Not so long ago, the Biden administration was heralding a major Hertz Rental Car investment in fleets of Electric Vehicles, as a cutting edge example of the EV transition.
Tag: technology
“ELVIS” ON AI TOUR, AND “GEORGE CARLIN” DROPS A NEW COMEDY SPECIAL
In 1997, I wrote a play called Permanent Things, in which a character talking to her movie star father tells him what’s in the tea leaves for the future:
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
Controlling and restricting travel is becoming a more open objective of the green energy transition, also known to readers of these pages as the Degrowth agenda.
AMAZON BUYS INTO PERPLEXITY AI, AS FOUNDER ADMITS AI SEARCH ENGINES CONTAIN INTERNET POISON PILL
AI powered search engine startup Perplexity AI has gained backing by Amazon’s mega billionaire founder Jeff Bezos.
BARD’S ANSWER
This holiday season, in addition to the blessings of time spent with family and good friends, I happened upon an interesting TV chestnut of Christmas past.
THE EV NARRATIVE IS BREAKING DOWN ON A HIGHWAY NEAR YOU
Americans aren’t buying EVs at anywhere near the rates that can sustain an industry.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
To track virtually every communication and activity of average Americans, government authorities only need to sweep data from a small handful of tech companies.
EUROPE STRIKES “DEAL” ON AI REGULATION—WITH GAPING HOLES
News that the EU had finalized the world’s first comprehensive set of Artificial Intelligence industry regulations was cast as a landmark by most mainstream media.
ELON MUSK AND ALEX JONES DEBATING KLAUS SCHWAB AND BILL GATES?
Elon Musk reinstated Alex Jones to X (formerly Twitter) this past weekend, much to the dismay of legacy media.
SYN CENTURY: HOW SCIENTISM MEDIATES EVERY ASPECT OF MODERN EXPERIENCE
It’s hard to overstate how every facet of modern life is now being infected with the idea that (supposed) innovations of science must mediate and improve our experience.