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Trump’s Bumbling, Racist Anti-China Protectionism Extends To Data Centers
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Trump’s Bumbling, Racist Anti-China Protectionism Extends To Data Centers

The Trump administration's anti-Chinese protectionism is routinely a disastrous, xenophobic mess that mostly just injects chaos, cronyism, and higher prices into U.S. tech markets under the pretense of protecting privacy and national security. All propped up by bumbling Democrats and a corporate press incapable of highlighting that the emperor is buck-ass naked. Four years of...

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Aug 17
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Hundreds Of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across The Country
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Hundreds Of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across The Country

Police departments across the country are lining up to launch drone-as-first-responder (DFR) programs, and hundreds have cleared a necessary hurdle toward making deployment a reality, expanding aerial surveillance and data collection even in areas patrol officers typically can't reach. As of February 2026, over 1,000 public safety agencies—including police, fire, and other emergency management agencies—had...

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Aug 11
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Trump’s Sloppy, Incompetent Chinese Protectionism Expanded To Robot Vacuums, Lawnmowers
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Trump’s Sloppy, Incompetent Chinese Protectionism Expanded To Robot Vacuums, Lawnmowers

Ideally, I think it makes sense to open up the U.S. market to Chinese goods (AI, EVs, robots), but have functional and well-funded regulators that policy all labor, competition, environmental, privacy, and consumer rights abuses. But big companies don't much like that because it would boost competition and accountability, eroding quarterly revenues.So instead we get...

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Aug 3
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Trump FCC Hilariously Bungles Chinese ‘Drone Ban’
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Trump FCC Hilariously Bungles Chinese ‘Drone Ban’

Earlier this week we noted how the Trump administration's unpopular ban on Chinese drones had become a crony capitalist mess, with Brendan Carr and his FCC struggling to fine or ban companies for violations. The ban is a stupid, protectionist mess that has far more to do with coddling the president's sons' drone investments than...

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Jul 31
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The Trump FCC’s Chinese Drone Ban Continues To Be A Sloppy, Protectionist Mess
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The Trump FCC’s Chinese Drone Ban Continues To Be A Sloppy, Protectionist Mess

Last year the Trump administration announced it would ban Chinese-made drones from the U.S. As I noted at the time, the plan had several problems, not least of which being the Trump administration is a racist, corrupt, dysfunctional mess filled with weirdos and lazy incompetents, primarily interested in assorted personal investment grifts and protecting less...

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Jul 28
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I Wanna Fly Drones in NYCI Wanna Fly Drones in NYC
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I Wanna Fly Drones in NYC

I am trying to not drop into hyper-fixations where I spend a dumb amount of money only to bail after all the chemicals in brain have oozed away. BUT DAMMIT I WANNA GET INTO FPV DRONES!

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Jul 6
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Neutralizing Drones
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Neutralizing Drones

The evolution of drone shows, a concept that went from an art collective experiment in de-fanging warfare tech to a municipal favorite in record time.

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Jul 6 '25
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Kimberly McGuire vertelt ons over autonome mini dronesKimberly McGuire vertelt ons over autonome mini drones
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Kimberly McGuire vertelt ons over autonome mini drones

Met Kimberly hebben we het over robotica land met kleine drones die autonoom vliegen

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Aug 2 '21
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