defensedaily<p>DARPA Selects Nearly 20 Companies to Develop Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computers::</p><p><a href="https://defensemirror.com/news/39213/DARPA_Selects_Nearly_20_Companies_to_Develop_Fault_Tolerant_Quantum_Computers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">defensemirror.com/news/39213/D</span><span class="invisible">ARPA_Selects_Nearly_20_Companies_to_Develop_Fault_Tolerant_Quantum_Computers</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QBI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QuantumTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumTechnology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DefenseInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DefenseInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QuantumResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuantumResearch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Qubits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qubits</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a></p>
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Harris Georgiou<p>Reboot podcast (29-3-2025): Γλώσσες προγραμματισμού, TIOBE index και σύγχρονες τάσεις | <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%95%CE%A0%CE%95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ΕΠΕ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HIU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIU</span></a></p><p>Youtube >> <a href="https://youtu.be/bs8GZhyk2t4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/bs8GZhyk2t4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Spotify >> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RubEbk8NqnyVvT8FxjEn3?si=pJsQf__mTFKWHTV0K7XQtw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/6RubE</span><span class="invisible">bk8NqnyVvT8FxjEn3?si=pJsQf__mTFKWHTV0K7XQtw</span></a></p><p>Περισσότερα επεισόδια του <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reboot</span></a> διαθέσιμα από την Ένωση Πληροφορικών Ελλάδας (ΕΠΕ) - <a href="https://www.epe.org.gr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">epe.org.gr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reboot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%95%CE%A0%CE%95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ΕΠΕ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HIU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Πληροφορικη</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>προγραμματισμος</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%BA%CF%89%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>κωδικας</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>λογισμικο</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darpa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darpa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tractor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tractor</span></a></p>
Harris Georgiou<p>Reboot podcast (29-3-2025): Γλώσσες προγραμματισμού, TIOBE index και σύγχρονες τάσεις | <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%95%CE%A0%CE%95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ΕΠΕ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HIU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIU</span></a></p><p>Youtube >> <a href="https://youtu.be/bs8GZhyk2t4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/bs8GZhyk2t4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Spotify >> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6RubEbk8NqnyVvT8FxjEn3?si=pJsQf__mTFKWHTV0K7XQtw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.spotify.com/episode/6RubE</span><span class="invisible">bk8NqnyVvT8FxjEn3?si=pJsQf__mTFKWHTV0K7XQtw</span></a></p><p>Περισσότερα επεισόδια του <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reboot</span></a> διαθέσιμα από την Ένωση Πληροφορικών Ελλάδας (ΕΠΕ) - <a href="https://www.epe.org.gr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">epe.org.gr</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reboot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reboot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%95%CE%A0%CE%95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ΕΠΕ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HIU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Πληροφορικη</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>προγραμματισμος</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%BA%CF%89%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>κωδικας</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>λογισμικο</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiobe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tiobe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/darpa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>darpa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tractor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tractor</span></a></p>
Jeff C<p>Some years ago, Keith Laumer wrote science fiction stories about Bolos, huge autonomous robot tanks.</p><p>DARPA seems to be going a step further. <a href="https://www.darpa.mil/research/programs/no-manning-required-ship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">darpa.mil/research/programs/no</span><span class="invisible">-manning-required-ship</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/robots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>robots</span></a></p>
Volt Hessen<p>03. Sofortige Vertragsänderung: Eine gezielte Überarbeitung der Verträge zur Ergänzung der <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/Verteidigung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verteidigung</span></a> durchführen. Einen ganzheitlichen Konvent einberufen, um die Erweiterung vorzubereiten.<br>04. Schulden für Verteidigung: EU-Schulden für gemeinsame, mehrjährige Beschaffung ausgeben, eine europäische <a href="https://hessen.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> (Behörde für Forschungsprojekte der Verteidigung) und spezialisierte regionale Industriecluster einrichten.</p><p>3/6</p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🛰️🚀 The folks at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> are apparently on a cosmic quest to grow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/interstellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interstellar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/houseplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>houseplants</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microgravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microgravity</span></a>, because regular gravity was just too mainstream. 🌱 Perhaps they're hoping to build the first space-age treehouse for astronauts who need a break from all the serious science. 