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Alex Karp regularly goes off on liberals and those on the Left for not supporting our military. Here's a short video example (excerpt below):"Our country has empathy for everyone but working class, particularly white males. So when you look at coverage in mainstream newspapers about the constitutionality of blowing up boats that are bringing fentanyl here, I guarantee you that if that fentanyl was killing people at schools we went to, potentially that your kids are going to, it would be constitutional to blow up those boats."

Waymo is hitting the brakes on its robotaxi software and issuing a voluntary recall after school bus safety concerns came to light earlier this year. The recall won’t necessarily pull cars from the road but will instead see them updated. It comes after an investigation by Nexstar’s KXAN found the company’s driverless vehicles illegally passed school buses with their stop arms out in Austin, Texas. The Austin Independent School District said similar incidents occurred at least 19 times this school year, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened an investigation in October. In November, cameras captured a Waymo...

VIDEOS AT LINK............. If you’re going to read the comments, might as well have some fun with them. The #1 rule of working on the internet is to never read the comments. Somebody could put the winning lottery numbers in our comments and I would still lose because I would never see them. It’s usually just a cesspool of trolls, so there’s not really any point in diving into the comments to deal with that mess. But one news anchor has a different way of dealing with the trolls. Carissa Codel, a morning news anchor from Missouri, has gone viral...

Doing the rounds on social media is the most disturbing ad I’ve ever seen. And I’m telling you about it because you need to be forewarned, just in case this Christmas a child or a grandchild happens to mention that it might be an idea to record a video for posterity, and opens the 2wai app. 2wai is the company responsible for the ad, and the service it offers is the creation of AI versions of family members so that relatives can talk to them after they’re dead. Catch ’em while they’re still alive, says 2wai; film a three-minute interview...

Cooking Robots and the Loss of Human Skill Original Question In view of centuries of history of technological development in which increasing power and convenience of gadgetry have prompted the unintended consequence of the atrophy of first-person practice of human skills with self-reliance, what is the likelihood that the proliferation of cooking robots will result in people forgetting how to cook and feed themselves in the event of a technological contraction? Short Answer The risk is real but uneven. Widespread cooking robots would almost certainly erode everyday cooking skills in some parts of the population, especially among those who fully...

It's been only a few weeks since Google introduced 'AI Overview' in its search engine, but the public criticism has already been overwhelming. *snip* Social media users have shared a huge variety of screenshots showing the AI tool giving funny, incorrect, and downright concerning responses.

Dec 6, 2025 #technews #pcbuilding #hardware The tech world is heading into a strange crisis… RAM might become harder to buy in the future, and most people don’t even know why. In this video, we break down what’s really happening behind the scenes from rising production costs, changing industry standards.... ,and the move toward integrated memory all the way to how these changes could affect your next PC or gaming upgrade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_syXnXyynM

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AT&T has vowed to scrap its DEI policies, including a worker training program that labeled racism as a “uniquely white trait.” The telecommunication giant’s sudden change of heart on policies that discriminate against white men comes after pressure from FCC Chairman Brendar Carr. The New York Post reports that AT&T, the Dallas-based telecom company with over 110,000 employees in the United States, has announced its decision to eliminate its DEI policies. This move comes in response to pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who has made it clear that companies will not be approved for crucial FCC licenses until they...

Huawei has just launched HarmonyOS NEXT — a fully independent operating system that cuts all remaining ties to Windows and Google. For the first time in history, China is replacing Western software at national scale, forcing thousands of government institutions and state-owned companies to migrate away from Microsoft. In this video, we break down how HarmonyOS NEXT works, why it’s faster and more secure than Windows in China’s ecosystem, and how Beijing is using it to achieve full technological independence. From AI-powered apps to distributed architecture, Huawei’s OS is redefining how devices communicate and how nations control their digital future....

The CNN anchor made the embarrassing gaffe during the opening segment on The Lead Thursday evening, as a surveillance photo of suspect Brian Cole Jr. flashed behind him. Moments later, CNN became the first outlet to publish a second photo of the alleged suspect, taken from his mother's Instagram account. It clearly shows that the 30-year-old is a black man.

