Archive for the 'Technology' Category
China Produces “Baby Shahed” Kamikaze Drones For $500
April 9th, 2026War is hell. And then drones appeared on the battlefield. Via: Zero Hedge: China’s manufacturing base is now churning out short-range, low-cost kamikaze drones priced at under $500 per unit, which X user PLA Military Updates has described as “Baby Shahed” drones. According to the post, the so-called Baby Shahed costs around 3,000 yuan (about […]
Anthropic Mythos
April 8th, 2026Via: Ars Technica: Anthropic has launched a new cybersecurity AI model to a select group of customers, including Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft, days after details about the project were leaked online. Its new model, Claude Mythos Preview, would be available only to vetted organizations, including Broadcom, Cisco, and CrowdStrike, Anthropic said on Tuesday. The company […]
TPM – The Microsoft Choke Point – Age Verification and Identity Control
April 8th, 2026Most people don’t know (or care) about any of this. Most will comply with everything asked of them without concern or complaint. Financial services and government issued IDs will be how this comes down for people who are trying to resist. It will simply become impossible to exist without compliance with these systems. I can […]
CIA “Ghost Murmur”
April 8th, 2026The alleged story about the rescue of a U.S. F-15 weapon system officer makes no sense at all. So, for whatever it’s worth… Via: New York Post: The CIA used a futuristic new tool called “Ghost Murmur” to find and rescue the second American airman who was shot down in southern Iran, The Post has […]
Apple Expands Age Verification to Singapore & South Korea
April 4th, 2026Via: Reclaim the Net: Apple’s identity verification demands are spreading across Asia. Starting in late March, the company expanded age verification requirements in both Singapore and South Korea, adding these countries to a growing list alongside the UK, where users must prove they’re adults before Apple lets them fully use their own devices. Singapore has […]
Anduril Operates Space Surveillance Network With Over 400 Telescopes Around the World
April 3rd, 2026Pictured: Orion – 30,000 miles above Earth on the Artemis II mission – separating from the rocket's upper stage. Anduril now has over 400 telescopes around the globe. Advanced space sensing software provides real-time focal plane processing to identify & track objects. Think… pic.twitter.com/0Iqwwlpirw — Anduril Industries (@anduriltech) April 3, 2026 Via: The National Interest: […]
Swedish Schools Getting Rid of Screens, Bringing Back Books
April 2nd, 2026Via: Undark: In 2023, the Swedish government announced that the country’s schools would be going back to basics, emphasizing skills such as reading and writing, particularly in early grades. After mostly being sidelined, physical books are now being reintroduced into classrooms, and students are learning to write the old-fashioned way: by hand, with a pencil […]
The McCasland Wave of Dead or Missing Scientists
April 1st, 2026Via: Daily Mail: Monica Reza, JPL’s Director of the Materials Processing Group, disappeared just four days before Casias while hiking with friends in California’s Angeles National Forest. Along with working in the same high-profile NASA lab as Maiwald, Reza has also been directly tied to the disappearance of retired Air Force General William Neil McCasland, […]
Why the U.S. Navy Won’t Blast the Iranians and ‘Open’ Strait of Hormuz
March 31st, 2026Via: Responsible Statecraft: The era of carrier-dominated airpower is fading, as cheap, unmanned anti-ship weapons reshape naval warfare, whether US planners are ready for it or not. … The era of shore-based anti-access and area denial had arrived in the Persian Gulf. The balance between shore- and sea-based weapons had shifted in favor of shore-based […]
White House App Network Traffic Analysis
March 31st, 2026Via: atomic.computer: Of the 206 app-initiated requests captured (excluding iOS system traffic), only 48 (23%) went to whitehouse.gov. The other 158 (77%) went to third-party services including Elfsight, OneSignal, YouTube, Google DoubleClick, Facebook, and Twitter.
