Archive for the 'Outsourced' Category
Amazon Launches Business Selling Automated Checkout to Retailers
March 10th, 2020Amazon calls it: Just Walk Out: Just Walk Out technology enables shoppers to simply enter a store, grab what they want, and just go. Born from years of experience at Amazon Go, Just Walk Out uses a combination of technologies to eliminate checkout lines. We now offer retailers the ability to leverage this technology in […]
Gates-Funded Program Will Soon Offer Home-Testing Kits for New Coronavirus
March 8th, 2020Gates and coronavirus over here. Gates and coronavirus over there. Gates and coronavirus everywhere. See: Canada’s National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg The initiative grew out of the Seattle Flu Study, a 2-year-old research project based at the University of Washington to track the spread of infectious diseases like influenza. Funded with $20 million from Bill […]
Canada’s National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg
March 6th, 2020Dr. Frank Plummer, a scientist who received $8.3 million in grant money from the Gates Foundation, and was the director of Canada’s National Microbiology Lab when it received coronavirus samples, died in Kenya weeks after the official start of the 2019 coronavirus outbreak… Which happened weeks after a Gates Foundation simulation of a coronavirus outbreak. […]
Starlink: The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A ‘Massive’ Live Fire Exercise
February 27th, 2020Remember the one about better broadband Internet options for rural customers? haha Via: The Drive: As space continues to play an increasingly important role for the United States armed forces, the Department of Defense has been also increasingly engaging with the private aerospace and communications sector to develop and implement solutions that better help it […]
Twitter Preparing Red Banners to Appear Below Potential Thoughtcrimes
February 21st, 2020Via: NBC: Twitter is experimenting with adding brightly colored labels directly beneath lies and misinformation posted by politicians and other public figures, according to a leaked demo of new features sent to NBC News. Twitter confirmed that the leaked demo, which was accessible on a publicly available site, is one possible iteration of a new […]
How China Is Working to Quarantine the Truth About the Coronavirus
February 19th, 2020“Censorship, diversion, and lying.” Google’s core principals? *I crack myself up* This piece is useful in understanding state behavior, in general, and their large, lapdog media and social networking organizations. Via: DefenseOne: In its battle to contain the coronavirus, the Chinese government has undertaken a wide range of measures, from shutting down cities to using […]
China Coronavirus: Extreme Global Supply Chain Problems Inevitable Due to So Much Manufacturing Centralization in China
February 14th, 2020Via: The American Prospect: A substantial amount of what the world produces originates in or is reliant on China. The nation’s presence as a major market, a manufacturing hub, and a source of materials and components can make any shock of this magnitude catastrophic. For decades, world leaders have allowed multinationals to chase lower labor […]
For Decades, U.S. and Germany Owned Swiss Crypto Company Used by 120 Countries
February 11th, 2020I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise. Via: Ars Technica: Crypto AG, a Swiss cryptographic communications gear company that got its big break building code-making gear for the US Army in World War II, has been a provider of encryption systems for more than 120 countries. And according to a report by The Washington Post […]
Swipetarded: Online Preschool
February 9th, 2020Via: Concord Monitor: We read with concern David Brooks’s Jan. 28 article about the New Hampshire Department of Education’s goal of enrolling 200 families in a pilot program for online preschool called Upstart. … A strong body of research, accumulated over decades, demonstrates how young children learn best – through exploration, play and interactions with […]
Pompeo Discusses Chinese Government Influence in the U.S. at the National Governors Association
February 9th, 2020Via: Fox: