Archive for the 'Technology' Category
BlackRock CEO: Rise Of The Machines Will Go Easier In Countries With Declining Populations
May 2nd, 2024NEW – BlackRock CEO: "The social problems that one will have in substituting humans for machines is going to be far easier in those countries that have declining populations."pic.twitter.com/6umP1JnLQ0 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 2, 2024 Via: The Sociable: Blackrock CEO Larry Fink tells the World Economic Forum (WEF) that developed countries with shrinking populations will […]
War Zone Surveillance Technology Is Hitting American Streets
May 1st, 2024Via: NOTUS: Big Brother isn’t just watching you: He’s using your cell phone, smartwatch, wireless earbuds, car entertainment systems and license plates to track your location in real time. Contracting records and notes from local government meetings obtained by NOTUS show that federal and state Homeland Security grants allow local law enforcement agencies to surveil […]
Astribot S1
April 28th, 2024Impressive, if real. Via: Astribot:
Feds Still Refusing to Release Details of 2022 Raid on Area 51 Blogger
April 27th, 2024Via: KLAS:
And Now… AI Assisted Police Reports
April 24th, 2024Via: Forbes: American cops are increasingly leaning on artificial intelligence to assist with policing, from AI models that analyze criminal patterns to drones that can fly themselves. Now, a GPT-4 powered AI can do one of their less appealing jobs: filing paperwork. On Tuesday, Axon, the $22 billion police contractor best known for manufacturing the […]
How Proposed Legislation Might Pave the Way for Online Age Verification and Digital ID
April 23rd, 2024Via: Reclaim the Net: Bipartisan legislative efforts are underway in the US House of Representatives to adopt new versions of two laws originally drawn up to deal with the safety of youth online. But the fear is that the bills introduced now – H.R.7891, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and H.R. 7890, the Children […]
Robot Dog with Flamethrower Attached
April 23rd, 2024Comedy Gold: “Clearing snow and ice from your driveway” Via: New York Post: A company have unveiled a robot dog companion — with flamethrower attached. Throwflame say the Thermonator is the first-ever flame-throwing quadruped robot dog. … The Ohio-based firm have announced the $9,420 bot is available for purchase by the general public and government […]
How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex
April 23rd, 2024Via: Brown University: Over the past decade, the center of America’s military-industrial complex has been slowly shifting from the Capital Beltway to Silicon Valley. Although much of the Pentagon’s $886 billion budget is spent on conventional weapon systems, and goes to well-established defense giants such as Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Boeing, and […]
Pentagon Speeding Up Work On First New Nuclear Warhead In 40 Years
April 19th, 2024I feel safer already. Via: Washington Times: The United States is building the first new nuclear warhead in 40 years but will do so without nuclear testing, Energy Department officials told Congress on Wednesday. The W93 warhead will be used on submarine-launched ballistic missiles and is being built with $19.8 billion requested by the National […]
Boston Dynamics: Atlas 2.0
April 18th, 2024Via: Daily Mail: Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new version of its Atlas humanoid robot, showing its creepy movements that make it look like something out of a sci-fi horror movie. The Massachusetts-based robotics company shared a video of the latest humanoid, showing it pulling its leg behind its heads to stand up – in […]
