Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
Strong Solar Storm Caused GPS Readings to Suddenly Veer Off by 33 Feet
September 1st, 2026Via: Futurism: As detailed in a new paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, a team of scientists found that global navigation satellite systems experienced “significant positioning errors” of over 33 feet during the superstorm, “large enough to disrupt precision agriculture and autonomous transportation industries” across the continental United States. That’s enough risk to […]
Enterprises Building Their Own AI Infrastructure, Buying Up Apple Hardware
August 31st, 2026Commentary on Kimi K3 back in July: Trillion dollar valuations on U.S. AI companies… while Chinese companies are running knowledge distillation operations and then releasing competitive models for free… Hmm. While nobody is claiming that Kimi K3 is better, overall, than top proprietary systems, companies can potentially run it in their own data centers. If […]
How Marine Rifle Squads Plan To Fight Future Wars Dominated By Drones
August 28th, 2026Trillions of dollars went up in smoke on just the F-35 boondoggle as ground forces were left totally vulnerable to unsophisticated, inexpensive and devastating attacks. While nobody goes to prison for wasting trillions of dollars, a solution for whatever ails .mil is available for the low, low price of… Via: The War Zone: The ubiquity […]
Battle Damage Assessment of Iranian Attacks on U.S. Assets in Jordan
August 28th, 2026Via: Daily Mail:
SpaceX Starbase, Louisiana
August 25th, 2026Introducing Starbase, Louisiana – a high-cadence launch site that will enable Starship to open a pathway to the stars for humanity. Thank you to @LAGovJeffLandry and the great people of Louisiana for all of their support as we work together on this audacious project ?… pic.twitter.com/hq308hvg2g — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 25, 2026
U.S. Navy Live-Fire Tests Drone Sailboat With Missile Launcher
August 22nd, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: Once known primarily for capturing dramatic footage from inside hurricanes and tropical storms during the Atlantic hurricane season, Saildrone’s autonomous surface vessels have evolved into dual-use platforms that recently demonstrated the ability to deploy Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM). California-based Saildrone revealed in a press release that its unmanned surface vehicle (USV) launched two […]
Chinese Robot Runs 100m Sprint Quicker than Usain Bolt’s World Record
August 22nd, 2026Why run them into a padded barrier instead of slowing them down??? haha Via: Guardian: A ?robot named Lightning ?has run ?the 100m in 9.32 seconds, ?beating the human world ?record, China’s ?state broadcaster ?has reported. The humanoid, developed by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, ?reached a peak speed of 14.5 metres per second during […]
Current State of Battlefield Robots in Ukraine War
August 19th, 2026Mostly Chinese-made components + 3D printing + Starlink… Related: U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine’s Drones Won.
“AI Native,” College Graduates, “Essentially Illiterate”
August 19th, 2026Via: Futurism: There’s a silent epidemic building in colleges and universities throughout the United States — and as you might imagine, it has everything to do with AI. … Over the past few years, a veritable tidal wave of op eds, studies, and think pieces have flooded the internet with horror stories about the decline […]
New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make
August 18th, 2026Via: Futurism: OpenAI has revealed a new feature for ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS that basically tracks your clicks, keystrokes, and more — all so it can fine-tune its AI model, raising obvious privacy concerns. The feature, called Computer History, lets ChatGPT “learn from everything you do on your computer,” said Ari Weinstein, an OpenAI […]
