Archive for the 'Technology' Category
SpaceX Starlink Will Offer Mobile Phone Services on Existing Handsets Starting in 2024
November 2nd, 2023Via: The Verge: SpaceX has published a new webpage to promote its upcoming “Starlink Direct to Cell” service that plans to offer cellular connectivity to “existing LTE phones” via satellite. The website, which PCMag reports went live earlier this week, notes that the service will initially be limited to texting services in 2024, with voice […]
The Spy in Your Phone
October 27th, 2023This is a couple of years old and has been covered extensively on Cryptogon, but it sums up a lot of information. Via: Al Jazeera: Related: Finding You: The Network Effect of Telecommunications Vulnerabilities for Location Disclosure
GM Cruise Unit Suspends All Driverless Operations After California Ban
October 26th, 2023Via: Reuters: General Motors’ driverless car unit Cruise said late Thursday it will suspend all operations nationwide after California regulators this week ordered the robotaxi operator to remove its driverless cars from state roads. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Tuesday said Cruise driverless vehicles were a risk to the public and that the […]
Nvidia to Make Arm-Based PC Chips
October 24th, 2023Via: Reuters: Nvidia dominates the market for artificial intelligence computing chips. Now it is coming after Intel’s longtime stronghold of personal computers. Nvidia has quietly begun designing central processing units (CPUs) that would run Microsoft’s Windows operating system and use technology from Arm Holdings, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The AI chip […]
Louis Rossmann: Grayjay
October 23rd, 2023Grayjay is fantastic. I installed Grayjay from the source on their site, not Google’s Play Store. I don’t normally use YouTube from my phone, because the official app and all of the ads make for a terrible experience. Also, the official app requires the phone’s display to be turned on during playback, and I mostly […]
After Russia Pulls Out of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, U.S. Conducts Experiment to Improve “Detection of Underground Nuclear Explosive Tests”
October 22nd, 2023Via: Fox: The U.S. conducted a high-explosive experiment at a nuclear test site in Nevada hours after Russia revoked a ban on atomic-weapons testing, which Moscow said would put it on par with the United States. Wednesday’s test used chemicals and radioisotopes to “validate new predictive explosion models” that can help detect atomic blasts in […]
Off Topic: Cattails: A Wildwood Story
October 22nd, 2023Very briefly, if you have children who like cats, consider a new and very nice video game called Cattails: A Wildwood Story. My daughter has read all of the Warrior Cats books and tells me that the people who made the game must be fans of those books. So, if your child likes the Warrior […]
Israeli Merkava Tanks Appear With ‘Cope Cage’ Armor
October 16th, 2023Via: The Warzone: Israeli Merkava tanks have emerged with metal armor screens on top of their turrets as the country continues to prepare for a major ground assault into the Gaza Strip. The Russian military was the first to employ this kind of add-on armor, often derisively referred to as “cope cages,” on tanks and […]
This Is Not Just About the Border…
October 14th, 2023The border is wide open for illegal immigration and, “As an American citizen, I’m expected to let a TSA agent go to second base on me simply because I want to get on a plane.” … “They are locking this place down, and it’s going to be for everyone.” Via: Truthstream Media:
Project Kuiper: Amazon Launches First Internet Satellites
October 7th, 2023Via: PC World: Amazon’s prototypes for Project Kuiper successfully lifted off into space on Friday, setting the stage for the first space-based tests of the satellite internet service. The two prototype satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, rode onboard an Atlas V rocket from Amazon’s partner, United Launch Alliance. … Once the tests are completed, the company […]
