Archive for August, 2024
Ukraine War: First Successful One Way Drone Attack On In-Flight Helicopter
August 2nd, 2024Via: The Warzone: This morning, a Russian Mi-8AMTSh Hip helicopter crashed near Donetsk City. Russian sources report it was downed by a Ukrainian one-way attack drone. “Yesterday we wrote about the enemy’s attempts to operate drones against our army aviation,” wrote the Voivode Broadcasts Telegram channel, which first reported the incident. “Unfortunately… today they succeeded.” […]
New York Times Claims Hamas Leader Killed by Bomb Placed Months in Advance
August 2nd, 2024Via: The Warzone: In the hours after Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran on Wednesday, speculation emerged that an Israeli airstrike, missile, or drone attack, among other possibilities, caused the fatal explosion. However, Haniyeh was killed by a bomb smuggled into the guesthouse where he was staying, The New York Times reported. […]
Japan: Nikkei Declines Most Since Black Monday in 1987
August 2nd, 2024Via: ZeroHedge: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei Stock Average on Friday recorded the second biggest daily drop in its history, as stocks extended losses following a sell-off in New York overnight. The index plunged to 35,909.70, down 2,216.63 points, or 5.81%, marking its lowest close since Jan. 26. Friday’s decline was the second largest in the index’s […]
Fully-Automatic Robot Dentist Performs World’s First Human Procedure
August 2nd, 2024Via: New Atlas: Nightmare fuel? Maybe – but in a historic moment for the dental profession, an AI-controlled autonomous robot has performed an entire procedure on a human patient for the first time, about eight times faster than a human dentist could do it. The system, built by Boston company Perceptive, uses a hand-held 3D […]
Intel Is Laying Off Over 15,000 Employees
August 1st, 2024Update: Intel’s, “Worst Day Ever” Wrecked. Via: USA Today: Intel shares sank nearly 28% on Friday and were set for their worst day ever after the company suspended dividend and slashed workforce to fund a costly turnaround for its chip-making business. The company was set to lose about $35 billion in market value as its […]
Argentina Will Use AI to ‘Predict Future Crimes’
August 1st, 2024Via: Guardian: Argentina’s security forces have announced plans to use artificial intelligence to “predict future crimes” in a move experts have warned could threaten citizens’ rights. The country’s far-right president Javier Milei this week created the Artificial Intelligence Applied to Security Unit, which the legislation says will use “machine-learning algorithms to analyse historical crime data […]
The U.S. National Debt Just Passed $35 Trillion
August 1st, 2024Via: Yahoo Finance: The US national debt topped a psychologically important milestone of $35 trillion in recent days and has risen by $1 trillion since January — mounting by nearly $5 billion every day so far in 2025. This latest barrier was formally pierced last Friday. That’s when a daily Treasury Department tabulation, which was […]
