by Benjamin Bartee
March 14, 2026 - Silicon Valley has long existed in an intractable paradox, in that it grew out of a hippie-influenced counterculture in Northern Kalifornia that ostensibly committed to idealistic notions of peace on Earth while simultaneously developing the tools of State for global mass surveillance, social credit scores, computer-generated new pathogens, killer drone robots, etc. - in other words, the critical infrastructure for the Beast system.
WASHINGTON (PNN) - March 11, 2026 - Washington has discovered a familiar political trick: wrap a flawed policy in the language of protecting children and hope nobody reads the fine print. The latest example is the App Store Accountability Act, a bill championed by lawmakers who appear eager to regulate the Internet without understanding how it actually works.
by Eric Peters
March 11, 2026 - We are told that “driver assistance technologies” make cars safer by making crashes less likely to happen - as for example by having the car apply the brakes when the driver doesn’t. This of course assumes the brakes need to be applied - and also that it is safe for the car to apply them.
What if it isn’t?
More and more computer user are flocking to Linux. But what is surprising is that a large number migrated to Zorin. Apparently it got 2 million downloads in 3 months with the new Zorin 18 version. Why are ex-Windows users migrating to this choice of distro? Does it deserve this attention? Let's do a deep analysis of what makes Zorin tick and let's find out if I will change my recommendations and point new Linux users from Windows to this distro. Rob Braxman reports.
by Abhimanyu Ghoshal
February 7, 2026 - Big Tech believes orbital data centers are the best way to scale up compute infrastructure needed to run AI services.
Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We are taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, or at least that is what Big Tech is yelling from the rooftops at the moment.
KYIV, Ukraine (PNN) - February 7, 2026 - Ukraine has become the proving ground for 2030s warfare, where Western weaponry, Russian weaponry, and anyone else's "next gen" weaponry collide on a modern battlefield that is already providing a sneak peek of what conflict will look like: weaponized AI, ground robots, FPV swarms, and automated kill chains, with humanoid robo-killers that could enter field testing as early as this year.
MENLO PARK, Kalifornia (PNN) - February 2, 2026 - Meta has been fighting lawsuits from coast to coast over how Facebook and Instagram harm children; but the company never expected to face this latest legal strategy. Meta chairman Mark Zuckerberg was blindsided by one state's undercover operation that could completely sink Meta.
There are a lot of protests going on in the United States and in other countries. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz just told people to bring their phones and take pictures of everything! This is exactly the advice you must not follow if you want to be safe in a protest. If you are in Iran, this advice will get you killed. Drop stupid advice and learn exactly what you must do if you want to safely participate in a protest. Rob Braxman reports.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. says he is working on national legislation to ban cell phones in schools, citing concerns about depression, low academic performance, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, and radiation exposure. Natali Moore reports.
Many viral videos capitalize on Palantir being the evil company bent on surveillance and elimination of your privacy. Though I have talked about what I understood about Palantir for over a decade, I did not truly understand what they did. I did some deep research and instead of confirming what other people have said, I was surprised to arrive at a different conclusion - Palantir is not the bogey man. Oh yes, it is a tool that can be used to kill people, but who is pushing the buttons? Rob Braxman reports.
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