Archive for the 'Technology' Category
‘Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Can Turn Into a PC with Its DeX Dock’
March 29th, 2017*sigh* Via: The Verge: Samsung, like Motorola and Microsoft before it, is trying to turn a phone into a PC. Samsung’s Galaxy S8 will pair with a new Samsung Desktop Experience (DeX) dock accessory to morph into a desktop PC-like environment. The specialized dock, that looks like a candle holder, supports a monitor connection via […]
The 265 Members of Congress Who Sold You Out to ISPs, and How Much It Cost to Buy Them
March 29th, 2017Hint: Not much. Via: The Verge: Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason for this being in the interest of Americans, except for vague platitudes about “consumer choice” and “free markets,” as if consumers at […]
Daimler Moving Electric Car Plans Forward by Three Years
March 29th, 2017Via: Reuters: Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler (DAIGn.DE) is accelerating its electric car program, it said on Wednesday after announcing that it had failed to cut fleet emissions in Europe for the first time since 2007. Daimler put its emissions numbers down to customers increasing preference for sports utility vehicles (SUVs), which tend to be more polluting […]
Domino’s Will Begin Using Robots to Deliver Pizzas in Europe
March 29th, 2017Via: Bloomberg: Starship Technologies, the London-based company that has created six-wheeled self-driving delivery robots, will begin taking customers Domino’s pizzas in Germany and the Netherlands. Starship, launched in July 2014 by two former Skype co-founders, Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis, will whisk pizzas to customers’ doors if they live within a one-mile radius of certain […]
‘We Are the Biological Boot-Loader for Digital Super-Intelligence’
March 27th, 2017While centered around Elon Musk, this piece also takes a broader look at where AI is headed, and some of the personalities involved. Everyone has heard of AI, but superintelligence is where the crazy comes out. If you don’t know what superintelligence is, and you like stuff that straddles the line between sci-fi and fantasy, […]
The Privacyless, Freedomless Smart City of 2030 the Elite Are Engineering
March 27th, 2017Via: Truthstream Media: Research Credit: rb
Uber to Suspend Autonomous Tests After Arizona Accident
March 26th, 2017Via: Bloomberg: Uber Technologies Inc. is suspending its self-driving car program after one of its autonomous vehicles was involved in a high-impact crash in Tempe, Arizona, the latest incident for a company reeling from multiple crises. In a photo posted on Twitter, one of Uber’s Volvo self-driving SUVs is pictured on its side next to […]
‘Wright Brothers Moment for Space’
March 24th, 2017Via: Bloomberg: If the rocket Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects to launch next week looks familiar, that’s because it is. The Falcon 9 rocket slated to take off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, has flown before, marking the first time Space Exploration Technologies Corp. will refly one of the 14-story-tall boosters it recovered […]
Apple Investigating Accessory that Turns iPhone, iPad Into Full-Fledged Touchscreen Laptop
March 23rd, 2017It’s a shit sandwich all around in the general purpose computing world. It’s a very serious worry, because I see the least capable computer users (most computer users, in other words) fully embracing swipetard devices and operating systems, which are mainly intended to serve as tamper proof vending machines and surveillance platforms. —Windows 10 Is […]
Apple Says Recent Wikileaks CIA Docs Detail Old, Fixed iPhone and Mac Exploits
March 23rd, 2017Great, I wonder what’s in the other 99% of the Vault 7 docs… Via: TechCrunch: We have preliminarily assessed the Wikileaks disclosures from this morning. Based on our initial analysis, the alleged iPhone vulnerability affected iPhone 3G only and was fixed in 2009 when iPhone 3GS was released. Additionally, our preliminary assessment shows the alleged […]
