Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Microsoft Partners with SpaceX to Connect Azure Cloud to Musk’s Starlink Satellite Internet
October 20th, 2020SpaceX is a major DoD contractor. Microsoft is a major DoD contractor. Better broadband for people in rural areas? This is definitely one for your, Yes, but wait, there’s more… file folder. Via: CNBC: Microsoft is partnering with SpaceX to connect the tech giant’s Azure cloud computing network to the growing Starlink satellite internet service […]
Government Documents See Risk of Surprise EMP Attack
October 11th, 2020Via: It’s [redacted]:
SpaceX’s Starlink Satellites Could Make U.S. Army Navigation Hard to Jam
September 29th, 2020Via: MIT Technology Review: SpaceX has already launched more than 700 Starlink satellites, with thousands more due to come online in the years ahead. Their prime mission is to provide high-speed internet virtually worldwide, extending it to many remote locations that have lacked reliable service to date. Now, research funded by the US Army has […]
911 Lines Down Across U.S.
September 28th, 2020Via: Sun: POLICE departments across the country Monday night reported their 911 systems nonoperational – and it’s reportedly due to a Microsoft Office 360 outage. “As of 5 p.m., City phones and emails are experiencing intermittent outages related to a larger Microsoft 365 outage,” the City of Redmond, Washington tweeted. “We are hoping the issue […]
Why Are Oil and Gas Companies Investing in Nuclear Fusion?
September 18th, 2020In other words: Complex, expensive, centralized infrastructure is par for the course for oil companies. Via: GTM: Betting on fusion looks like a long shot for oil and gas companies, which are increasingly focused on here-today energy plays such as offshore wind and longer-term bets like green hydrogen. But oil and fusion may have more […]
NSA Chief Who Oversaw Sweeping Domestic Phone Surveillance Joins Amazon Board As Director
September 9th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: Just days after Amazon published a scathing letter slamming President Trump for not allowing the American multinational tech company to get the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, which instead was awarded to Microsoft, Amazon’s board has just appointed former NSA head and retired general of the US Army Keith B. […]
New Zealand Is About to Test Long-Range Wireless Power Transmission
September 9th, 2020Via: Singularity Hub: Now, if New Zealand startup Emrod has its way, Tesla and Marconi’s dreams may merge. The company is building a system to wirelessly beam power over long distances. Earlier this month, Emrod received funding from Powerco, New Zealand’s second biggest utility, to conduct a test of its system at a grid-connected commercial […]
Gravitricity: Gravity Energy Project to Generate Electricity by Plunging Heavy Weights Down Disused Mine Shafts
September 8th, 2020This seems like an interesting idea. It’s a bit like pumped hydro, but without the requirement of elevated water storage. Via: Newsweek: An energy project that will generate electrical power using gravity, by raising and lowering heavy weights down mine shafts, could spark into action next year. U.K.-based Gravitricity said in a press release that […]
The Air Force Just Tested “Robot Dogs” For Use In Base Security
September 8th, 2020Bonus: Another one for your Starlink Is Mainly for Rural Internet Access *wink* file folder. Via: The Warzone: They look like they were cast straight from an episode of Black Mirror, and eventually, their mission could be similar in some ways, but for now, robot dogs are stretching their legs in the big test exercise […]
Dozens More Mystery Drone Incursions Over U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Revealed
September 8th, 2020Via: Forbes: I recently described how a swarm of drones flew in a restricted area at Palo Verde Nuclear Power Plant on two successive nights last September. A new cache of documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FoIA) reveals how 24 nuclear sites suffered at least 57 drone incursions from 2015 to 2019 […]
