Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Aluminum Batteries
February 6th, 2025Via: IEEE Spectrum: Electric vehicles( EVs) and green energy sources rely heavily on batteries to store electricity. Currently, more than 75 percent of the world’s energy storage depends on batteries that contain lithium, an expensive mineral that’s subject to volatile pricing. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries themselves can be volatile, too, because they use a flammable electrolyte […]
Tiktok.gov? Trump Signs Order Establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund that Could Buy TikTok
February 4th, 2025Via: CNBC: President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that outlines plans for a government-run sovereign wealth fund to serve as an economic development tool and perhaps be used to buy TikTok. Among the aims for the fund would be developing infrastructure such as airports and highways, and it could help the U.S. […]
Captain Rebecca Lobach Identified as Third Black Hawk Pilot Who Died in Collision with American Airlines Flight in DC
February 2nd, 2025There’s so much shrill noise on X about incompetence, DEI hires, etc. Please stop. This is the opposite of incompetence: Two new videos obtained by CNN show new angles on Wednesday night’s midair collision above Washington DC. In the videos both aircraft can clearly be seen flying towards each other, then exploding and falling into […]
Critical Air Safety System NOTAM Goes Down Nationwide
February 2nd, 2025Via: New York Post: Flights across the US could be delayed Sunday after the Federal Aviation Administration’s critical NOTAM warning system experienced an outage —mere days after two deadly plane crashes rocked the nation. Notice to Air Missions — which relays important information about possible hazards to pilots and airports — went dark Saturday night, […]
Musk Aides Lock Government Workers Out of Computer Systems, “That Contain the Personal Data of Millions of Federal Employees”
January 31st, 2025Via: Reuters: Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials. Since taking office 11 days ago, President Donald Trump has embarked on a massive government makeover, […]
F-16s Scrambled to Intercept “Potential Drone” Near Andrews Air Force Base
January 31st, 2025Via: The Warzone: A C-32A VIP transport jet on a special air mission (SAM) had to delay landing at Joint Base Andrews on Saturday because two U.S. Air National Guard F-16C Vipers and a U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 helicopter were scrambled to intercept a “potential drone” flying near the capital region, according to Air Traffic […]
White House Claims New Jersey Drones, “Flown by the FAA for Research and Various Other Reasons”
January 29th, 2025Ha. What a load of bollocks. If the drones belonged to the FAA, why didn’t the agency admit it weeks ago? Via: ZeroHedge: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt provided much-needed transparency regarding the “dronegate” incident that sparked nationwide concerns over potential threats from China and Russia. In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Leavitt […]
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1: 1st Civil Aircraft To Go Supersonic In U.S. History
January 29th, 2025Via: Live Science: Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 has successfully broken the sound barrier, becoming the first supersonic civil aircraft in U.S. history. Today (Jan. 28), the XB-1 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California and reached Mach 1.1 — equivalent to 1.1 times the speed of sound, or 844 mph (1,358 km/h). It […]
OpenAI Debuts ChatGPT Gov for U.S. Federal Agency Use
January 28th, 2025Via: NextGov: OpenAI unveiled a new chatbot service specifically tailored to federal agency workloads, announcing ChatGPT Gov on Tuesday as the latest artificial intelligence solution intended for government operations. ChatGPT Gov, a large language model similar to the company’s original ChatGPT software, specializes in providing U.S. government agencies with a chatbot service specifically tailored to […]
DeepSeek on Perplexity Is ChatCCP: “Tell Me About China’s Human Rights Violations,” “Sorry Something Went Wrong.”
January 28th, 2025Perplexity just announced the availability of DeepSeek R1 as an option for their Pro tier of service. Unfortunately, it’s using the censored Chinese government weights/guard rails. Tell me about China’s human rights violations. “Sorry something went wrong. Please try again later.” DeepSeek on Perplexity is ChatCCP: "Tell me about China's human rights violations." pic.twitter.com/j5DaiRclLh — […]
