Tag: Internet of Things

New report unveils how CIA schemes color revolutions around the world

Ms. Cat

For a long time, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has plotted “peaceful evolution” and “color revolutions” as well as spying activities around the world. Although details about these operations have always been murky, a new report released by China’s National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and Chinese cybersecurity company 360 on Thursday unveiled the main technical means the CIA has used to scheme and promote unrest around the world.

New report unveils how CIA schemes color revolutions around the world

H/T: The Most Revolutionary Act

Shadowy US Spy Firm Promises To Surveil Crypto Users For the Highest Bidder

Ms. Cat

Leaked files reviewed by MintPress expose how intelligence services the world over can track cryptocurrency transactions to their source and therefore identify users by monitoring the movements of smartphone and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, such as Amazon Echo. The contents comprehensively detonate the myth of crypto anonymity, and have grave implications for individuals and states seeking to shield their financial activity from the prying eyes of hostile governments and authorities.

Shadowy US Spy Firm Promises To Surveil Crypto Users For the Highest Bidder

Previously:

Anomaly Six

Mercedes will unlock your $100,000 electric car’s full power — for an extra $1,200 per year

Ms. Cat

Let’s say you’re tired of hitting 60 mph in only 5.3 seconds and want to get to highway speed a smidge faster. Is that worth a $1,200-per-year subscription to you?

Mercedes-Benz hopes the answer is yes.

Mercedes will unlock your $100,000 electric car’s full power — for an extra $1,200 per year

H/T: Steve Lehto

At least you can get an EV tax credit on your 2023 Mercedes EQS SUV!

Big Chip in US-China Crisis

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For the U.S., it is unthinkable that semiconductor behemoth TSMC could one day be in territory controlled by Beijing, writes Maria Ryan.

One aspect of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan that has been largely overlooked is her meeting with Mark Lui, chairman of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Pelosi’s trip coincided with U.S. efforts to convince TSMC – the world’s largest chip manufacturer, on which the U.S. is heavily dependent – to establish a manufacturing base in the US and to stop making advanced chips for Chinese companies.

Big Chip in US-China Crisis

SpaceX Starlink satellites twice came too close, China tells UN chief

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SpaceX Starlink satellites twice came too close, China tells UN chief

H/T: China Space Station conducted evasive manoeuvres to avoid collisions with Elon Musk’s Starlink statelites (archived)

What they leave out:

The Air Force And SpaceX Are Teaming Up For A ‘Massive’ Live Fire Exercise

SpaceX Starlink Impresses Air Force Weapons Buyer In Big Live-Fire Exercise

SpaceX Exec Says Company Would Launch A Weapon Into Space In ‘Defense Of This Country’

The Metaverse Is Big Brother in Disguise: Freedom Meted Out by Technological Tyrants

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By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead | The Rutherford Institute | November 9, 2021

Welcome to the Matrix (i.e. the metaverse), where reality is virtual, freedom is only as free as one’s technological overlords allow, and artificial intelligence is slowly rendering humanity unnecessary, inferior and obsolete.

The Metaverse Is Big Brother in Disguise: Freedom Meted Out by Technological Tyrants

Pentagon cancels JEDI contract and plans more advanced cloud-based warfare platform

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Pentagon cancels JEDI contract and plans more advanced cloud-based warfare platform

A primary concern of the Pentagon is to maintain technological superiority over international rivals such as Russia and China. According to Peter Asaro, a professor at the New School in New York and a cofounder of the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, “The advanced militaries are pushing the envelope of these technologies. They will proliferate rapidly.”