Record Warm US Winter

December, January, and February combined to set a new record temperature (36.8F) for the contiguous 48 US states. Each month Continue reading →

Salt Not A Lake City

Salt Lake City may lose its Lake. There are many stories about massive lakes drying up and disappearing, but they Continue reading →

Botched Bank Hack

Banks are being hacked and losing hundreds of millions of dollars. One bank hack is making news because, ha ha, Continue reading →

Cryptocurrency For Central Banks

Central banks are considering adopting cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin was developed to be the anti-thesis of a currency under centralized control, but Continue reading →

Solar Power On A Roll

Solar power just got easier. Solar power continues to gain acceptance as prices fall. Conventional photovoltaic cells have successfully challenged Continue reading →

Humans Tracked With Chips

Sci-fi becomes reality, yet again. This one is icky. Human traffickers are inserting RFID chips, the same things used for Continue reading →

Driverless Convoys

Driveless cars taken to an extreme are becoming convoys of driverless trucks. If there are benefits to driveless cars, there Continue reading →

Autonomous Weapons

‘Surely, we’ll never create weapons that can decide to kill without our control.’ The steady progression towards more automation in Continue reading →