Tag: Machines

‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI | News

by Eldon Ballas on October 17, 2020 in Machine

The video is stark. Two menacing men stand next to a white van in a field, holding remote controls. They open the van’s back doors, and the whining sound of quadcopter drones crescendos. They flip a switch, and the drones swarm out like bats from a cave. In a few seconds, we cut to a college classroom. The killer robots flood in through windows and vents. The students scream in terror, trapped inside, as the drones attack with deadly force. The lesson that the film, Slaughterbots, is trying to impart is clear: tiny killer robots are either here

Tom Morello talks Chris Cornell, Rage Against the Machine’s first gig ahead of new book

by Eldon Ballas on October 9, 2020 in Machine

Guitarist, songwriter and political activist Tom Morello has lived a fast-paced and fascinating life.

He’s been in bands including Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage and The Nightwatchmen, and he even joined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for a while. He’s toured the world many times over, played on 19 studio albums and is currently working on his 20th. Harvard-educated, he’s spoken at protests for human rights and is a virtuoso at shutting down trolls on Twitter.

Now, the 56-year-old musician reflects on his life and career in a hardback photo memoir entitled “Tom Morello: Whatever

Outlook on the Plastic Injection Moulding Machines Global Market to 2024

by Eldon Ballas on September 17, 2020 in Machine

DUBLIN, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The “Global Plastic Injection Moulding Machines (PIMMs) Market: Size & Forecast with Impact Analysis of COVID-19 (2020-2024)” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.

This report provides in-depth analysis of the global plastic injection moulding machines (PIMMs), with detailed analysis of market size and growth. The report provides analysis of the plastic injection moulding machines (PIMMs) market by value, by volume, by application & by region. The report further provides detailed regional analysis of the plastic injection moulding machines (PIMMs) market by value and by volume.

Moreover, the report also evaluates the major

USPS removed 711 sorting machines this year, new court documents show

by Eldon Ballas on September 13, 2020 in Machine

In written testimony and documents submitted Wednesday to a federal court in New York, the postal service’s director of processing operation disclosed the high number of removals, which is the most that occurred in one year of President Donald Trump’s tenure and roughly double the machines USPS typically removes in a given year.

These are the sorting machines USPS removed that would handle mail and election ballots

Many postal service employees confirmed that the removal of outdated machines was routine, but raised concerns of doing so in an election year where millions of Americans are expected to vote by mail.

The numbers in the court papers, provided by USPS official Jason DeChambeau, show this

Washington Postal Workers Defy USPS Orders And Reinstall Mail Sorting Machines

by Eldon Ballas on September 3, 2020 in Machine

TOPLINE

Postal workers in Washington State have reinstalled high-speed mail sorting machines—dismantled after controversial orders from the U.S. Postal Service— despite USPS orders not to put machines back in use.

Postmaster General Testifies Virtually To Senate Committee About Department's Ability To Handle Mail In Voting — U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is sworn in for a virtual Senate Homeland … [+] Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on U.S. Postal Service operations during Covid-19 pandemic August 21, 2020 in Washington, DC.

(Photo by U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee via Getty Images)

KEY FACTS

After embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy announced he would pause recent controversial changes to U.S. Postal Service protocol,