Archive for February, 2025
Larry Ellison Wants to Put All America’s Data, Including DNA, in Giant Database for AI to Study
February 13th, 2025Tell us another one, Larry. Via: Register: If governments want AI to improve services and security for their citizens, then they need to put all their information in one place – even citizens’ genomic data – according to Larry Ellison, the Oracle database tycoon. Ellison shared his take on what governments need to do to […]
Trump Announces Upcoming Meetings with Putin
February 13th, 2025Via: The Hill: President Trump said Wednesday he expects to meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin multiple times, suggesting they are likely to meet first in Saudi Arabia. “We ultimately expect to meet,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “In fact, we expect that he’ll come here, and I’ll go there, and […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Confirmed as HHS Secretary
February 13th, 2025Via: New York Post: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed by the Senate as President Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services on Thursday, capping a contentious fight over his skepticism on vaccines that had divided Republicans. Senators voted 52-48 to place Kennedy, 71, atop the nation’s health bureaucracy with oversight of a budget of […]
PassMark Sees First Yearly Drop In Average CPU Performance In Its 20 Years Of Benchmark Results
February 11th, 2025Via: Tom’s Hardware: Benchmarking software developer PassMark publishes the average results of all Windows PC tests across the globe every two weeks in a line graph. In line with what many enthusiasts might expect, the PassMark graph has always shown a consistent increase in processor performance year-on-year. However, for the first time since the company […]
Anna Paulina Luna to Lead Task Force on Declassification of UFOs, JFK Assassination, 9/11, Epstein
February 11th, 2025Limited hangouts for all the things. ? LIVE: Chairman @RepJamesComer and Congresswoman Luna Hold Press Conference to Make Major Announcement https://t.co/hM315q7fWk — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) February 11, 2025 Via: Fox: Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., will lead a new task force focused on the declassification of federal secrets – including records related to […]
Trump Says No Right of Return for Palestinians Under His Gaza Proposal
February 10th, 2025Annexing Canada? Annexing Greenland? Those are somewhat easy to dismiss. (Right? Right!?!) There is, however, some sort of X factor between Trump and Zionism, which means that we should take Trump much more seriously when it comes to the Gaza situation. When I first heard Trump’s Gaza plan, my first thought was, “He’s having some […]
“When DOGE found empty fields in Treasury’s payment system, they uncovered more than missing data. They found a mechanism.”
February 10th, 2025I’d be astonished if it’s only 50% fraud. Via: EKO: Simple things were left blank: Payment categories Payment rationales Basic audit controls The kind of fields any small business would require. The kind that let you track where money goes. The kind that stop a billion dollars of fraud. Every week. Here’s what Treasury didn’t […]
DOGE Technologist and Thiel Fellow Luke Farritor
February 10th, 2025And now, Department of Energy: …listed as an engineer in the DOE’s staff directory… Hmm. Via: R&D World: Before he joined the White House’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), 23-year-old engineer and former SpaceX software intern Luke Farritor was already making waves in digital archaeology. In 2023, he helped lead the Grand Prize-winning team […]
Musk: FEMA Diverted Funds Meant for Natural Disasters to Pay for Luxury Hotels for Illegal Migrants
February 10th, 2025Under Biden, FEMA betrayed the American people by diverting funds meant for natural disasters to pay for luxury hotels for illegal migrants https://t.co/x135ryYM66 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 10, 2025
Trump Orders End of Penny Production
February 10th, 2025Via: USA Today: A 233-year run could be over. President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he is telling the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies, after more than 200 years of the coin. “For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” […]
