If you thought Flock was bad check out Falconet. Falconet from Israeli company Cognyte serves as a cell tower simulator that intercepts cell phone data from all devices within range. Police mount these systems in Tahoes so the vehicles can collect information while driving through areas without any direct interaction Read more…
“The great question… which I have not been able to answer… is, `What does woman want?’” — Sigmund Freud
I’ve finally learned what “upward compatible” means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes. — Dennie van Tassel
James Cameron filmed his Avatar sequels there. Marvel filmed Thor, Iron Man 2, and The Avengers. Manhattan Beach Studios in Los Angeles even handled Star Wars’ series like Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Mandalorian, about “a heavily armed bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away.” “Now lenders who are selling Read more…
If tired or wasted passengers fall asleep in a traditional taxi or rideshare, the driver can shout or shake them awake, not so in a robotaxi… Ditto Kasendar remembers soft music drifting from the robotaxi’s speakers as he rode home late at night from a friend’s birthday party in 2025. Read more…
A humanoid robot lost its head, during the world’s first free-combat tournament for full-sized humanoid robots. The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend competition began Thursday in Shenzhen, China, according to the article, with local robotics company EngineAI providing $40,000 of their “T800” robots (yes, named after The Terminator) to 32 participating Read more…
A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco adds to growing research linking increased social media use to detrimental effects on attention, memory and cognition. The study followed more than 11,000 U.S. adolescents over a period of five years, with participants first asked about their Read more…