Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Rental Giant Hertz Dumps EVs, Buys Gas Cars
January 11th, 2024Via: Reuters: Rental firm Hertz Global Holdings (HTZ.O) said on Thursday it would sell about 20,000 electric vehicles, including Teslas, from its U.S. fleet due to higher expenses related to collision and damage, and will opt for gas-powered vehicles.
U.S. SEC Approves Bitcoin ETFs
January 11th, 2024I hope everyone who invests in these understands that they’re getting no actual Bitcoins. Via: Reuters: The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday approved the first U.S.-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) to track bitcoin, in a watershed for the world’s largest cryptocurrency and the broader crypto industry. The Securities and Exchange Commission said it approved 11 […]
DARPA’s Air-Steered X-65 Jet
January 11th, 2024Via: The Register: The latest experimental DARPA aircraft, which is designed to maneuver without the need for moving parts, is headed to the manufacturing stage and could be flying as soon as next year. The X-65 is being built by Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences, who scored a contract with the Defense Department last year […]
Google: Upcoming “Sensitive Event”
January 11th, 2024Via: Paul Watson:
VW Claims Solid State Battery Made By QuantumScape Only Lost 5% Capacity After 1000 Charge Cycles
January 7th, 2024As someone who has wanted to believe the solid state battery hype over the last decade, it’s a bit like waiting for fusion power plants to spring up. Via: PC World: Volkswagen did not create the new battery; it was developed by QuantumScape, a California-based battery technology company. QuantumScape provided a prototype to Volkswagen Group-owned […]
Whitney Webb: Foreign Intelligence Affiliated CTI League Poses Major National Security Risk To The Most Critical U.S. Infrastructure
January 4th, 2024Via: Kim Iversen: Research Credit: Snowman
Microsoft Adding an AI Key to PC Keyboards
January 4th, 2024Microsoft can pry my right CTRL key from my cold, dead fingers. Via: Ars Technica: Microsoft pushed throughout 2023 to add generative AI capabilities to its software, even extending its new Copilot AI assistant to Windows 10 late last year. Now, those efforts to transform PCs at a software level is extending to the hardware: […]
The New Blue Screen Of Death? “Your Vehicle Cannot Be Driven”
December 31st, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Gone are the days of Windows 95; heading into the year 2024, there’s an entirely new “blue screen of death” people apparently need to be watching out for – in their cars. This week a photo went viral on social media purporting to […]
Ukraine Plans to Flood Battlefield with Locally Made First-Person View Drones
December 22nd, 2023Via: The Warzone: Kyiv says it plans to manufacture around a million first-person view (FPV) drones next year, as part of expanding efforts to build uncrewed aircraft of different types. Used for reconnaissance and attack, the FPV drone is a weapon that has had a significant impact on the battlefield, as well as producing some […]
Chinese Spaceplane Has Released Multiple Mystery Objects In Orbit
December 22nd, 2023Via: The Warzone: China’s shadowy miniature spaceplane appears to have deployed at least six objects into orbit while conducting its latest mission, its third. The reusable space vehicle, which is understood to be broadly comparable to the U.S. Space Force’s X-37B, clearly has military applications, although the exact nature of its payloads remains mysterious. The […]
