Archive for the 'Technology' Category
NSA Official: Practical Quantum Computing Is Coming in 3 to 5 Years
April 4th, 2024My guess is that they already have it. Via: NextGov: Practical quantum computing tools are about 3 to 5 years out from workforce use and will likely be accessed through cloud based environments, a top National Security Agency official predicted at a Tuesday Palo Alto Networks public sector cybersecurity event. Neal Ziring, the NSA’s cybersecurity […]
Taiwan Earthquake: TSMC Resumes Production; No Damage to Most Critical Chip-Making Equipment
April 4th, 2024Good news. Via: Bloomberg: Taiwan’s semiconductor industry restarted operations and emergency personnel worked to help injured and trapped citizens as the island begins to recover from its worst earthquake in 25 years. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the leading producer of advanced chips for Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., said it would resume production less than […]
Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” Grocery Checkout AI Was Actually 1,000 Contractors in India
April 3rd, 2024Via: The Byte: Amazon is giving up with its unusual “Just Walk Out” technology, The Information reports, which allowed customers to simply put their shopping into their bags and leave the store without having to get in line at the checkout. The tech, which was only available at half of the e-commerce giant’s Amazon Fresh […]
TSMC, UMC EVACUATE CHIPMAKING LINES AFTER MAJOR TAIWAN QUAKE
April 2nd, 2024Via: Bloomberg: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and its closest rival evacuated factory areas after the biggest earthquake to hit its home island in 25 years, casting uncertainty over production at the world’s largest maker of advanced chips. TSMC, the main contract chipmaker to Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., moved staff out of certain areas and […]
First U.S. Army Unit Just Received Long Awaited M4 And M249 Replacements
March 31st, 2024Garand Thumb goes over the new SIGs. This is big departure from the the M-16/M-4 and M249 variants used for decades: Via: The Warzone: Troops from the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell have become the first to get the Army’s next-generation rifles and light machine guns chambered in the new 6.8mm round. This marks […]
OpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices from 15 Second Samples
March 30th, 2024Fifteen seconds? *pfft* Google AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds Microsoft’s New AI Can Simulate Anyone’s Voice with 3 Seconds of Audio Via: Ars Technica: Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an […]
“Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker”
March 30th, 2024The title of the article should be, “Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors’ Phones Exposed by Data Broker.” Via: Wired: Nearly 200 mobile devices of people who visited Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “pedophile island” in the years prior to his death left an invisible trail of data pointing back to their own homes and offices. Maps of these […]
FBI Agent Says He Hassles People ‘Every Day, All Day Long’ Over Facebook Posts
March 30th, 2024Via: Reason: The FBI spends “every day, all day long” interrogating people over their Facebook posts. At least, that’s what agents told Stillwater, Oklahoma, resident Rolla Abdeljawad when they showed up at her house to ask her about her social media activity. Three FBI agents came to Abdeljawad’s house and said that they had been […]
Army Mulls Introducing Robot Platoon Into Armored Brigades
March 27th, 2024Via: Defense One: The Army may introduce a drone and robotics platoon into its armored brigade combat teams, an Army leader announced Tuesday at the AUSA Global Force conference. … Ukraine and Russia have used drones since the start of the war. And both sides in the last year have also begun to use ground […]
Lara Logan Claims Her Government Sources Are Saying Baltimore Bridge Collapse Was An Attack, “We Are In An Undeclared War”
March 27th, 2024“Three to five years,” to restore access to the port? That sounds long to me. Does anyone know if that’s right? Via: Steve Bannon: In Other News: Contaminated Fuel? General Michael Flynn: Black Swan Event, Can’t Rule Out Terrorist Attack
