Technological Revolution

Instant real-time video AI is now upon us for better and worse

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 03/27/2026 - 14:06

SAN JOSE, Kalifornia (PNN) - March 19, 2026 - A new real-time video AI model was demonstrated yesterday, capable of generating its first frame in less than a tenth of a second. If you think the world is out of control right now and full of AI bullshit, just wait for what is coming.

Microsoft is ending the era of the personal computer

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 11:28

Windows users sitting in the sidelines are not understanding the source of the Windows hate. But that's because the messages are not getting through. Windows is changing. In a big way. The changes are so huge that really it is evolving to a completely different kind of computing experience that may have no connection anymore to Windows XP. Rob Braxman reports.

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You have no idea how crazy humanoid robots have gotten!

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 11:22

SAN JOSE, Kalifornia (PNN) - March 15, 2026 - During a recent visit to Figure AI’s robotic company headquarters in San Jose, the author observed autonomous humanoid robots performing household, logistics and manufacturing-related tasks for extended periods without direct human
intervention. According to Figure, one robot operated continuously for 67 hours with a single recorded error. The company presents this as evidence of a transition from experimental demonstrations to operational systems.

Commentary: Head of the Anthropic safeguards research team resigns citing existential threat posed by AI

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 11:17

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.

The App Store Accountability Act is a privacy nightmare disguised as child protection

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 11:06

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.

Commentary: Braking for a Bag

Submitted by Freedomman on Fri, 03/20/2026 - 11:01

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?

A detailed review of Zorin - is this good for ex-Windows users?

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 02/12/2026 - 17:48

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.

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Commentary: What is the deal with space-based data centers for AI?

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 02/12/2026 - 17:41

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.

Artificial intelligence and the rise of Skynet-like weapons offer a glimpse of 2030s battlefield

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 02/12/2026 - 17:31

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.

Mark Zuckerberg blindsided by one state’s undercover operation that could sink Meta

Submitted by Freedomman on Thu, 02/12/2026 - 17:12

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.

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