China’s New Heavy Lift Rocket Looks a Whole Lot Like SpaceX’s Starship Eric Berger, Ars Technica The Long March 9 super heavy-lift rocket made an appearance at a major airshow recently—and looks awfully familiar. READ How to Pick the Right MacBook for You Brenda Stolyar New MacBooks are […]
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10.23.24 Ever since I watched the Disney Channel original movie Smart House as a kid, I’ve been fascinated by futuristic visions of technology in our daily lives. While writing about artificial intelligence tools and providing advice for using them at WIRED over the past two years, it’s become […]
Milton Disrupted the Flow of Drinking Water—so Florida Deployed a Machine to Harvest It From Air Emily Mullin A Tampa-based company that makes atmospheric water generators and the state of Florida were able to supply one to a hospital shortly after Milton made landfall. READ Apple […]
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I will be joined by Keith Preston, Logos and Florian to discuss Illich’s Three Ages of Tools and how this schema helps us understand modern technology. These three ages are Organon, Distal and Systems. Age one the telos of the tool is user-dependent, in age two the telos […]
10.08.24 Bargain hunters, rejoice! Amazon Prime Day is upon us yet again. You probably know the drill at this point—our reviewers are tracking down the best deals for gear that we’ve actually hand-tested ourselves. You can follow the deals as they happen, via our liveblog. And don’t […]
The flying car has been a running joke about the future since at least The Jetsons, but for $249 you can now rent the LIFT Hexa for a joyride. It’s one of a new generation of electric aircraft that, like a supersize drone, can take off and land […]
by Alexander Dugin Alexander Dugin Oct 02, 2024 Alexander Dugin explores the origins of the concept of “paganism,” contrasting it with Christianity, and argues that modern materialism and the scientific worldview, far more destructive than paganism, have paved the way for a resurgence of dark spiritual forces in […]
The Pig Butchering Invasion Has Begun Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess “Pig butchering” scam operations that once originated in Southeast Asia are now proliferating around the world, likely raking in billions of dollars in the process. READ The Vagus Nerve’s Crucial Role in Creating the Human Sense […]
I will be joined by Keith Preston, Logos and Florian to discuss the connection between Madness and Mental health on the one hand and technology on the other. I argue that technology creates conditions of acute anomie which lead to outbreaks of madness. For example, the 1st World […]
Slop is a useful word; if it’s not already in your vocabulary, it will be soon. Among other meanings, it’s a catchall term for AI-generated garbage that’s choking the internet and that has now made the jump into brick-and-mortar institutions like bookstores and libraries: bizarre images with off-kilter […]
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more The Corbett Report Podcast James Corbett on The Trans-fo… 0:00 42:27 James Corbett on The Trans-formation of Humanity The Corbett Report Sep 25 READ IN APP SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/?p=263641 via The Freedom Convo Podcast: James Corbett discusses cultural […]
Monday, 23 September 2024 “The overriding sense of Tokyo is that it is a city devoted to the new, sped up in a subtle but profound way: a postmodern science-fiction story set ten minutes in the future.” David Rakoff STORY OF THE DAY Better lives for all in […]
by Alexander Dugin Alexander Dugin Sep 23, 2024 Alexander Dugin argues that the mass terror involving technological explosions in Lebanon, orchestrated by Israel, highlights the dangers of unchecked digitalization and artificial intelligence, warning that Russia could face similar threats as technology increasingly poses risks to humanity. The situation […]
On right and left, theology and ideology trump empirical reality. That has to end. Andrew Sullivan Sep 20, 2024 From a scene in the SP episode titled “Go God Go” “There’s been no biological change in humans in 40,000 or 50,000 years. Everything we call culture and civilization […]
The last time many of us had thought much about Opus Dei was probably while watching The Da Vinci Code — if you recall, the albino assassin-monk Silas (played by Paul Bettany) was a part it, depicted in the film as a self-flagellating cult. But the group really […]
by Peter Zeihan on September 19, 2024 If your pocket starts to feel warm in the coming days, here’s a few questions you should ask yourself. #1 – Are you trapped in the 80s? #2 – Are you affiliated with any terrorist organizations? If you answered yes to […]
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by Peter Zeihan on September 16, 2024 Taiwan has positioned itself as the dominant player in the semiconductor industry, but what would happen if a conflict with China broke out? Well, if semiconductor supply chain vulnerabilities are top of mind, than sure, this should be of concern (but […]
Only Three Lonely Products Still Use Apple’s Lightning Connector Brenda Stolyar Now that AirPods Max have finally been upgraded to USB-C, just a few Apple items are holding on. Can you guess all three? READ OpenAI Announces a New AI Model, Code-Named Strawberry, That Solves Difficult Problems Step […]
Inside Google’s 7-Year Mission to Give AI a Robot Body Hans Peter Brondmo As the head of Alphabet’s AI-powered robotics moonshot, I came to believe many things. For one, robots can’t come soon enough. For another, they shouldn’t look like us. READ Why AI Is So Bad at […]
Tuesday, 10 September 2024 “The river is such a tranquil place, a place to sit and think of romance and the beauty of nature, to enjoy the elegance of swans and the chance of a glimpse of a kingfisher.” Jane Wilson-Howarth STORY OF THE DAY ANC’s Gauteng decline […]
I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian, and Logos to discuss on whether Technology is inevitable. This can be seen in two ways (1) Was technology destined to triumph in history and (2) is technology destined to triumph in the future? We will discuss both possible meanings […]
