Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
AI Companies Are LYING to You
May 29th, 2026Via: FUTO:
Why Tesla’s AI Trainers Don’t Trust Its Self-driving Tech – Or Its Safety Stats
May 28th, 2026Via: Reuters: Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don’t withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn’t close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale. … Inside Tesla, as these events approached, […]
DuckDuckGo’s AI-Free Search Gains 28% More Visits Following Google’s Insistence That People Love AI Mode
May 27th, 2026Via: PC Gamer: These days, a typical Google Search feels like an obstacle course. Type out ‘upcoming PC games 2026’ and your gaze has to swerve around a chunky AI overview which recycles the work of human writers in a bid to kneecap efforts to click away from Google. It’s a bleak state of affairs […]
We’re Being Held Hostage in a Technology Bubble
May 26th, 2026Via: Truthstream Media:
Trump Admin Takes Equity Stake in IBM and Other Quantum Computing Companies
May 21st, 2026Via: Gizmodo: After taking equity stakes in chipmakers and rare-earth element miners, the Trump administration has a new industry on its radar: quantum computing. On Thursday, the Department of Commerce announced that it was investing more than $2 billion in nine quantum computing companies. In turn, it’ll receive “a minority, non-controlling equity stake” in each. […]
Google Search is Truly Dead
May 20th, 2026This is not new. Google/Screwgle/Poogle is changing the appearance of the front end to a bot interface. This is from four years ago: Of course, people like me (and probably you), noticed that Google search went off the rails long before that. Via: TechLinked: — Via: Samtime:
“Utah Datacenter Could Dump 23 Atomic Bombs Worth of Energy Per Day” [???]
May 20th, 2026Via: The Register: A proposed mega-scale datacenter in the US state of Utah has caused controversy after a physics professor estimated that the facility and its associated power generation could dump 23 atomic bombs’ worth of energy per day. But the real question is whether it will actually ever get built. The datacenter is part […]
Trump Wants $1B to Protect White House Ballroom from Drones and Other Threats
May 20th, 2026Via: Ars Technica: President Donald Trump’s latest pitch for using taxpayer dollars to secure his White House ballroom featured a militarized building—including a rooftop hardened against drone strikes and a “drone port” that could potentially house military drones. The remarks came on May 19 as Trump gave reporters a personal tour of the ballroom project […]
Atlas, Can You Bring Me a Drink?
May 18th, 2026Via: Boston Dynamics:
U.S. Approves Nvidia’s H200 AI Chip Exports to Several Large Chinese Firms
May 14th, 2026Via: First Post: The United States has approved exports of Nvidia’s advanced H200 artificial intelligence chips to several major Chinese technology firms, including Alibaba, Tencent and ByteDance, even as US President Donald Trump held high-stakes talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. According to […]
