EVANSTON, Illinois (PNN) - April 1, 2024 - Imagine the vast expanse of the world’s oceans. Now picture an underwater realm three times that size, not across the globe’s surface, but tucked away deep beneath it, at a depth of 700 kilometers. This isn’t the plot of a science-fiction novel but the startling discovery made by a team of scientists, unraveling the mysteries of our planet’s water origins.
A gigantic ocean has been discovered beneath the surface of the Earth
Make your own Solar Eclipse glasses
How to evade call surveillance on the phone network
I found a way to evade the Public Switch Telephone Network surveillance infrastructure when making a phone call. Just a little foresight and a little tech and a solution is at hand. Rob Braxman reports.
Giant sand battery holds a week of heat for an entire town
HELSINKI, Finland (PNN) - March 12, 2024 - A new industrial-scale “sand battery” has been announced for Finland, which packs 1 MW of power and a capacity of up to 100 MWh of thermal energy for use during those cold polar winters. The new battery will be about 10 times bigger than a pilot plant that’s been running since 2022.
Flying car that can fit in 2-car garage to debut in 2025
MIAMI, Florida (PNN) - March 5, 2024 - All the talk at the minute seems to be about flying cars. If the truth be told, they’ve long been promised but are still to be delivered. That could all be about to change, though, thanks to news about Doroni Aerospace’s H1-X flying car.
AI legal battle begins around Google Gemini AI defaming people
In this Timcast the panel of journalists discusses how Google AI is libeling individuals with no consequences, because the defamation is not being perpetrated by any humans but rather by a machine. Do victims of such attacks have any remedy in law? Tim Pool reports.
Privacy expert recommends you delete apps to protect privacy
Privacy specialist Naomi Brockwell looked through my phone and said I should delete most of my apps. Here’s what she said I should delete and why. John Stossel reports.
New thermal scope lets snipers see bullets in flight without tracers
KENT, England (PNN) - February 15, 2024 - Defense contractor Teledyne FLIR has unveiled its new thermal sniper scope that can see its own bullets fly by day or night at ranges up to 1.3
miles. First seeing light at the annual SHOT Show in Las Vegas, the ThermoSight HISS-HD allows snipers and machine gunners to engage targets at long range while remaining unseen.
Will AI be able to deliver Utopia?
Think Tanks are now studying what AI can do and how it can be used to guide the world in the 21st Century. Some of these ideas lead to amazing changes and you will not recognize the world it can potentially build. Is it doable? Can AI really deliver this? Because if it can, it will be Utopia! Rob Braxman reports.
Commentary: Audio cloning can take over a phone call in real time without the speakers knowing
by Joel McConvey
February 6, 2024 - Generative AI could be listening to your phone calls and hijacking them with fake biometric audio for fraud or manipulation purposes, according to new research published by Security Intelligence. In the wake of a Hong Kong fraud case that saw an employee transfer $25 million in funds to five bank accounts after a virtual meeting with what turned out to be audio-video deepfakes of senior management, the biometrics and digital identity world is on high alert, and the threats are growing more sophisticated by the day.