Tag: Tech

Warner, Rubio Question Facebook’s Zuckerberg Over China’s Access to User Data

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Vice Chairman Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter (pdf) to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday, questioning him about crucial data Meta’s Facebook platform shared with developers in China in recent years. Warner and Rubio alleged, based on past reporting and company documents, that Facebook has known that…


LIVE NOW: CCP Tested Tech to Launch Hypersonic Missiles From Balloons; Canadian Doctors Coerced on Euthanasia

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) previously tested weapons systems that would use inflatable balloons as weapons delivery systems to launch hypersonic missiles. The programs would allow the regime to deploy powerful missiles in high earth orbit, and then use gravity to accelerate the speed of the missiles to make them even more difficult to counter….


CCP Tested Tech to Launch Hypersonic Missiles From Balloons; Canadian Doctors Coerced on Euthanasia

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) previously tested weapons systems that would use inflatable balloons as weapons delivery systems to launch hypersonic missiles. The programs would allow the regime to deploy powerful missiles in high earth orbit, and then use gravity to accelerate the speed of the missiles to make them even more difficult to counter….


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: CCP Tested Tech to Launch Hypersonic Missiles From Balloons; Canadian Doctors Coerced on Euthanasia

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) previously tested weapons systems that would use inflatable balloons as weapons delivery systems to launch hypersonic missiles. The programs would allow the regime to deploy powerful missiles in high earth orbit, and then use gravity to accelerate the speed of the missiles to make them even more difficult to counter….


Google Announces ‘Bard,’ an AI Chatbot Rival to ChatGPT

Google on Monday announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called “Bard” that will rival the currently popular ChatGPT. “Two years ago we unveiled next-generation language and conversation capabilities powered by our Language Model for Dialogue Applications (or LaMDA for short),” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post. “We’ve been working on an experimental…


LIVE 2/7, at 10:30 AM ET: CCP Tested Tech to Launch Hypersonic Missiles From Balloons; Canadian Doctors Coerced on Euthanasia

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) previously tested weapons systems that would use inflatable balloons as weapons delivery systems to launch hypersonic missiles. The programs would allow the regime to deploy powerful missiles in high earth orbit, and then use gravity to accelerate the speed of the missiles to make them even more difficult to counter….


Electric Vehicles Pumped up by More Durable Solid-State Batteries

A recently developed material that can increase the durability of the positive electrodes within solid-state batteries, an alternative battery to lithium-ion, can potentially boost electric vehicles (EVs). While some car companies predict that plug-in hybrids will maintain their popularity in the short term, electric cars are considered the world’s leading candidate in the switch from conventional gasoline-run…


Biden Says He’s Not Sure About TikTok Ban

President Joe Biden left it open on whether he will ban the Chinese-owned short video app TikTok that has been drawing scrutiny for national security concerns. “I’m not sure. I know I don’t have it on my phone,” Biden said on Feb. 6, in response to a reporter’s question about TikTok after returning to Washington…


Twitter on Track to Break Even Financially in 2023, Elon Musk Says

Twitter is on a path to financially break even, Elon Musk said in a Feb. 5 tweet, as the company implements several measures to boost declining revenues. The comment followed a December 2022 statement by Musk that he was optimistic about the company’s cash flow this year. “Last 3 months were extremely tough, as had…


Apple Removes Decentralized Twitter-Like App Damus From Chinese App Store

Apple has reportedly removed Damus, a Twitter-like social media app backed by the nostr protocol, from its Chinese app store owing to content deemed “illegal” by the Chinese communist regime. Damus shared on Feb. 3 a screenshot of an Apple notification, stating that the app failed a security assessment of “information services with attribute of…