Archive for the 'Technology' Category
As the Vote Fraud Videos Begin to Emerge…
October 29th, 2024I first heard about vote fraud in the U.S. back in the early 1990s: Votescam: The Stealing of America by James M. Collier and Kenneth F. Collier. Yes, the U.S. runs large scale illegitimate elections, and has for decades. Neither major political party seems to want to do anything about it. The situation becomes more […]
X.ai: Inside the Largest AI Training Cluster in the World
October 29th, 2024Off topic, but this might be of interest if you want to see what the business end of Grok AI looks like. Also, that cable management… Woh. Via: ServeTheHome:
Marines Testing Counter-Drone Rifle Aiming System With Automatically Moving Stock
October 25th, 2024Via: The War Zone: The U.S. Marines are testing a system for standard service rifles that automatically fine-tunes the point of aim with the help of a powered buttstock as a new option to help shoot down drones. The service is in the midst of a broad push to acquire new capabilities to help every […]
Communications Satellite Intelsat 33e Breaks Up In Geostationary Orbit
October 22nd, 2024Via: SpaceNews: The Intelsat 33e satellite has broken up in geostationary orbit (GEO) and lost power, ceasing communications services for customers across Europe, Africa and parts of Asia Pacific. … In an Oct. 21 update, Intelsat declared the satellite a total loss. The company said it is working with government agencies to analyze data and […]
British Advisors to Kamala Harris Hope to “Kill Musk’s Twitter”
October 22nd, 2024Via: The DisInformation Chronicle: In an explosive leak with ramifications for the upcoming U.S. presidential election, internal documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate—whose founder is British political operative Morgan McSweeney, now advising the Kamala Harris campaign—show the group plans in writing to “kill Musk’s Twitter” while strengthening ties with the Biden/Harris administration and […]
Election Day: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Conference, “With a Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise on November 5, 2024”
October 21st, 2024Via: Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association International: Election Day: Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Conference, "With a Large Scale Cybersecurity Exercise on November 5, 2024" pic.twitter.com/O4Rm2gE8sg — cryptogon (@cryptogon) October 21, 2024
Integer Addition Algorithm Could Reduce Energy Needs of AI by 95%
October 20th, 2024I have nowhere near enough propellers in my beanie to do a reality check on this: Addition is All You Need for Energy-efficient Language Models Definitely interesting, if real. Via: TechXplore: A team of engineers at AI inference technology company BitEnergy AI reports a method to reduce the energy needs of AI applications by 95%. […]
Smart TVs a ‘Vast System of Digital Surveillance’ That Targets Everyone, Especially Kids
October 17th, 2024Via: The Defender: The streaming television industry has morphed into a vast data-driven viewer surveillance apparatus, transforming people’s TVs into tools for monitoring, tracking and targeting, according to a new report from the nonprofit Center for Digital Democracy. The 48-page report, “How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era,” charts the evolution from […]
The Pentagon Wants to Use AI to Create Deepfake Internet Users
October 17th, 2024Via: The Intercept: The United States’ secretive Special Operations Command is looking for companies to help create deepfake internet users so convincing that neither humans nor computers will be able to detect they are fake, according to a procurement document reviewed by The Intercept. The plan, mentioned in a new 76-page wish list by the […]
U.S. Air Force Strikes Houthi Underground Weapons Storage Facilities with B-2 Bombers
October 17th, 2024Via: The War Zone: The Pentagon is stating that B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, along with other U.S. forces, conducted a strike on Houthi underground weapon storage sites in Yemen. This it the first operational strike mission for the Spirit in years and the first into Yemen. It sends a very specific and powerful message that […]