🌌🧠<br><a href="https://sam.gov/opp/426e5868fcf74dd4ada3768b00b09234/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sam.gov/opp/426e5868fcf74dd4ad</span><span class="invisible">a3768b00b09234/view</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🤖 DARPA's latest "revolution" in robotics: one human puppet master, dozens of robot minions, and a 403 error that controls them all! 🌐 Because who needs real tech breakthroughs when you've got Varnish cache servers to mess things up? 😂 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InnovationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InnovationFail</span></a><br><a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/darpa-robot" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">spectrum.ieee.org/darpa-robot</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Robotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Robotics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VarnishCache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VarnishCache</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechHumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechHumor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InnovationFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InnovationFail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Watching <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BattlestarGalactica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BattlestarGalactica</span></a> (new series) season 2 finale. As the army of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> bots (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elon</span></a>'s army) marches onto <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewCaprica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewCaprica</span></a>! Ugh! Too close to home?</p>
Glyn Moody<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> seeks ideas for 'large bio-mechanical space structures' - <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/27/darpa_biomech_space_structures/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/02/27/dar</span><span class="invisible">pa_biomech_space_structures/</span></a> "looking for structures more than 500 meters long. It envisages uses including vast nets for orbital debris collection, tethers for a space elevator, or self-assembled wings for a commercial space station."</p>
[𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚢𝚜𝟷@~/𝚜𝚛𝚌]$:blinking_cursor:<p>-new year, new job, new intro-</p><p>Hello! I'm a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/millennial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>millennial</span></a> husband and dad of two (I post about that a fair bit). I'm also a cybersecurity researcher and developer currently working for <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> Internal Audit Security. Previously I worked as a member of the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AWS</span></a> Red Team, and before that at a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/contractor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contractor</span></a> doing R&D on cyber <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tooling</span></a> (incident response, deception, some <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> efforts, etc.), as well as taking part on a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/redteam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>redteam</span></a> at the National Cyber Range.</p><p>I write when I can about things that interest me at Sidneys1.com. Topics range from (mostly) programming to computer tips and tricks or even book and game reviews.</p><p>I also dabble in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> - I try to focus on the late-90's early-00's era machines that I grew up with, which I find to be an underrepresented niche.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>
Terence Tao<p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> just announced a forthcoming program entitled "Exponentiating Mathematics", focusing on challenges to auto-formalization (and auto-decomposition of large proofs into small lemmas). The preliminary announcement (still short on many details) can be found at <a href="https://sam.gov/opp/4def3c13ca3947069b1779e7ff697c6a/view" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sam.gov/opp/4def3c13ca3947069b</span><span class="invisible">1779e7ff697c6a/view</span></a></p><p>[As mentioned in previous posts, there is significant uncertainty in the federal funding environment at present, nevertheless there is still activity in launching new proposals.]</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>From 2017: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> has finally found a buyer for its amazing, scary robot companies, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BostonDynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonDynamics</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Schaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schaft</span></a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SoftBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoftBank</span></a></p><p>The companies are not disclosing a price.</p><p>by April Glaser<br>Updated Jun 8, 2017, 10:07 PM EDT</p><p>"Japan’s big-betting holding firm SoftBank is buying Boston Dynamics, one of the most highly regarded robotics labs in the world, from Google’s parent company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> for an undisclosed price.</p><p>"Google acquired Boston Dynamics in 2013 under the leadership of Andy Rubin, the co-inventor of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>, who was leading a wave of acquisitions of robotics companies under the search giant.</p><p>"Boston Dynamics’ robots routinely make headlines, including a high-profile demo at this year’s TED conference. The company, led by CEO Marc Raibert, has made a robotic cheetah that can run 28 miles per hour, a robotic dog that it recently used to deliver packages to doorsteps in Boston, and most recently a massive legged and wheeled robot that can clear hurdles and walk down stairs.</p><p>"The firm has been hailed by other roboticists for its ability to blend hardware and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> to make machines capable of dynamic, agile movements. Its most recent wheeled robot, Handle, can manipulate objects that are comparable to its own weight, and its four-legged, animal-like robots can maneuver over different types of terrain.</p><p>"One industry source said earlier this year that Boston Dynamics’ most recent machine 'changes the whole ballgame.'</p><p>"SoftBank is also buying Schaft, a Japan-based robotics firm that unveiled a bipedal walking robot last year, from Alphabet. A source close to the matter said Schaft, which was part of Google, never fully integrated into the company and operated as a sort of separate entity taking a different approach to robotics than the rest of Google.