Archive for August, 2019
Amazon Is Developing High-Tech Surveillance Tools for an Eager Customer: America’s Police
August 8th, 2019Via: NBC: Amazon, known mainly for its online consumer marketplace, is becoming a potent resource for federal, state and local authorities, peddling an array of tools that harness the power of cloud-based computing, artificial intelligence and video analysis. Some of the products seem mundane, offering agencies a relatively cheap method of storing, sharing and crunching […]
JFK Files Reveal U.S. Planned to Buy Soviet Planes to Carry Out False Flag Attacks
August 7th, 2019Via: SputnikNews: “There is a possibility that such aircraft could be used in a deception operation designed to confuse enemy planes in the air, to launch a surprise attack against enemy installations or in a provocation operation in which Soviet aircraft would appear to attack US or friendly installations in order to provide an excuse […]
Air Force Set To Deploy Drone Killing Laser Weapon On Military Dune Buggies
August 7th, 2019Via: ZeroHedge: Raytheon published a company press release last week that detailed how it “will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon systems” to the Air Force for a 12-month in-field operation against enemy drones. The $23 million contract for two of Raytheon’s High Energy Laser Weapons Systems (HELWS) will be used by the Air […]
Gold: $1500
August 7th, 2019Via: MarketWatch: Gold prices on Wednesday jumped above an important psychological level at $1,500 amid a round of easy-money policies that helped to stoke fresh appetite for the perceived safety of precious metals. The 10-year U.S. Treasury note’s TMUBMUSD10Y, -4.93% fall to new lows not seen since 2016 below 1.7%, also helped to drive demand […]
Off Topic: 3.5mm Audio Port Almost Gone from High End Phones, Consider Samsung Note 9
August 7th, 2019Off Topic – First World Problems — Update: Samsung, You’ve Let Yourself Down, You’ve Let Us Down Via: Android Authority: — Update: Samsung Is Hiding Its Ads That Made Fun of Apple’s Removal of Headphone Jack Via: Android Authority: Yesterday, Samsung made the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus official. The release of […]
Florida Governor Orders State Criminal Probe Into Jeffrey Epstein Case
August 6th, 2019Via: Miami Herald: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered a state criminal probe into the actions of the Palm Beach sheriff and the former Palm Beach state attorney for their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein underage sex trafficking case. DeSantis’ move comes as Sheriff Ric Bradshaw has come under increasing scrutiny for his decision in […]
Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second Crash
August 5th, 2019Via: IEEE: For about a year, Swiss Post and Matternet have been collaborating on a drone delivery service in three different cities in Switzerland, with drones ferrying lab samples between hospitals far faster and more efficiently than is possible with conventional ground transportation. The service had made about 3,000 successful flights as of last January, […]
China Allows Devaluation of Yuan as Trade War Worsens
August 5th, 2019Via: Reuters: China let the yuan breach the key 7-per-dollar level on Monday for the first time in more than a decade, in a sign Beijing might be willing to tolerate more currency weakness that could further inflame a trade conflict with the United States. The sharp 1.4% drop in the yuan comes days after […]
Power Restored After Tens of Millions Hit by Indonesia Power Blackout
August 4th, 2019Via: AFP: Power was mostly restored in Jakarta and Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island after a widespread electricity outage Sunday that the state utility PLN blamed on disruptions at several power plants. Tens of millions of people were affected by the blackout which plunged buildings in the sprawling capital — home to about 30 million […]
The Military-Style Surveillance Technology Being Tested in American Cities
August 4th, 2019Via: The Atlantic: In the eyes of the law, there’s no difference between a photo taken by a smartphone through an airplane window and one taken by an ultrapowerful camera in a helicopter hovering over your backyard. … Capitalizing on this gap, as some might call it, in standing privacy law, wide-area-camera manufacturers and users […]
