Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Feds Investigating People Who Watch Certain YouTube Videos, “It’s Unconstitutional, It’s Terrifying and It’s Happening Every Day”
March 23rd, 2024Via: Forbes: Federal investigators have ordered Google to provide information on all viewers of select YouTube videos, according to multiple court orders obtained by Forbes. Privacy experts from multiple civil rights groups told Forbes they think the orders are unconstitutional because they threaten to turn innocent YouTube viewers into criminal suspects. In a just-unsealed case […]
Boom Announces Successful Flight of XB-1 Demonstrator Aircraft
March 22nd, 2024Via: Boom: Today, Boom announced the successful flight of XB-1, the world’s first independently developed supersonic jet, at the Mojave Air & Space Port in Mojave, California. Like Overture, Boom’s supersonic airliner, XB-1 leverages state-of-the-art technologies to enable efficient supersonic flight including carbon fiber composites, advanced avionics, digitally-optimized aerodynamics, and an advanced supersonic propulsion system.
The Dawn of Neurowarfare
March 21st, 2024Via: Unlimited Hangout: The military is intensely interested in emerging neurotechnologies. The Pentagon’s research arm DARPA directly or indirectly funds about half of invasive neural interface technology companies in the US. In fact, as Niko McCarthy and Milan Cvitkovic highlight in their 2023 writeup of DARPA’s neurotechnology efforts that DARPA has initiated at least 40 […]
NRO “Ground Moving Target Indicator” Satellites to Track People and Vehicles
March 21st, 2024#longrangekillchains Via: Defense One: The National Reconnaissance Office is gearing up to launch new satellites that will enable the U.S. military and intelligence community to track moving vehicles and people from space. The Air Force wants to replace its aging E-8 JSTARS aircraft, which provide targeting data, with more survivable space assets and hand off […]
Intel Gets $20 Billion in U.S. Grants, Loans for Chip Plants
March 20th, 2024Via: Bloomberg: The US will award Intel Corp. $8.5 billion in grants and as much as $11 billion in loans to help fund an expansion of its semiconductor factories, marking the largest award from a program designed to reinvigorate the domestic chip industry. The package will support more than $100 billion in US investments from […]
CARCOSA: Secret Pentagon Program Echoes Pedophile Ring in “True Detective” Series
March 19th, 2024Via: The Intercept: The Pentagon is pursuing a high-tech program that will “minimize cognitive burden” on soldiers, according to budget documents released last week. The $40 million-plus classified program, codenamed “CARCOSA,” shares the same name as “the temple” in the first season of the HBO TV series “True Detective,” a place where an elite pedophile […]
Woman Sues National Park Service After Being Told She Can’t Use Cash to Pay Entry Fee
March 18th, 2024Via: The Defender: When Elizabeth Dasburg asked in an email how she could enter the Fort Pulaski National Monument in Georgia if she had only cash, she was told that the site, part of the U.S. National Park Service, could accept cards only. An employee suggested she go to the local grocery store or “big […]
Nightmare Fuel: Digital ID Wallet – Thales
March 18th, 2024Three years ago… “I’m Lucy’s best companion.” Via: Thales:
SpaceX Is Building Spy Satellite Network for U.S. Intelligence Agency, “No One Can Hide”
March 16th, 2024Via: Reuters: SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company and national security agencies. The network is being built by SpaceX’s Starshield business unit under a $1.8 […]
Mysterious Drones Swarmed Langley AFB For Weeks
March 16th, 2024Via: The War Zone: Langley Air Force Base, located in one of the most strategic areas of the country, across the Chesapeake Bay from the sprawling Naval Station Norfolk and the open Atlantic, was at the epicenter of waves of mysterious drone incursions that occurred throughout December. The War Zone has been investigating these incidents […]
