Category Archives: Tech

Good News? Robots can fight with Katanas now.

Posted on December 29, 2018 by
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A police state that Himmler and Stalin could only dream of.

Posted on November 19, 2018 by

Explore How Cops Are Collecting and Sharing Our Travel Patterns Using Automated License Plate Readers EFF and MuckRock have filed hundreds of public records requests with law enforcement agencies around the country to reveal how data collected from automated license … Continue reading →

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Takes Aim at the ‘Robocall’ Epidemic

Posted on November 7, 2018 by

U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai took aim at telecommunications companies on Monday, demanding action to thwart excessive automated phone calls. Pai is following up on an FCC letter sent to 13 companies in May, asking them to … Continue reading →

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Warning!

Posted on September 22, 2018 by

First, never give out your cell phone number.  Stores don’t need to have it, your dentist doesn’t need it,  and the state shouldn’t have it. It’s the only reason I’ve retained a land line.  I have a answering machine with … Continue reading →

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Facebook follies.

Posted on August 9, 2018 by

Facebook Brazenly Asks Banks for Customer Bank Balances, Credit Card Numbers Facebook has requested customer financial information from a number of U.S. banks without obtaining permission from users, according to a recent report. Included in the requests are credit card … Continue reading →

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Space X

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

A Picture Worth A Thousand Words Space-X, in six years, has CRUSHED everyone else, pushing China, Japan, and most of everyone else but a small Russian ability, and the ESA, completely out of the orbital launch market. Pity the man … Continue reading →

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Sorry about that, Dave! Updated.

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash Sensors detected Elaine Herzberg, but software reportedly decided to ignore her. TIMOTHY B. LEE – 5/7/2018, 6:12 PM Enlarge / NTSB officials inspecting the vehicle that killed Elaine Herzberg. NTSB 293 The fatal crash … Continue reading →

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4.5%

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

Wind, Solar Are A Distraction. Let’s Go Full Steam Ahead On Nuclear Power First, though many countries pay lip service to the wonders of renewable energy sources, solar, wind, geothermal, and tidal remain a paltry 4.9% of global electricity production, … Continue reading →

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Preaching to the choir.

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

The Real Issue With Self-Driving Cars The car is on a two-lane road with a hard and fixed barrier on the right side, and on-coming traffic on the other side.  A child runs out in front of the vehicle inside of … Continue reading →

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War of the AI

Posted on April 13, 2017 by

Your smartphone ‘s motion sensors might be revealing things about you. That’s the word from a new security study from researchers at the UK’s Newcastle University. In a report released this week, the researchers found that hackers can analyze your … Continue reading →

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