Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Warning Issued Over Attacks on Internet Infrastructure
February 23rd, 2019Keep this in mind: Russia to Disconnect from Internet to Test Cyber Defenses. Via: AFP: Key parts of the internet infrastructure face large-scale attacks that threaten the global system of web traffic, the internet’s address keeper warned Friday. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) declared after an emergency meeting “an ongoing and […]
Neuroscientists Say They’ve Found an Entirely New Form of Neural Communication
February 18th, 2019Make sure everyone is bathed in directed energy weapon beams 5G network signals. Via: ScienceAlert: What they found was that slow periodic activity can generate electric fields which in turn activate neighbouring cells, constituting a form of neural communication without chemical synaptic transmission or gap junctions. “We’ve known about these waves for a long time, […]
Cities Cannot Stop 5G Implementation [???]
February 13th, 2019Maybe they need to talk to the people in Marin County to see how it’s done: California: Three City Councils in Marin County Vote to Stop Installing Harmful 5G Towers Via: Richard Dolan:
Russia to Disconnect from Internet to Test Cyber Defenses
February 11th, 2019Via: BBC: Russia is considering whether to disconnect from the global internet briefly, as part of a test of its cyber-defences. The test will mean data passing between Russian citizens and organisations stays inside the nation rather than being routed internationally. A draft law mandating technical changes needed to operate independently was introduced to its […]
Volkswagen Will Use Tesla Batteries at U.S. Car-Charging Stations
February 5th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: Tesla Inc.’s battery systems will be installed at more than 100 electric-vehicle U.S. charging stations this year. Electrify America, created by Volkswagen AG as part of a settlement from the automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal, said in an emailed statement Monday that it plans to add the Tesla Powerpack systems at charging stations across the […]
Minnesota: Extreme Cold Straining Xcel Energy’s Natural Gas System, Residents Urged To Turn Down Thermostat
January 31st, 2019Via: WCCO: Xcel Energy is advising residents in parts of central Minnesota north of the metro to turn down their thermostats and reduce their natural gas use. According to the energy provider, the extreme weather conditions have resulted in a “significant” strain on Xcel Energy’s natural gas system. “We need those in Becker, Big Lake, […]
Petro Canada Starts Deploying Its Own Electric Vehicle Chargers at Gas Stations
January 22nd, 2019Via: Electrek: Petro Canada, formerly a state-owned oil company in Canada but now part of Suncor, becomes the latest oil company to get involved in electric vehicle charging. … Shell is arguably leading the charge through its involvement in the new Ionity charging network in Europe. The company is building its own chargers at its […]
911 Emergency Services Go Down Across the U.S. After CenturyLink Outage
December 28th, 2018Via: TechCrunch: 911 emergency services in several states across the U.S. remain down after a massive outage at a CenturyLink data center. The outage began after 12pm ET on Thursday, according to CenturyLink’s status page, and continues to cause disruption across 911 call centers. Some states have seen their services restored. CenturyLink has not said […]
Google’s Earth: How the Tech Giant Is Helping the State Spy On Us
December 20th, 2018Via: Guardian: The purchase of Keyhole was a milestone for Google, marking the moment the company stopped being a purely consumer-facing internet company and began integrating with the US government. When Google bought Keyhole, it also acquired an In-Q-Tel executive named Rob Painter, who came with deep connections to the world of intelligence and military […]
Megapack: Tesla Making Shipping Container Sized Battery for Utility Scale Energy Storage
December 15th, 2018They’re going into a 1.2 GWh project in California. 1.2 GWh… Via: Electrek: Electrek has learned some exclusive information about Tesla’s Megapack, the company’s upcoming new stationary energy storage product. The big new battery system is going to debut at Tesla’s giant 1.2 GWh energy storage project with PG&E in California. As we reported earlier […]
