Why Tesla’s AI Trainers Don’t Trust Its Self-driving Tech – Or Its Safety Stats
May 28th, 2026Via: Reuters:
Tesla says its Full Self-Driving software is up to 10 times safer than human drivers. But the figures the company uses to support its claims don’t withstand scrutiny – and staffers who trained the technology say it isn’t close to safely delivering autonomous vehicles at scale.
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Inside Tesla, as these events approached, staffers worked long hours mapping routes and training the software on specific hazards to make the company’s self-driving technology appear more capable than it really is, four of the former Tesla employees told Reuters. The staffers said these labor-intensive safeguards are impossible to deploy on a broad scale.
Flashback 2019: Automakers Are Rethinking the Timetable for Fully Autonomous Cars
DuckDuckGo’s AI-Free Search Gains 28% More Visits Following Google’s Insistence That People Love AI Mode
May 27th, 2026Via: PC Gamer:
These days, a typical Google Search feels like an obstacle course. Type out ‘upcoming PC games 2026’ and your gaze has to swerve around a chunky AI overview which recycles the work of human writers in a bid to kneecap efforts to click away from Google. It’s a bleak state of affairs for what was once the premier discovery tool for the internet, and as such many users are looking for alternative search engines.
DuckDuckGo has been one major winner of this Google Search abandonment. Just for a start, visits to its AI-free search page noai.duckduckgo.com between May 20 to May 25 are said to have increased by 22.7% on average week-on-week, with the figures peaking May 24 at 27.7%.
The DuckDuckGo mobile app saw installs spike in the US by 18.1% on average compared to the previous week. TechCrunch reported this growth was sustained over six days, peaking at 30.5% on May 25. An even greater number of iOS users hit download on the app though, with installs seeing an average week-on-week growth of 33% and a peak of 69.9%.
Former CIA Employee Arrested After FBI Finds $40 Million in Gold Bars, Cash, Rolexes
May 27th, 2026What positions at CIA allow employees to officially requisition millions of dollars worth of gold bars?
Hmm.
When CIA employees aren’t being investigated for keeping tens of millions of dollars worth of the Agency’s gold bars at home, what do CIA employees normally get up to with the Agency’s gold bars?
Hmm.
With regard to the Rolex watches in this milieu, see:
How CIA Officers Use Watches To Recruit Spies, Make Friends, & Influence Others
Watches as Tools of Money Laundering and Illicit Finance
Via: Fox:
A former senior U.S. government official with top secret security clearance was arrested after the FBI raided his Virginia home and discovered a staggering $40 million stash of gold bars, $2 million in cash and 35 luxury watches, court documents reveal.
David J. Rush was arrested May 19 and is facing federal charges for theft of public money after allegedly swindling the government out of tens of millions of dollars while posing as a highly decorated Navy Reserve captain and Air Force test pilot.
He held a senior position with the CIA until recently, according to a report from The New York Times.
According to an unsealed criminal complaint and FBI affidavit, the grift unraveled after Rush made multiple requests to his agency between November 2025 and March 2026 for a “significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars.”
Rush claimed the payout was strictly for “work-related expenses,” but an FBI search of his home on May 18 turned up roughly 303 one-kilogram gold bars, $2 million in U.S. currency and dozens of luxury watches, many of which were Rolexes, according to court documents.
Trump: We’re Releasing A Lot Of Information Having To Do With Extraterrestrial Things
May 27th, 2026
JUST IN: Trump announces he’s releasing “a lot of information having to do with extraterential — extraterrestrial things.” pic.twitter.com/piPYJ0JPth
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) May 27, 2026
Top: Footage of alleged UFOs from new trailer for Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day”
Bottom: Footage of alleged UFOs released by the Department of War last Friday pic.twitter.com/VL7NZP05LD
— Red Panda Koala (@RedPandaKoala) May 27, 2026
William Neil McCasland Had Dinner with Space Force Personnel the Night Before He Vanished
May 27th, 2026Via: Daily Mail:
A missing Air Force general met members of the Pentagon’s shadowy space unit just hours before he disappeared, footage shows.
