Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Anduril Thunder: Autonomous Attack Rotorcraft
July 20th, 2026Via: The War Zone: Anduril has revealed a new hybrid-electric-powered tiltrotor combat drone called Thunder, which it has developed in partnership with Archer Aviation. Thunder is envisioned as a highly autonomous pilotless wingman able to fly fast and low in formation with crewed helicopters and tiltrotors like the AH-64 Apache and MV-75 Cheyenne II. The […]
How Texas Police Spent $4.5 Million on Four Chevy Tahoes
July 19th, 2026Via: The Drive: It’s hard to make a 2026 Chevy Tahoe cost more than a million dollars. Until you start packing it with military-grade public surveillance technology. Ominous Israeli surveillance tech is now being deployed on American roads. FalcoNet, brought to you by a company called Cognyte (Israel’s Palantir rival), secretly tracks people by intercepting […]
People Recording Themselves Doing Housework to Train AI for Robots
July 18th, 2026Via: Joanna Stern:
Kimi K3
July 18th, 2026Trillion dollar valuations on U.S. AI companies… while Chinese companies are running knowledge distillation operations and then releasing competitive models for free… Hmm. While nobody is claiming that Kimi K3 is better, overall, than top proprietary systems, companies can potentially run it in their own data centers. If companies are spending tens or hundreds of […]
Truth Social to Sell Trading Firms ‘Fastest’ Access to Trump’s Posts
July 16th, 2026It’s not enough that Trump’s inner circle is able to front load cupcakes based on his posts. He now wants to monetize slightly faster access to that information so others can front load—you know, after his inner circle has front loaded. Keep in mind that, “A significantly faster pace than a regular push notification” might […]
Microsoft Generates Device-Specific ID Linked to User’s Microsoft Account, Telemetry Can Report All Websites Visited to Microsoft
July 15th, 2026Via: tom’sHARDWARE: The Internet is buzzing over news that 19-year-old Estonian “hacker” Peter Stokes got nabbed by the authorities and extradited to the U.S. on digital crime charges, mostly thanks to Microsoft Windows’ built-in telemetry. The FBI seemingly subpoenaed Microsoft, which coughed up telemetry logs that contained both Stokes’ GDID (Global Device Identifier) and websites […]
IBM Stock Loses 25%, Worst Day on Record
July 15th, 2026Via: CNBC: International Business Machines shares plummeted 25% on Tuesday after the hardware, software and consulting provider released preliminary second-quarter results that fell short of expectations. The stock logged its worst day on record, sinking further than its previous worst day of Oct. 19, 1987, when shares fell 23.7%. Records track trading activity back to […]
Japan Tests Reusable Rocket Prototype
July 14th, 2026Via: The Mainichi: Japan’s space agency tested a prototype of a reusable rocket in Akita Prefecture in the country’s northeast on Saturday, paving the way for cutting the costs of future space launches. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s RV-X rocket landed successfully after reaching a maximum height of around 11 meters and moving about 16 […]
Data Centers Have Already Hiked Electricity Prices on the Public by $23 Billion
July 14th, 2026Via: Fortune: Many major tech companies have pledged to pay their fair share of the costs associated with generating and transmitting more electricity to serve large data centers. But ratepayers across the United States are worried about the potential costs they might have to bear. That’s because it’s not immediately clear how the cost of […]
Painted E-Tattoos: Working Electrodes, “Future of Wearable Biosensors”
July 14th, 2026Via: Ars Technica: Scientists at Pennsylvania State University have developed a novel conductive ink that can be painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, turning into a functional electrode for biomonitoring after drying.