</p><p>"The deal makes sense for SoftBank, which has been working in robotics for years, having acquired a majority stake in the robotics company <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Aldebaran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aldebaran</span></a> in 2012. Aldebaran makes the humanoid robot Pepper, which is being used in retail and customer service settings throughout Japan, and increasingly in the U.S. SoftBank has also invested in related technologies, including buying chip design firm <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ARMHoldings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARMHoldings</span></a> last year for more than $30 billion. SoftBank also led a $20 million investment round in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FetchRobotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FetchRobotics</span></a>, a company that makes warehouse logistics robots, in 2015.</p><p>"Rubin left Google in 2014 after driving a string of robotics acquisitions, which, sources have told Recode, left a number of the companies without much direction about what their role at Google would be.</p><p>"Prior to being acquired by Google, Boston Dynamics largely operated on military research contracts. Its humanoid <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlas</span></a> robot was used in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a>’s robotics challenge in 2015." </p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2017/6/8/15766440/softbank-alphabet-google-robotics-boston-dynamics-schaft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/2017/6/8/15766440/soft</span><span class="invisible">bank-alphabet-google-robotics-boston-dynamics-schaft</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminator</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBroFascism</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Down the rabbit hole...</p><p>The Skynet Conspiracy</p><p>December 12, 2024 <br>fake politics </p><p>Skynet is Real</p><p>"Skynet is a company in the fictional movie Terminator (1984) and Terminator: Judgement Day (1991) and others. But to me Skynet is not fictional. The movies are 'predictive programming' long before any of this came to be.</p><p>"In the fictional world of the movie, Cyberdyne – the company that created Skynet – was a computer firm operating out of Sunnyvale, California. The street name was El Camino Real.</p><p>"In reality, Sunnyvale, California, along with Mountain View, Menlo Park and Palo Alto are today Silicon Valley, the now world-famous center of computers, internet and AI that developed in the 1990s and early 2000s. El Camino Real is a real street and a mere 10 minute drive from today’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> Headquarters.</p><p>"How did the writers of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminator</span></a> know this would become the world center of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> more than two decades later?</p><p>"When the movie script was written in 1983, the term '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a>' was not yet public. The writers used the word 'Skynet'.</p><p>From the Terminator Fan Wiki Page:</p><p>"'A T-800 Terminator, which was sent from the future and designed to kill humans, programmed to assassinate Sarah Connor, was crushed in one of the hydraulic presses in Cyberdyne’s factory. Thus, the company obtained the machine’s wreckage, including its CPU chip and an arm.</p><p>"After its arrival in 1984, Meta-Node was able to reach Cyberdyne Systems Laboratory in Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. It provided the technical data, which accelerated the development of Skynet. This leap of engineering accelerated the events that led to Skynet achieving self-awareness, thereby making any Resistance futile. The Meta-Node then served as an information tutor and guardian, uploading to the fledgling Skynet all the tactical data gathered about the future, then protecting it so it could carry out Judgment Day. As Skynet of this timeline gained various knowledge from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MetaNode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaNode</span></a>, there would be no <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> after the nuclear holocaust'.</p><p>And:</p><p>"'<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cyberdyne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyberdyne</span></a> eventually developed Skynet, a network of supercomputers that employed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> in order to replace human beings as commercial and military aircraft pilots, and for the control of other military systems, including nuclear missiles. The system went online on August 4, 1997. On August 29, 1997, Skynet became self-aware. In a panic, its creators attempted to shut it down, but Skynet retaliated by launching a nuclear attack against Russia, knowing that the Russian counterattack would eliminate its enemies in the United States, initiating an indeterminately long period of global warfare. The battle pitted humans against Cyberdyne machines, which developed ever-increasing capabilities. Although the company was presumably shut down or destroyed, the event was later known as Judgment Day.</p><p>"In other words, the military created Skynet (Internet & Big Tech). Cheyenne Mountain does not only exist in the fictional Universe, it’s also a real military place beneath a mountain. Skynet achieved self-awareness. Then it used Robots to wage war against humans.</p><p> The Military runs Big Tech</p><p>:It is true that the Internet was created by the military – by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> to be exact. DARPA is short for “Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency”. They invented it in the 1960s, quarter of a century before they let us have it, and called it ARPANET. One of the early Logos used by DARPA:</p><p> <br>I assert that they didn’t only create Internet, but all of Big Tech. I think it’s easy to prove and I’ll try to right now.</p><p>In Mountain View, California the following companies share the same physical space:</p><p>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a><br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Lockheed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lockheed</span></a><br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a><br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Air" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Air</span></a> Force<br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a><br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HewlettPackard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HewlettPackard</span></a><br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br>- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>"</p><p>Read more (if you dare...)!<br><a href="https://falsehistory.net/the-skynet-conspiracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">falsehistory.net/the-skynet-co</span><span class="invisible">nspiracy/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@caseynewton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>caseynewton</span></a></span> This does not surprise me. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>'s parent company) was in bed with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> for many, many years... <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillerRobots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillerRobots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminator</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechBroFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBroFascism</span></a></p>
