Category Archives: Tech

Top Story: from ACE

Posted on June 8, 2025 by On the North River

Top Story While the rest of us are worrying about moving on from Windows 10 and updating out hard drives to SSDs, the government is preparing to move away from Windows 95 and floppy disks. (Tom’s Hardware) Fortunately it’s nothing important … Continue reading →

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Did you know that it is legal and common for AirBnB to use cameras?

Posted on November 29, 2023 by On the North River

I’d think this is useful info for any place you might stay that is strange to you. How to check for hidden cameras in an Airbnb property The easiest way to find hidden cameras is an old-school sweep. Turn off … Continue reading →

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Game changer?

Posted on October 26, 2023 by On the North River

Toyota Announces Mass Production Of Solid-State Batteries Oct. 16, 2023 7:49 AM ET by Anthony Capretto Electric Vehicles / 20 Comments This is the big break the EV industry has been waiting for. In a surprise press conference, Toyota announced … Continue reading →

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I find this a little disturbing.

Posted on September 28, 2022 by On the North River
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The smart home company Insteon has vanished.

Posted on April 21, 2022 by On the North River

This is going out of business with flair! The entire company seems to have abruptly shut down just before the weekend, breaking users’ cloud-dependent smart-home setups without warning. Users say the service has been down for three days now despite the … Continue reading →

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Thorium Reactors, interesting to some, boring to most.

Posted on December 31, 2020 by On the North River

Why didn’t the US Government promote Thorium in 1945?  Because you can’t make a bomb with it.  The only Thorium reactor in the world today is in China, using American designs from the 1950’s.

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Got no dog in this fight.

Posted on March 31, 2020 by On the North River

“Apple to pay $500 million settlement for throttling older phones” Don’t have a smart phone, don’t want a smart phone, wouldn’t use a smart phone.  I think they’re time waster and a constant distraction.  

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Doesn’t surprise me.

Posted on February 20, 2020 by On the North River

Hackers stuck a 2-inch strip of tape on a 35mph speed sign and successfully tricked 2 Teslas into accelerating to 85mph. (no link, AD blocking-blocking site) Most roads that are posted for slower speeds are quite obviously (to the human … Continue reading →

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Robocalls

Posted on January 30, 2020 by On the North River

DOJ sues US telecom providers for connecting Indian robocall scammers One provider connected 720 million calls in 23 days. The US Department of Justice has filed lawsuits (PDF and PDF) against two small telecommunications providers that have allegedly connected hundreds … Continue reading →

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Run from the Deere.

Posted on January 17, 2020 by On the North River

(This goes for new cars too) The Tractor Backlash – EPautos – Libertarian Car Talk eric peters 7-8 minutes John Deere, like Ford and GM and all the rest, is forced by the government to build tractors as complicated as … Continue reading →

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