Reprotech now enables over 5% of births in the Jewish State and is rooting out genetic diseases. Sep 04, 2024 Written by Craig Willy. The rise of reproductive technologies (reprotechnologies) is ushering in a new phase in humanity’s evolutionary history. IVF, embryo screening, and other procedures are enabling […]
The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case Kate Knibbs Hachette v. Internet Archive was brought by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library. READ ReMarkable Brings a Color Screen to Its Focus-Friendly Tablet Lineup Julian Chokkattu The company’s […]
I will be joined by Keith Preston, Florian, and Logos to discuss on whether Technology is inevitable. This can be seen in two ways (1) Was technology destined to triumph in history and (2) is technology destined to triumph in the future? We will discuss both possible meanings […]
3 lessons from a decade of populism Craig Willy Jul 31, 2024 Not your grandpa’s GOP. (Original meme @elonmusk.) Populism marches on. In the United States, Trumpism has consolidated its hold over the Republican Party. With the choice of of J. D. Vance as Donald Trump’s vice-presidential candidate, […]
Simplicius Aug 31, 2024 More and more society around us resembles a synthetic confection of passionless artifice. Everywhere you look, our reality is manipulated with all the modern tricks of the trade, straight off the innovation line. AI has yet to sport its first coat of paint, and […]
In 2021, a young, unknown pink-haired Dutch paleontologist named Melanie During made an explosive allegation about a fellow paleontologist named Robert DePalma, who controls one of the most important fossil sites in the world. Both had recently emerged with history-making papers that pinpointed the season the dinosaurs died […]
by Richard Heathen Arktos Journal Aug 26, 2024 Richard Heathen explores the potential rise of a Counter-Tradition through the lens of transhumanism and AI, speculating that figures like Donald Trump, Peter Thiel, and Elon Musk may be key players in ushering in a new and artificial “sacral” order […]
Robert Lindsay Aug 25, 2024 The commenter below is commenting on my recent post on Tech Bro capitalism. I love this commenter and he’s easily the most knowledgeable of my commenters, but I did disagree with him on a thing or two. Commenter: I think it’s a little […]
By Jordan Kinard published August 17, 2024 In the search for less energy-hungry artificial intelligence, some scientists are exploring living computers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Four clusters of living neurons are connected to electrodes […]
The Slow-Burn Nightmare of the National Public Data Breach Lily Hay Newman Social Security numbers, physical addresses, and more—all available online. After months of confusion, leaked information from a background-check firm underscores the long-term risks of data breaches. READ What Is Gemini Live and How Do You Use […]
How Hackers Extracted the ‘Keys to the Kingdom’ to Clone HID Keycards Andy Greenberg A team of researchers have developed a method for extracting authentication keys out of HID encoders, which could allow hackers to clone the types of keycards used to secure offices and other areas worldwide. […]
Troy Southgate Aug 16, 2024 THOSE of us who are aware of the manifold dangers of technology usually appreciate that some circumstances are more conducive to the expansion of human consciousness than others. A hermit, for example, who has chosen to isolate himself with a minimum of comfort […]
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Adam Ormes’s presentation, ‘Technocracy, the Inklings and the Spiritual Struggle of Our Time’, at the Commonwealth of Free Spirits 1st International Conference in Porto, Portugal, June 2024. BIO: Adam Ormes has spent a large part of his existence seeking out ways of resolving numerous riddles and paradoxes, which […]
08.11.24 Hackers have invaded Las Vegas! But don’t fret—they were invited. OK, maybe fret a little. For tens of thousands of people in the cybersecurity world, the beginning of August means Black Hat and Defcon, two of the world’s biggest security conferences, which take place back-to-back in Vegas […]
USPS Text Scammers Duped His Wife, So He Hacked Their Operation Matt Burgess The Smishing Triad network sends up to 100,000 scam texts per day globally. One of those messages went to Grant Smith, who infiltrated their systems and exposed them to US authorities. READ The […]
Don’t miss out on more stories you may enjoy. NASA Is ‘Evaluating All Options’ to Get the Boeing Starliner Crew Home Eric Berger, Ars Technica Eight weeks after the Starliner spacecraft launched, NASA is still looking for possible answers to its technical issues—including the possibility of SpaceX lending […]
08.06.24 Paris is a city swamped in security. Forty thousand barriers divide the French capital. Packs of police officers wearing stab vests patrol pretty, cobbled streets. The river Seine is out of bounds to anyone who has not already been vetted and issued a personal QR code. Khaki-clad soldiers, […]
The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Will Be Unlike Any Before It Daniele Polidoro For the first time in history, the Olympics opening ceremony won’t be held inside a stadium. Instead, it will float down the Seine. Here’s everything you need to know. READ The 21 Best Movies […]
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Watch now Meet the Sentient World Simulation: How the Government Predicts the Future The Corbett Report Jul 27 READ IN APP SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/sentient-world-simulation/ Have you heard of the “Sentient World Simulation”? Do you know that the Defense Department […]
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July 25, 2024 • 5 min read with Dan DeFrancesco Hello! The iPhone could reportedly get a major redesign to turn it into a…flip phone. What year are we living in? In today’s big story, dozens of Wall Street employees open up about how they are (or aren’t) […]
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