic: Quickly Determine Equalizer Settings
September 12th, 2026EQ By Ear is very useful if are interested in applying EQ to your audio setup. Please make sure your volume is turned down before you begin. Via: DMS:
Anthropic Researcher: “The People Building AI Earnestly Believe That It Could Kill Us All By The End Of The Decade”
September 9th, 2026I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below. — Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) September 9, 2026 Via: TechCrunch: An Anthropic researcher has resigned over fears […]
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists
September 9th, 2026Via: The American Prospect: Job postings and interviews with senior security officials at Anthropic show that the frontier AI lab is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of artificial intelligence. In addition to monitoring activists in the vicinity of Anthropic executives and keeping tabs on […]
LG TVs Run a Network and Audio Surveillance Dragnet Against Users
September 7th, 2026Via: Gamers Nexus: Here’s a brief article about the video above (if you don’t have 2+ hours to spend on this and want a basic summary: LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices More: LG Isn’t the Only TV Company Spying on You
Ukraine: Shooting Down Drones with a Rifle from Soviet-Era Open Cockpit Yak-52
September 2nd, 2026Via: The War Zone: The interception process involves the crew waiting close to their Yak-52 while awaiting the order to scramble. Once a Russian drone is spotted on air defense sensors, the Yak is normally airborne within 15 minutes. With no radar and apparently no other onboard sensors, the Yak-52 crew relies on radio commands […]
