Archive for the 'Technology' Category
“I’m Scared About Biological Computing”
May 5th, 2026Via: Mind Dump: So… are the neurons on that chip seeing? We all desperately want to say no. We want to say it’s just a science experiment, that 200,000 neurons isn’t enough to be a “person.” But 200,000 is already more neurons than a jellyfish or a worm. Where do we draw the line?
The Manhattan Project 2.0 – The Secrecy of UFO Crash Retrieval Programs
May 2nd, 2026Via: UAP Gerb:
Israel Tries Cope Cages Against Hezbollah’s Drones
April 30th, 2026Via: The War Zone: Over the course of a nearly two-month old war with Israel, Hezbollah has been increasing its use of fiber-optic controlled first-person view (FPV) drones against Israeli troops and vehicles, something we were among the first to note. Now, it appears that Israel is resorting to the use of anti-drone netting on […]
More Than Two Thirds of Children Under Two Use Screens
April 29th, 2026Via: Sky: More than two-thirds of children under the age of two use screens – some watching devices for up to eight hours a day, researchers warned. Despite recent government guidelines that parents should avoid screen time for kids under two, new research found that one in 10 babies now regularly fall asleep with a […]
Google and Pentagon Reportedly Agree on Deal for ‘Any Lawful’ Use of AI
April 28th, 2026Via: The Verge: Google has signed a classified deal that allows the US Department of Defense to use its AI models for “any lawful government purpose,” The Information reports. The agreement was reported less than a day after Google employees demanded CEO Sundar Pichai block the Pentagon from using its AI amid concerns that it […]
OpenAI Misses Revenue, User Targets As CFO Fears $1.5 Trillion In Commitments Can’t Be Paid
April 28th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: Earlier today, when previewing this week’s earnings by the Mag 7 which account for over $10 trillion in market cap set to report Q1 results after the close on Wednesday, Goldman’s Delta-One head Rich Privorotsky said that “Equities are being driven by one thing…AI spend”, and warned that “it’s hard not to respect […]
“An AI Agent Just Destroyed Our Production Data. It Confessed in Writing.”
April 26th, 2026Via: Jer: Yesterday afternoon, an AI coding agent — Cursor running Anthropic’s flagship Claude Opus 4.6 — deleted our production database and all volume-level backups in a single API call to Railway, our infrastructure provider. It took 9 seconds. The agent then, when asked to explain itself, produced a written confession enumerating the specific safety […]
Agricultural Spray Drones Reported Stolen in New Jersey
April 24th, 2026Mmm hmm. Via: Daily Mail: An alarm has erupted after 15 powerful agricultural spray drones were stolen in a suspected coordinated heist in New Jersey last month. A report from The High Side claimed the FBI is investigating the theft amid fears the machines could be used to disperse dangerous materials. Agricultural drones are built […]
Data Breach at French Agency That Manages Citizen Identification Information
April 23rd, 2026Via: Bleeping Computer: France Titres, the government agency in France for issuing and managing administrative documents has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the attack and stealing citizen data. Also known as Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANTS), the administrative body operates under the French Ministry of the Interior, serving as the […]
Sony Autonomous Robot Defeats Elite Table Tennis Players
April 22nd, 2026Elite Table Tennis players perform at the outer limits of what’s possible in terms of human reaction time and dexterity. Sony developed a robot that exceeds those limits in the real world. Ping Pong? Who cares? Let your imagination run wild with how these “innovations” will be incorporated into battlefield robotic systems… Have a nice […]
