Archive for December, 2017
Lincoln Partners with CLEAR for Biometric Security Service
December 8th, 2017Via: The News Wheel: Lincoln announced a new collaboration with CLEAR, provider of a means to bypass long lines for airport security by way of biometric information. The partnership will see Lincoln customers on the receiving end of complimentary CLEAR membership, which will enable them to skip the line at more than 30 airports and […]
Police Officer Who Executed Unarmed Father of Two Found Not Guilty of Murder
December 8th, 2017Via: Daily Mail: A former Arizona police officer was found not guilty of murder Thursday of in the 2016 fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside his hotel room, as video of the shocking moment is finally released by officials. Philip Mitchell Brailsford, 27, was found not guilty in the 2016 death of 26-year-old father-of-two […]
Tesla Is Working on Its Own New AI Chip
December 8th, 2017Via: Electrek: There have been rumors that Tesla is developing its own chip optimized for self-driving applications ever since we reported on the automaker quietly hiring legendary chip architect Jim Keller from AMD last year. Now CEO Elon Musk finally confirmed the rumor – specifying that Tesla is working on its own new AI chip […]
General Electric to Cut 12,000 Jobs in Power Business Revamp
December 7th, 2017Via: Reuters: General Electric Co (GE.N) is axing 12,000 jobs at its global power business, the struggling industrial conglomerate’s latest effort to shrink itself into a more focused company. The U.S. company launched the cuts to save $1 billion in 2018, saying it expected dwindling demand for fossil fuel power plants to continue. “Traditional power […]
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE WEIGHING PLANS FOR PRIVATE SPIES TO COUNTER “DEEP STATE” ENEMIES
December 5th, 2017Via: The Intercept: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is considering a set of proposals developed by Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a retired CIA officer — with assistance from Oliver North, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal — to provide CIA Director Mike Pompeo and the White House with a global, private spy network that would […]
Google AI Spawns Other AIs
December 5th, 2017Via: Independent: Google has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that has created its own “child”. What’s more, the original AI has trained its creation to such a high level that it outperforms every other human-built AI system like it. It’s an impressive achievement, but one that could also trigger fears about what else AI […]
Philippines Orders Probe Into Sanofi Dengue Vaccine for 730,000 Children
December 4th, 2017Via: Reuters: The Philippines ordered an investigation on Monday into the immunization of more than 730,000 children with a vaccine for dengue that has been suspended following an announcement by French drug company Sanofi (SASY.PA) that it could worsen the disease in some cases.
A Quantum Boost for a Different Kind of Computer
December 4th, 2017Disclosure: I have invested in technology related to quantum computing. Via: MIT Technology Review: In two papers published today in the journal Nature, a team at MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and another from the University of Maryland and the National Institute of Standards in Washington D.C., reveal that they have built specialized types […]
Living in Cars, Working for Amazon: Meet America’s New Nomads
December 3rd, 2017Via: Guardian: Millions of Americans are wrestling with the impossibility of a traditional middle-class existence. In homes across the country, kitchen tables are strewn with unpaid bills. Lights burn late into the night. The same calculations get performed again and again, through exhaustion and sometimes tears. Wages minus grocery receipts. Minus medical bills. Minus credit […]
