Archive for the 'Technology' Category
And Now… AI Assisted Police Reports
April 24th, 2024Via: Forbes: American cops are increasingly leaning on artificial intelligence to assist with policing, from AI models that analyze criminal patterns to drones that can fly themselves. Now, a GPT-4 powered AI can do one of their less appealing jobs: filing paperwork. On Tuesday, Axon, the $22 billion police contractor best known for manufacturing the […]
How Proposed Legislation Might Pave the Way for Online Age Verification and Digital ID
April 23rd, 2024Via: Reclaim the Net: Bipartisan legislative efforts are underway in the US House of Representatives to adopt new versions of two laws originally drawn up to deal with the safety of youth online. But the fear is that the bills introduced now – H.R.7891, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), and H.R. 7890, the Children […]
Robot Dog with Flamethrower Attached
April 23rd, 2024Comedy Gold: “Clearing snow and ice from your driveway” Via: New York Post: A company have unveiled a robot dog companion — with flamethrower attached. Throwflame say the Thermonator is the first-ever flame-throwing quadruped robot dog. … The Ohio-based firm have announced the $9,420 bot is available for purchase by the general public and government […]
How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex
April 23rd, 2024Via: Brown University: Over the past decade, the center of America’s military-industrial complex has been slowly shifting from the Capital Beltway to Silicon Valley. Although much of the Pentagon’s $886 billion budget is spent on conventional weapon systems, and goes to well-established defense giants such as Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Boeing, and […]
Pentagon Speeding Up Work On First New Nuclear Warhead In 40 Years
April 19th, 2024I feel safer already. Via: Washington Times: The United States is building the first new nuclear warhead in 40 years but will do so without nuclear testing, Energy Department officials told Congress on Wednesday. The W93 warhead will be used on submarine-launched ballistic missiles and is being built with $19.8 billion requested by the National […]
Boston Dynamics: Atlas 2.0
April 18th, 2024Via: Daily Mail: Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new version of its Atlas humanoid robot, showing its creepy movements that make it look like something out of a sci-fi horror movie. The Massachusetts-based robotics company shared a video of the latest humanoid, showing it pulling its leg behind its heads to stand up – in […]
UAE’s Cloud-Seeding Operation Floods Dubai
April 16th, 2024Update: Dubai Grinds to Standstill as Cloud Seeding Worsens Flooding Via: Bloomberg: Torrential rains across the United Arab Emirates prompted flight cancellations, forced schools to shut and brought traffic to a standstill. The heavy rains that caused widespread flooding across the desert nation came after cloud seeding. The UAE has been carrying out seeding operations […]
FISA 702: U.S. Government Could Force Anyone Who Provides Any Internet-Related Service to Assist with NSA Surveillance
April 16th, 2024Via: Coin Telegraph: The FISA 702 bill has been described by critics as a “dramatic and terrifying” expansion of the United States government’s surveillance powers. … The bill in question reforms and extends a part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) known as Section 702. Currently, the NSA can force internet service providers such […]
Tesla Lays Off ‘More Than 10%’ of Its Global Workforce
April 15th, 2024Via: Electrek: Tesla has announced layoffs of “more than 10%” of its global workforce in an internal company-wide email.
Johnson, Trump Announce Election Integrity Bill To Require Proof Of Citizenship To Vote
April 15th, 2024Definitely. Make sure non-citizens aren’t voting in federal elections. Great! pic.twitter.com/OZqJY38LwT — cryptogon (@cryptogon) April 15, 2024 But unless the voting machine issue is dealt with, it’s all just pissing in the wind. Here is the only type of electronic voting system that should be allowed: – Open source hardware and software. – Cryptographic process […]