While giant tech companies like Google and Amazon tout the billions they’re pouring into AI infrastructure, IBM’s CEO doubts their bets will pay off like they think. Arvind Krishna, who has been at the helm of the legacy tech company since 2020, said even a simple calculation reveals there is “no way” tech companies’ massive data center investments make sense. This is in part because data centers require huge amounts of energy and investment, Krishna said on the Decoder podcast.Goldman Sachs estimated earlier this year that the total power usage by the global data center market stood at around 55...

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang presented Joe Rogan’s audience with a vision of AI so dominant it could rewrite reality itself.Huang layed out a future where human knowledge completely takes a backseat to silicon brains in the very near future.“In the future… maybe two or three years, 90% of the world’s knowledge will likely be generated by AI,” Huang told Rogan, his tone matter-of-fact as if charting tomorrow’s weather.NVIDIA CEO blows Joe Rogan away with a staggering prediction about AI. HUANG: “In the future… maybe two or three years, 90% of the world’s knowledge will likely be generated by AI.” ROGAN:...

The RAM Shortage Comes for Us All | 4:29 Jeff Geerling | 1.01M subscribers | 1,265 views | December 4, 2025

What’s Actually Happening Most of you already know what’s going on, but just in case you don’t: under the current rules, a government agency has to perform a security audit on DJI. If they don’t complete one by December 23rd, DJI automatically gets placed on the FCC’s Covered List. The truth is, no agency wants to be the one to step forward and take on that responsibility. There’s no incentive. There’s actually political risk. There’s liability. So the most likely scenario is that no audit is going to happen and DJI gets listed by default. It’s an underhanded way to...

Renewing Your Uniformed Services ID Card Sponsors may request Uniformed Service ID (USID) Card renewal online, which if approved, are mailed directly to the card recipient; no in person appointments necessary. This page provides details on how to renew your USID card online. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Click here for a list of FAQs. What's Changing? Sponsors can request card renewals online through ID Card Office Online. Cards will be printed by the Government Publishing Office and mailed to the card recipient via U.S. mail. Requirements Sponsor may be a Common Access Card (CAC) holder or a DoD Self-service Logon...

Good news for AAPL investors: Apple has a new head of AI. Pressure Points: Apple AI's SVP, John Giannandrea, Retiring | 3:27 Deepwater Asset Management | 20.1K subscribers | 2,139 views | December 1, 2025

Recent announcements, including the US$9.6 billion Japan chip plant, have fueled optimism but don’t materially change the current biggest short-term catalyst, tight global memory chip supply, or the main risk of continued heavy capital spending weighing on cash flow and margin stability.Micron’s investment in the Hiroshima facility may be the most relevant recent announcement, as it enhances the company's manufacturing capacity for advanced memory, positioning it to serve fast-growing AI and data center markets. While this addresses demand surges, it also reinforces the importance of prudent capital allocation given memory market volatility and ongoing competition impacting returns.

A startling new study says Artificial Intelligence may be close to replacing many jobs for humans, and many jobs occupied by lawyers as well."AI is a wonderful tool that can help people in many amazing ways," explained lead researcher Stan Marsden. "But we worry it will soon replace a significant number of jobs that humans hold in the workplace. It might also take jobs from lawyers and other non-human entities as well." The study showed a startling trend as AI replaces human-held jobs at a faster and faster rate. Job experts worry that many humans and lawyers might be out...

Every creator on X is playing a game they were never told the rules to. Your reach isn’t dying by accident. It’s being scored, tiered, and throttled behind your back. If advertisers decide your ideas are “unsafe,” the algorithm buries you before your own followers ever see a word. ===================================================================== BRIEFING Jett here. Everyone feels like something changed on X, like the lights dimmed on certain voices and mysteriously brightened on others. It’s starting to feel like that commie Jack is running the show again. Let’s get into it. X isn’t just a public square anymore. Apparently, it’s a scoring...