Archive for the 'Technology' Category
100x Faster Than Wi-Fi: Li-Fi, Light-Based Networking Standard Released
July 13th, 2023Via: Tom’s Hardware: Where Li-Fi shines (pun intended) is not just in its purported speeds as fast as 224 GB/s. Fraunhofer’s Dominic Schulz points out that as it works in an exclusive optical spectrum, this ensures higher reliability and lower latency and jitter. Moreover “Light’s line-of-sight propagation enhances security by preventing wall penetration, reducing jamming […]
Smartphones, Other Portable Electronics, Will Need to Have Replaceable Batteries by 2027
July 13th, 2023Most portable electronics are engineered to make replacing worn out rechargeable batteries very difficult. The goal has nothing to do with water resistance or, “What consumers demand,” and everything to do with causing people to buy new devices when the batteries will no longer hold a charge. I wear a Casio G-Shock G-9300 Mudman watch […]
Elon Musk’s New xAI Company Launches to ‘Understand the True Nature of the Universe’
July 12th, 2023Besides naming some employees, there isn’t much more information at this time. Via: The Verge: xAI, Elon Musk’s newly formed AI company, has revealed itself with a new website detailing its mission and team at https://x.ai/. Musk tweeted the company’s intent is to “understand reality” without any other details or explanation. “The goal of xAI […]
Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision Blizzard Can Proceed
July 11th, 2023Microsoft is now the Lockheed Martin of video games. Via: The Hill: A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard. Regulators sought to ax the deal saying it will hurt competition. U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said in […]
Britcoin CBDC ‘Could be Used to Check Ages and Nationalities’
July 9th, 2023Via: Telegraph: Rishi Sunak’s new “Britcoin” digital currency could be used to check shoppers’ ages or nationalities, a developer working on the project has said, amid mounting concerns over privacy. … Britcoin – known officially as central bank digital currency (CBDC) – is being developed jointly by the Bank of England and Treasury as an […]
Keep Useless People Happy with Drugs and Computer Games
July 8th, 2023Via: Yuval Noah Harari:
Meta’s Twitter Clone Launches, Immediately Censors Anyone with Unapproved Thoughts
July 8th, 2023That didn’t take long. Via: Not the Bee: Your thread on Threads has been removed… Goes against our guidelines… Are you sure you want to follow…
DoD Invokes Defense Production Act To Boost Metals Mining After China Export Controls
July 7th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: According to a Pentagon spokesperson cited by Reuters, the US Defense Department announced on Friday it is invoking the Defense Production Act to boost the domestic mining and processing capacity of two rare earth metals, gallium and germanium, critical for high-tech chip-making for the US defense industry. Reuters said the Pentagon has a […]
China Making Neurostrike Weapons, “To Disrupt Brain Functions and Influence Government Leaders or Entire Populations”
July 7th, 2023Via: The Washington Times: China‘s People’s Liberation Army is developing high-technology weapons designed to disrupt brain functions and influence government leaders or entire populations, according to a report by three open-source intelligence analysts. The weapons can be used to directly attack or control brains using microwave or other directed energy weapons in handheld guns or […]
Satire: AI Trump and Biden Debate 24/7
July 5th, 2023Via: Twitch – trumporbiden2024:
