Archive for the 'Technology' Category
“Mechazilla Has Caught the Booster”: SpaceX Recovered Super Heavy Rocket Booster with Grabbing Arm on Launch Pad
October 13th, 2024“This is absolutely insane. On the first ever attempt, we have successfully caught the Super Heavy booster back at the launch tower.” Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! pic.twitter.com/6R5YatSVJX — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024
Open Source Maintainers Underpaid, Swamped by Security, Going Gray
October 12th, 2024Via: The Register: The majority of open source project maintainers are not being paid for their work, spend three times as much time on security than they did three years ago, and have become less trusting of contributors following the xz backdoor, according to open source package security firm Tidelift. Small wonder then that the […]
Anduril Industries: Bolt & Bolt-M
October 9th, 2024What percentage of the parts that comprise these systems are made in China? Update: Answer: Low Dependence on Chinese Parts: The company has reduced its spending on parts from China to just 0.2% of its total supplier budget. Via: Anduril Industries: Related: Anduril’s Roadrunner Drone Hunting Drone Gets Expanded Order From Pentagon
“Immaculate Constellation”: Shellenberger Claims Another Pentagon Whistleblower Is Giving Details About UFO Crash Retrievals and Reverse Engineering to Congress
October 9th, 2024Via: News Nation: A leaked whistleblower report says the Pentagon is operating a secret UFO retrieval program called “Immaculate Constellation,” according to independent journalist Michael Shellenberger. The report revealed for the first time the name of an alleged UAP program, stating that the executive branch has been managing UAP issues without congressional knowledge or oversight, […]
Flashback 2018: Google Tracks Phone Locations Without SIM Cards or Network Connections
October 8th, 2024I’ve posted hundreds of stories about mobile phone surveillance, especially as it relates to position tracking. This story is somewhere in my archives, but I was not able to find it. Thanks to Cryptogon reader B for sending this to me. How Much Info Is Google Getting from Your Phone? Fox Report Weekend February 11, […]
Google Will Track Your Location ‘Every 15 Minutes’ — ‘Even With GPS Disabled’
October 7th, 2024I went looking for an old Cryptogon post with a video in which a reporter turns off all the radios on an Android phone and travels around a city with it. A security researcher intercepted what Android sent back to Google when the device was back on the Internet. The phone perfectly tracked the reporter’s […]
Beneficial Soil Fungus Thrives in Presence of White Noise
October 3rd, 2024Via: Science Alert: Fungi may not have ears, but their growth appears to be tuned to the noises of their surroundings. When a high-frequency monotone crackle, like that of radio static, is played to the fungus species, Trichoderma harzianum, researchers have found the organism grows and produces spores much faster than is typical – almost […]
Autonomous Food Delivery Robot Attempts to Navigate Homeless Camps in Los Angeles
October 3rd, 2024Californians: What’s the pay rate for the person who’s lucky enough to go around gathering up the disabled robots from the homeless camps? Via: Chasing Reality:
Exiled Brain Surgeon: DARPA Mind Control, Quantum Biology & Sunlight Medicine | Dr. Jack Kruse
October 1st, 2024Clip: Neurosurgeon Dr. Jack Kruse tells Danny Jones what he thinks the pandemic was really about. pic.twitter.com/mgsifX6joH — Champagne Joshi (@JoshWalkos) October 1, 2024 It will be interesting to see if YouTube censors this… Via: Danny Jones: Backup
“Modern Economy Rests On Single Road” In North Carolina Where Hurricane Collapsed Bridges
September 30th, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: In March, a Wharton professor who studies artificial intelligence and start-ups claimed on X, “The modern economy rests on a single road in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The road runs to the two mines that are the sole supplier of the quartz required to make the crucibles needed to refine silicon wafers.” Ethan […]
