California’s High Power Prices Could Derail Liberal EV Dream

By Tyler Durden, California electricity rates are increasing far faster than the rest of the country. Last year, electricity prices rose 1.7 times faster than the rest of the county, and residential prices jumped 2.7 faster. These increases are terrible news for residents who want to swap their combustion engine vehicles for electric ones.   […]

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NATO’s “Space Policy” Outlines Readiness To Jointly Respond To Attacks In Space

Authored by Isabel van Brugen via The Epoch Times, NATO made public its official “overarching Space Policy” this week, outlining how it would protect its members from space attacks, citing threats from potential adversaries. The U.S.-led alliance said its collective defense principles will be extended to outer space in response to developments made at last year’s Brussels Summit. […]

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Virginia’s First 3D-Printed Home Under Construction Amid “Hyperinflating” Housing Market

from ZH Last month, we noted “Screw Lumber, Just 3D-Print Your Next Home,” which is precisely what one builder did in Virginia. According to local news NBC12, history was made Thursday when the first house in the state, located in South Richmond, was constructed with a 3-D printer. “It’s a home where your wall are made out of concrete […]

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Farm Robot Zaps Weeds With High-Powered Lasers, Eliminates Need For Toxic Herbicides

From Zero Hedge: In the same way, a self-driving car sees its surroundings on city streets, sensors that use machine learning technology allow farm robots to navigate fields. Automation is a growing presence in the farm industry, and a new generation of autonomous robots is helping farmers shape tomorrow’s crops. Crops that can be harvested […]

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‘Trojan Horse’ Bug Lurking in Vital US Computers Since 2011

A destructive “Trojan Horse” malware program has penetrated the software that runs much of the nation’s critical infrastructure and is poised to cause an economic catastrophe, according to the Department of Homeland Security. National Security sources told ABC News there is evidence that the malware was inserted by hackers believed to be sponsored by the […]

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World on a string: Breakthrough fiberoptic cable 2,500X faster than fastest internet

Imagine downloading your favorite flick in 31 thousandths of a second. Such insane internet speeds are now a reality, with researchers rolling out a 255 terabits per second fiberoptic network which could transport the entire Internet on a single cable. The cable, the joint effort of Dutch and US scientists, is 2,550 times faster than […]

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FBI director: iPhones shields pedophiles from cops

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Apple’s new privacy features protect kidnappers, pedophiles and terrorists, according to FBI director James Comey. In an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday, Comey said Apple’s encryption standards for iPhones and iPads “put people beyond the law.” Apple (AAPL, Tech30) recently took measures to enhance user privacy. Now, only users have […]

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The Internet is broken

Reports of Internet bugs like like Heartbleed and the recent shellshock are growing more frequent and the problems they pose are increasingly more dangerous. Why? For two reasons that aren’t going to change anytime soon. The Internet was never meant for this. We use the Internet for banking, business, education and national defense. These things […]

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