Archive for the 'Technology' Category
San Francisco’s North Beach Streets Briefly Clogged with Malfunctioning Robotaxis
August 14th, 2023I love it. Via: Los Angeles Times: One day after California green-lighted a massive expansion of driverless robotaxis in San Francisco, the implications became clear. At about 11 p.m. Friday, as many as 10 Cruise driverless taxis blocked two narrow streets in the center of the city’s lively North Beach bar and restaurant district. All […]
European Union Mandates Easily Replaceable Batteries for Mobile Devices
August 13th, 2023I recently went through this again with a portable bluetooth speaker. The battery was worn out and the speaker was not user serviceable. I managed to pull it apart. It had definitely been engineered to make replacing the battery difficult. Imagine having that job! Your job is to come up with ways to prevent the […]
“Lawful But Not Awful” X CEO Linda Yaccarino Unveils New Orwellian ‘X’ Content Moderation Contrary to Elon Musk’s Own Remarks
August 12th, 2023Have you guys figured that it's a big game of good cop (Elon who "loves" free speech) and bad cop (Linda who wants to censor based on vague terms) to keep the frogs in the pot just long enough that people don't notice that they are turning it into American WeChat? https://t.co/9K04PEURVG — Whitney Webb […]
Metal Stamping in America
August 8th, 2023I’m going to have my children watch this for homeschool and I thought some of you might like it. Via: Smarter Every Day:
Zoom Can Use Customer-Generated Content to Train AI Models
August 7th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: Zoom has added a clause to its Terms-of-Service (TOS) which allows the video conferencing company to use customer-generated content for any purpose they see fit, including to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, with no opt-out.
‘No Limit’: Elon Musk Says He’ll Fund Lawsuits Against Employers Who Fire Workers Over Their Twitter History
August 6th, 2023Via: Information Liberation: Elon Musk put out a call on Saturday for folks to contact Twitter/X if they “were unfairly treated” by their employer “due to posting or liking something on this platform” as he will help them sue and fund their legal bills with “no limit.” “If you were unfairly treated by your employer […]
Will Browsers Be Required By Law To Stop You From Visiting Infringing Sites?
August 5th, 2023Via: TechDirt: Mozilla’s Open Policy & Advocacy blog has news about a worrying proposal from the French government: In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. Article 6 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force browser […]
Las Vegas Approves 68 Miles of Underground Transportation Tunnels
August 3rd, 2023Via: Las Vegas Review Journal: The Elon Musk-owned Boring Company plans to build out an underground transportation system in Las Vegas featuring 81 stations and 68 miles of tunnels, after an expansion approval. The Las Vegas City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved the Boring Co.’s plan to expand the system in the city’s jurisdiction, mainly […]
South Korean LK-99 Superconductor Possibly Real, Replication Efforts Ongoing
August 2nd, 2023Interestingly, the South Korean LK-99 superconductor patent cites a U.S. Navy superconductor patent from 2017. The inventor on the U.S. Navy patent is Salvatore Cezar Pais. We met Pais when The Drive reported on a series of exotic technology patents filed by the U.S. Navy: Over the last six months, The War Zone has been […]
MIT Engineers Create an Supercapacitor from Very Common Materials
August 1st, 2023This is fascinating, but keep in mind that the energy density is very low. I don’t know where the average household energy use is 10kwh per day, as stated in the article below, but in the U.S., it’s about 30kwh per day. Via: MIT News: Made of cement, carbon black, and water, the device could […]