Police spoke to an unidentified female witness who claimed she and members of the US Space Force had dinner with William Neil McCasland the night before he vanished without a trace on February 27.
McCasland is a retired Air Force Major General who has been linked to both US nuclear research and classified UFO-related programs during his career.
He met with the group at a restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, around 6pm local time, according to a phone call between police and the witness, obtained by the Law&Crime Network from bodycam footage.
Officially, the Space Force equips the military for operations in space, protecting satellites and other assets from threats, but the newest branch of the Armed Forces also tracks unexplained space objects, such as UFOs, as part of national security.
The unnamed caller claimed she worked with McCasland, who was still a member of the Kirtland Partnership, a nonprofit working to protect and expand Kirtland Air Force Base, a major military research facility and nuclear weapons lab.
Previously, McCasland’s wife, Susan Wilkerson, had posted online that the retired general only had ‘very commonly held clearances’ since retiring from the Air Force 13 years ago, but the new witness revealed that the 68-year-old was still a key figure in secretive government circles.
‘He was the head of Air Force Research Lab to the point the man’s names are in the UFO documents that are fixed to be released,’ the witness claimed. ‘He’s in that depth, so he has a very high security clearance.’
Federal Charges for Israeli Citizen Connected to Las Vegas Illegal Biolab Dropped
May 27th, 2026Via: KTNV:
Ori Solomon, the property manager arrested in connection with an illegal biolab at a Las Vegas short-term rental, is no longer facing federal charges.
Channel 13 learned that Solomon’s federal charges were dismissed without prejudice; however, he still faces a criminal charge in Clark County for the improper disposal of hazardous waste.
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This all stems from an investigation after local and federal officials discovered what has been called an illegal biological lab inside a home he managed near Washington Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard.
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Solomon’s federal charges came after authorities found multiple firearms at his residence during a search on Jan. 31, 2026. An Israeli citizen in the U.S. on a non-immigrant visa, Solomon is not allowed to possess firearms. Prosecutors say multiple guns were seized from his home, according to an affidavit obtained by Channel 13.
The owner of the property where the suspected lab was found, Jia Bei Zhu, was recently found guilty of fraudulently selling more than a million COVID tests for nearly $4 million through his Fresno-based company Universal Meditech Inc.
We’re Being Held Hostage in a Technology Bubble
May 26th, 2026Via: Truthstream Media:
“Welcome to Beautiful MacArthur Park”
May 25th, 2026Via: German in Venice:
Ramjet Engine for Mach 5 Hypersonic Aircraft Tested in Japan
May 24th, 2026Via: Interesting Engineering:
Japan has completed a ground combustion test of a ramjet engine designed for a Mach 5-class experimental aircraft, advancing the country’s ambitions in hypersonic transportation and reusable spaceflight research.
The test was carried out by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency alongside Waseda University, The University of Tokyo, and Keio University as part of a collaborative research program focused on integrated airframe and propulsion control for hypersonic vehicles.
Researchers installed the experimental aircraft inside a ramjet engine testing facility at JAXA’s Kakuda Space Center in Miyagi Prefecture, where they simulated flight conditions at Mach 5 – roughly five times the speed of sound.
The test validated the aircraft’s thermal protection system, control surfaces, and ramjet combustion performance under extreme hypersonic conditions.
U.S. Government Second Batch of Limited Hangout UFO Files
May 24th, 2026The U.S. Government’s slow drip kabuki theater around the UFO issue is exhausting and absurd.
Spend a couple dozen hours with Dark Journalist’s X series and UAP Gerb and then try to convince yourself that the government is genuinely admitting what it knows about the phenomenon.
Where’s the official release of documents related to UFOs and nuclear weapons?
Where’s the U.S. Air Force file on Terry Lovelace? Dog ate it, I guess.
How about Mario Woods?
Etc. etc…
I like the look on Richard Dolan’s face on the title card on the video below.
It’s as if he’s thinking: Don’t blame me, I just work here.
Via: Richard Dolan:
