Archive for the 'Technology' Category
If TaskRabbit Is the Future of Employment, the Employed Are Fucked
July 25th, 2014Welcome to the IT industry of the mid 2000s. Via: ValleyWag: The employment of the future is here, and it’s terrific for everyone except the people doing the work. TaskRabbit, which lets you outsource the things you don’t want to do to people who need money, is at the forefront of this chore revolution, and […]
JIBO “Family Robot”
July 25th, 2014Via: My Jibo:
Microsoft’s Station Q Researching Quantum Computing
July 25th, 2014Via: Tech Week Europe: Microsoft has set up a laboratory dedicated to producing quantum computers that will push computing power to a higher level. Station Q, based at the University of California, Santa Barbara will work on ways to construct machines with multiple quantum bits (qubits), under the leadership of Dr Michael Freedman, a mathematician […]
Germany: Typewriter Manufacturers See Boom in Sales
July 24th, 2014Via: The Local: German typewriter manufacturers are enjoying a boom in sales following the NSA spying scandal. A German defence manufacturer switched to typewriters last year, while last week a leading politician called for the government to use the old technology. The head of the parliamentary inquiry into spying by the US National Security Service […]
‘Back Doors’ Running on Every iOS Device
July 21st, 2014Via: ZDnet: Forensic scientist and author Jonathan Zdziarski has posted the slides (PDF) from his talk at the Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE/X) conference in New York called Identifying Backdoors, Attack Points, and Surveillance Mechanisms in iOS Devices. … According to one slide the iPhone is “reasonably secure” to a typical attacker and the iPhone […]
U.S. Terrorist Database Growing at Rapid Rate
July 19th, 2014Via: AP: The U.S. government is rapidly expanding the number of names it accepts for inclusion on its terrorist watch list, with more than 1.5 million added in the last five years, according to numbers divulged by the government in a civil lawsuit. About 99 percent of the names submitted are accepted, leading to criticism […]
Cheaper Thermoelectric Material to Hit Market Later This Year
July 17th, 2014Via: MIT Technology Review: California-based Alphabet Energy plans to begin selling a new type of material that can turn heat into electricity. Unlike previous thermoelectrics, as such materials are known, it is abundant, cheap, and nontoxic. Thermoelectric materials can turn a temperature difference into electricity by exploiting the flow of electrons from a warmer area […]
Ax Falls at Microsoft as Company Looks to Cut up to 18,000 Jobs
July 17th, 2014Via: Recode: Microsoft on Thursday announced it plans to cut up to 18,000 jobs this year–its deepest-ever cuts–as the company looked to digest its Nokia acquisition and reposition itself for the future. Following the Nokia acquisition, completed in April, Microsoft had roughly 127,104 employees, meaning the cuts could reduce nearly 15 percent of its workforce. […]
“Could a Brain Scan Protect U.S. Troops from Insider Attacks?”
July 17th, 2014I wonder if .gov will find domestic uses for this. How about having to put one of these on to be able to fly? Are you a loyal American, or a lone wolf terrorist? Maybe the Magic 8-Ball cap can tell. Via: DefenseOne: So, if you’re a U.S. soldier in Iraq or Afghanistan today, how […]
3D Printed Firearms? *Pfft* Check Out the AK with a Receiver Made from of a $2 Shovel
July 16th, 2014Via: Northeast Shooters: Receiver came out as straight as Liberace in drag thumbing through gay porn magazines. I do not however discriminate between straight AK receivers and those that chose different orientation. Research Credit: Pookie
