Archive for the 'Technology' Category
U.S. Navy Live-Fire Tests Drone Sailboat With Missile Launcher
August 22nd, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: Once known primarily for capturing dramatic footage from inside hurricanes and tropical storms during the Atlantic hurricane season, Saildrone’s autonomous surface vessels have evolved into dual-use platforms that recently demonstrated the ability to deploy Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM). California-based Saildrone revealed in a press release that its unmanned surface vehicle (USV) launched two […]
Chinese Robot Runs 100m Sprint Quicker than Usain Bolt’s World Record
August 22nd, 2026Why run them into a padded barrier instead of slowing them down??? haha Via: Guardian: A ?robot named Lightning ?has run ?the 100m in 9.32 seconds, ?beating the human world ?record, China’s ?state broadcaster ?has reported. The humanoid, developed by the Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor, ?reached a peak speed of 14.5 metres per second during […]
The Hidden Debt That Apple Owes to the CIA
August 20th, 2026Via: Wall Street Journal: Without CIA funding that helped keep NeXT afloat in the ’80s, Steve Jobs might not have made a triumphant return to Apple—and the iPhone might not have its foundational operating code. … “How many units are you prepared to deliver on an annual basis?” Romello asked. “That’s privileged information,” Jobs shot […]
Current State of Battlefield Robots in Ukraine War
August 19th, 2026Mostly Chinese-made components + 3D printing + Starlink… Related: U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine’s Drones Won.
Comcast Offers to Turn Customers’ Wi-Fi Routers Into Motion Detectors
August 19th, 2026Via: Engadget: Comcast has unveiled a new home security platform it’s calling Xfinity Shield. The company says this combines home, family and cybersecurity protection in a single app and it puts Wi-Fi at the center. It’s offering a service called Wi-Fi Shield to Xfinity Internet users at no extra cost. This includes a few features, […]
“AI Native,” College Graduates, “Essentially Illiterate”
August 19th, 2026Via: Futurism: There’s a silent epidemic building in colleges and universities throughout the United States — and as you might imagine, it has everything to do with AI. … Over the past few years, a veritable tidal wave of op eds, studies, and think pieces have flooded the internet with horror stories about the decline […]
“What if America Went Completely Dark?”
August 18th, 2026The New York Times Magazine… Preparing the terrain? Via: New York Times Magazine: Since 2021, the average wait time for a large power transformer — the kind you’d find at a major substation, capable of handling tens or hundreds of thousands of volts — has climbed from less than a year to 128 weeks, with […]
New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make
August 18th, 2026Via: Futurism: OpenAI has revealed a new feature for ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS that basically tracks your clicks, keystrokes, and more — all so it can fine-tune its AI model, raising obvious privacy concerns. The feature, called Computer History, lets ChatGPT “learn from everything you do on your computer,” said Ari Weinstein, an OpenAI […]
AI’s Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities Are $3 Trillion And Growing $1.2 Trillion Per Quarter
August 17th, 2026Via: ZeroHedge: Each quarter, big tech companies disclose their massive capital expenditures on artificial-intelligence infrastructure, from data centers to chips. But those figures don’t come close to expressing the full extent of future spending to which Google parent Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Oracle and many others have committed. That is because a huge swath of their […]
Only Approved Phones Can Pass Google’s New reCAPTCHA, Locking Out Privacy-Focused Alternatives
August 15th, 2026I just encountered one of these for the first time. I’m not doing it. Via: Cybernews: Verify you’re human – by owning an approved Android or an iPhone. Google’s new reCAPTCHA system forces users to scan a QR code with a “compatible mobile device” and locks out anyone using a privacy-focused OS and device, warns […]
