Archive for the 'Economy' Category
‘Pentagon Racks Up $35 Trillion In Accounting Changes In A Year’
January 22nd, 2020Rotten to the core and the source of most of the problems on this planet. In other news: Nearly 4 in 10 Americans would borrow money to cover a $1K emergency. Via: Bloomberg: The Pentagon made $35 trillion in accounting adjustments last year alone — a total that’s larger than the entire U.S. economy and […]
October 2019: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Others, Simulate, “An Outbreak of a Novel Zoonotic Coronavirus… That Eventually Becomes Efficiently Transmissible from Person to Person, Leading to a Severe Pandemic”
January 22nd, 2020Flashback 2017: Wuhan: Inside the Chinese Lab Poised to Study World’s Most Dangerous Pathogens Via: Nature: A laboratory in Wuhan is on the cusp of being cleared to work with the world’s most dangerous pathogens. The move is part of a plan to build between five and seven biosafety level-4 (BSL-4) labs across the Chinese […]
Key Volkswagen Exec Admits Full Self-Driving Cars ‘May Never Happen’
January 19th, 2020Via: The Drive: After years of sunny optimism and big promises, automakers are beginning to realize just how difficult it is to make a market-ready, full self-driving car. The CEO of Volkswagen’s autonomous driving division recently admitted that Level 5 autonomy—that’s full computer control of the vehicle with zero limitations—might actually never happen. Related: Automakers […]
Amazon Wants Shoppers to Pay With a Wave of the Hand
January 18th, 2020Via: Bloomberg: Amazon.com Inc. is planning to create terminals which would allow customers to make payments in-store with a wave of the hand, Dow Jones reports citing people familiar with the matter. The company plans to pitch the terminals to coffee shops, fast-food restaurants and other merchants and has recently began working with Visa Inc., […]
FDA and NIH Let Clinical Trial Sponsors Keep Results Secret and Break the Law
January 14th, 2020Shocker. Via: Science: Many scientists who conduct clinical trials, and their sponsors or funders, have downplayed concerns about late or missing results in ClinicalTrials.gov. Researchers, doctors, and patients can instead learn about trial outcomes from peer-reviewed publications, they say. But thousands of trials are never published, particularly when they find treatments ineffective, history has shown.
Walmart Expands Its Robotic Workforce to 650 Additional Stores
January 13th, 2020Via: Business Insider: Walmart is moving forward with automation in more stores nationwide. The superstore is adding shelf-stocking robots to 650 stores by the summer, the retailer confirmed to Business Insider. The robots are designed by the San Francisco-based Bossa Nova Robotics Inc. and made to scan items on shelves to assist with price accuracy […]
Iran Fires Rockets at Iraqi Bases Hosting American Soldiers
January 7th, 2020Update: Trump Says No U.S. Troops Hurt in Iran Strikes — It might be a good idea to check your preparations for any interruptions in critical infrastructures, food and fuel delivery, or other emergencies. While Iran is unable to directly engage the U.S. military in any substantial way, asymmetric warfare is another matter entirely. Electricity […]
Military Contractors Raytheon, Lockheed Martin See Stock Prices Soar Amid Iran Crisis
January 6th, 2020Related: They Made a Killing: The Use of Knowledge of Covert Operations in the Stock Market Via: Mint Press: War. Motown singer Edwin Starr claimed it was nothing but a heartbreaker and good news only for the undertaker. But another group rubbing their hands at increased tensions with Iran are military contractors, who saw their […]
Tonight’s Successful Starlink Mission Makes SpaceX the World’s Largest Satellite Operator, Was First U.S. Space Force Launch
January 6th, 2020I’ve recently come to think that Starlink’s core functionality is closely tied to U.S. intelligence and war fighting capabilities. In case there was any doubt about this… With regard to tonight’s successful Starlink launch, SpaceX not only became the world’s largest satellite operator, but the launch was the first to happen under the auspices of […]
Workplace Lockdown and Surveillance with Biometric Technologies
January 6th, 2020Via: Wall Street Journal: Plastic cards may soon give way to biometric systems, microchip implants, gait recognition and other technologies that aim to improve security, generate health data and monitor workers.
