Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Google’s Self-Driving Car on City Streets
April 28th, 2014Via: Google:
Cody Wilson: Happiness Is a 3-D Printed Gun
April 28th, 2014About two thirds of the way through the interview, he talks about Bitcoin, and I’d really like the handful of people out there who continue to think of Bitcoin as some sort of magic, anonymous money/transaction system to pay very close attention. One more time: It isn’t. Now, do I think his Dark Wallet thing […]
China: Ten Recycled Concrete Houses 3D-Printed in 24 Hours [???]
April 28th, 2014đŻ Via: International Business Times: A Chinese construction firm based in Shanghai has succeeded in building 10 houses each measuring 200 square metres in 24 hours by using an enormous 3D printer. The houses are all eco-friendly and constructed from 3D-printed building blocks made from layers of recycled construction waste and glass fibre and mixed […]
Critical Flaw Allows Attackers to Take Control of Windows XP Systems
April 27th, 2014I thought we would see something like this within a week of XP’s 8 April end of life date. It took a bit longer. I’m pretty sure that I won’t post any more about this issue. It just worries me to see so many of you continuing to visit Cryptogon on browsers (especially MS Internet […]
The Desperate Hustle as a Way of Life
April 27th, 2014Via: City Paper: Here is the future: nobody gets any job security. Nobody gets a fair wage while they have a job. Nobody gets a retirement fund or even any guarantee theyâll be able to eat tomorrow. And almost everyone is doing everything they can just to get byâand paying some substantial portion of their […]
Japan’s Plan for Centimeter-Resolution GPS
April 26th, 2014Via: IEEE: A stranger to Tokyo could easily get lost in its urban canyons. And GPS navigation, stymied by low resolution and a blocked view of the sky, might not be much help. But that wonât be the case after 2018. Engineers at Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp. report that theyâre on track to start up […]
The End Of Net Neutrality
April 25th, 2014Via: Huffington Post: The new rules would allow companies like Netflix to pay Internet providers to stream their videos and other content more quickly. That could create two lanes on the Internet, fast super-highways that big tech companies can afford and a bumpy backroad where less fortunate websites dwell, consumer advocates say. Verizon, which sued […]
Apple, Google to Pay $324 Million to Settle Conspiracy Lawsuit
April 25th, 2014Via: Reuters: Four major tech companies including Apple and Google have agreed to pay a total of $324 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to hold down salaries in Silicon Valley, sources familiar with the deal said, just weeks before a high profile trial had been scheduled to begin. Tech workers filed […]
Feds Beg Supreme Court to Let Them Search Phones Without a Warrant
April 24th, 2014Via: Wired: American law enforcement has long advocated for universal âkill switchesâ in cellphones to cut down on mobile device thefts. Now the Department of Justice argues that the same remote locking and data-wiping technology represents a threat to police investigationsâone that means they should be free to search phones without a warrant. In a […]
Smart Wind and Solar Power
April 24th, 2014Via: MIT Technology Review: Big data and artificial intelligence are producing ultra-accurate forecasts that will make it feasible to integrate much more renewable energy into the grid.
