“Two People Familiar with the Matter” Claim Undocumented Cellular Radios Found in Chinese Solar Inverters, Batteries
May 15th, 2025While this wouldn’t surprise me in the least, the article is very thin on details. It doesn’t include any evidence at all to support the claims.
Hopefully, this will get security researchers looking into the matter and publicly outing the manufacturers and models of the offending products.
Via: Reuters:
U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside some of them, two people familiar with the matter said.
Power inverters, which are predominantly produced in China, are used throughout the world to connect solar panels and wind turbines to electricity grids. They are also found in batteries, heat pumps and electric vehicle chargers.
While inverters are built to allow remote access for updates and maintenance, the utility companies that use them typically install firewalls to prevent direct communication back to China.
However, rogue communication devices not listed in product documents have been found in some Chinese solar power inverters by U.S experts who strip down equipment hooked up to grids to check for security issues, the two people said.
Over the past nine months, undocumented communication devices, including cellular radios, have also been found in some batteries from multiple Chinese suppliers, one of them said.
Reuters was unable to determine how many solar power inverters and batteries they have looked at.
Interferometer Device Sees Text from a Mile Away
May 14th, 2025Via: Physics Magazine:
One of astronomers’ tricks for observing distant objects is intensity interferometry, which involves comparing the intensity fluctuations recorded at two separate telescopes. Researchers have now applied this technique to the imaging of remote objects on Earth. They developed a system that uses multiple laser beams to illuminate a distant target and uses a pair of small telescopes to collect the reflected light. The team demonstrated that this intensity interferometer can image millimeter-wide letters at a distance of 1.36 km, a 14-fold improvement in spatial resolution compared with a single telescope.
L.A. Council Backs $30 Minimum Wage for Hotels
May 14th, 2025haha Keep it up, Los Angeles.
Via: Los Angeles Times:
The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to approve a sweeping package of minimum wage increases for workers in the tourism industry, despite objections from business leaders who warned that the region is already facing a slowdown in international travel.
The proposal, billed by labor leaders as the highest minimum wage in the country, would require hotels with more than 60 rooms, as well as companies doing business at Los Angeles International Airport, to pay their workers $30 per hour by 2028.
That translates to a 48% hike in the minimum wage for hotel employees over three years. Airport workers would see a 56% increase.
On top of that, hotels and airport businesses would be required to provide $8.35 per hour for their workers’ healthcare by July 2026.
Florida Surgeon General on Covid Scams: “There Has Been No Accountability”
May 14th, 2025.@FLSurgeonGen Dr. Joe Ladapo and I discussed the state of medical freedom, COVID accountability, and the Make America Healthy Again Movement. pic.twitter.com/Dd3dpBaDDh
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) May 14, 2025
Tesla Optimus Robot
May 14th, 2025Was just getting warmed up https://t.co/dN6rSXiLVS pic.twitter.com/JbJ8TxyaAz
— Tesla Optimus (@Tesla_Optimus) May 14, 2025
When DoD Releases Incident With Russian Jet vs. When DoD Releases a UFO/UAP Video
May 13th, 2025*chortle*
When DoD Releases Incident With Russian Jet vs. When DoD Releases a UFO/UAP Video
— John Greenewald, Jr. (@blackvaultcom) May 9, 2025
House GOP Unveils Plan to Raise Debt Limit by $4 Trillion
May 13th, 2025Via: The Hill:
House Republicans are moving forward with plans to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by $4 trillion as part of a larger plan to advance President Trump’s tax agenda.
The proposal, which was included in legislative text unveiled by the House Ways and Means Committee on Monday, is in line with House instructions outlined in a blueprint adopted by congressional Republicans last month that kicked off the process by which the party is using to enact Trump’s tax priorities.
Including the debt ceiling in the broader bill will allow Republicans to avoid Democratic demands for concessions in exchange for their votes to raise the debt limit. But tacking debt limit action onto the same vehicle they’re using for Trump’s tax plans could also put a tight time crunch on Republicans to pass the sweeping tax bill.
Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent is already calling on Congress to raise or suspend the debt ceiling by July to keep the federal government from defaulting on its more than $36 trillion debt.
Turning Qatar’s Gifted 747 Into Air Force One Will Be Anything But Free
May 13th, 2025Via: The War Zone:
Trump rightly said only “a stupid person” would turn down the free Qatari jet, but transforming it into Air Force One for a few years of service doesn’t appear realistic.
White House Announces Saudi Arabia Spending $600 Billion on U.S. Goods and Services, Largest Weapons Deal Ever
May 13th, 2025Via: White House:
Today in Saudi Arabia, President Donald J. Trump announced Saudi Arabia’s $600-billion commitment to invest in the United States…
The first deals under the announcement strengthen our energy security, defense industry, technology leadership, and access to global infrastructure and critical minerals.
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Underscoring our commitment to strengthening our defense and security partnership, the United States and Saudi Arabia signed the largest defense sales agreement in history—nearly $142 billion, providing Saudi Arabia with state-of-the-art warfighting equipment and services from over a dozen U.S. defense firms.
This Film Is Lying
May 12th, 2025THIS FILM IS LYING pic.twitter.com/1QbWxj6LhA
— Matt Zien (KNGMKR) (@KNGMKRlabs) May 9, 2025