Alley Stoughton<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a></p><p>Securing Artificial Intelligence for Battlefield Effective Robustness (SABER)</p><p>fun times</p>
The New Oil<p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> Has a “Weird” Plan to Aid People in Authoritarian Regimes Using Hidden Networks</p><p><a href="https://thedebrief.org/darpa-has-a-weird-plan-to-aid-people-in-authoritarian-regimes-using-hidden-networks/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedebrief.org/darpa-has-a-wei</span><span class="invisible">rd-plan-to-aid-people-in-authoritarian-regimes-using-hidden-networks/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/PWND2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PWND2</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillerRobots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillerRobots</span></a></p><p>"Autonomous weapons systems select and apply force to targets based on sensor processing rather than human input. Some autonomous weapons systems have existed for years, but the types, duration of operation, geographical scope, and environment in which such systems operate have been limited. Now technological advances are spurring the development of autonomous weapons systems or 'killer robots,' which would operate without meaningful human control, delegating life-and-death decisions to machines. Such weapons systems raise serious ethical, moral, legal, accountability, and security problems and concerns. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRightsWatch</span></a> is a founding member of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopKillerRobots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopKillerRobots</span></a> campaign, a civil society coalition that calls for a new international treaty to prohibit and restrict autonomous weapons systems."</p><p><a href="https://www.hrw.org/topic/arms/killer-robots" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hrw.org/topic/arms/killer-robo</span><span class="invisible">ts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminator</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlasTerminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlasTerminator</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarBots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AutonomousWeaponsSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AutonomousWeaponsSystems</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@GraniteGeek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GraniteGeek</span></a></span> So were the "Terminator" robots. While there is an international ban on "killer robots", I'm sure that's not stopping some countries from developing them.</p><p>Meet <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a>'s real-world <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terminator</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlas</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.extremetech.com/defense/161193-meet-darpas-real-world-terminator-atlas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">extremetech.com/defense/161193</span><span class="invisible">-meet-darpas-real-world-terminator-atlas</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WarBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarBots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AtlasTerminator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtlasTerminator</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weapons</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Can walls of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oysters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oysters</span></a> protect shores against <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/hurricanes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hurricanes</span></a>? <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> wants to know.<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tyndall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyndall</span></a> Airforce base will test a new way to protect shorelines from intensified waves and storm surges: a 50m array, made up of three chevron-shaped structures each weighing about 46,000lbs, can take 70% of the oomph out of waves, according to tests. But this isn’t your grandaddy’s <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/seawall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seawall</span></a>. It’s specifically designed to be colonized by oysters, some of nature’s most effective wave-killers. <br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/can-walls-of-oysters-protect-shores-against-hurricanes-darpa-wants-to-know/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/science/2024/1</span><span class="invisible">0/can-walls-of-oysters-protect-shores-against-hurricanes-darpa-wants-to-know/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DARPA</span></a> responds to <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/gallium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gallium</span></a> export controls: awards <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Raytheon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Raytheon</span></a> three-year contract to develop new types of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/transistors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transistors</span></a><br>China controls the lion's share of gallium supply and its recent export restriction on gallium potentially mean additional risks for American national security. <br>To respond to this challenge, the U.S. Department of Defense agency DARPA has tasked Raytheon to develop synthetic diamond and aluminum nitride <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/semiconductors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductors</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-darpa-responds-to-chinas-gallium-export-controls-awards-raytheon-three-year-contract-to-develop-new-types-of-transistors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tomshardware.com/tech-industry</span><span class="invisible">/u-s-darpa-responds-to-chinas-gallium-export-controls-awards-raytheon-three-year-contract-to-develop-new-types-of-transistors</span></a></p>
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