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Commercial robots are far more vulnerable to hacking than many users realise, with cybersecurity experts warning that some machines can be taken over in minutes.

Now, Chinese developers have demonstrated how flaws in humanoid and quadruped robots allow attackers to seize full control through voice commands or wireless links, turning the machines into tools for physical disruption.

At recent security tests and hacking competitions held at GEEKCon in Shanghai, compromised robots were shown spreading attacks to other units, raising fresh concerns over safety, regulation, and the rapid deployment of internet-connected robots in public and industrial spaces.

In October, researchers revealed a Bluetooth flaw in Unitree robots that allows wireless root access, allowing a compromised machine to spread attacks to nearby robots and form a dangerous botnet.

Robots turned weapons

Cybersecurity specialists from the research group DARKNAVY have demonstrated how modern humanoid robots can be compromised and weaponised through weaknesses in their AI-driven control systems. ...

@#13 ... That's the argument they would make, but corporations are granted their right to exist and how they operate their business by the states. ...

That does not answer the question I posed.

Let me ask again ...

Election donations seem to be a Federal power to supervise.

And the Supreme Court, unfortunately, illustrated that with its Citizens United (~corporations are people~) decision.

So, with that in mind, I have to ask, what else yer got?

@#5 ... when one of these journalists on his enemies list is the target?...

Being a "target" of Pres Trump seems to be one of the reasons why GOP Congressfolk may be leaving before their term ends.

For example ...

So, yet another example of the Trump administration ignoring the laws of Congress?

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... Instead, employees will report to the Ronald Reagan Building to occupy the former location of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was dismantled by the Trump administration earlier this year.

"After more than 20 years of failed attempts, we finalized a plan to permanently close the FBI's Hoover headquarters and move the workforce into a safe, modern facility. Working directly with President Trump and Congress, we accomplished what no one else could," Patel wrote in a post on the social platform X.

"This decision puts resources where they belong: defending the homeland, crushing violent crime, and protecting national security. It delivers better tools for today's FBI workforce at a fraction of the cost," he added. "The Hoover Building will be shut down permanently."

Lawmakers from Maryland have criticized the move, citing congressional approval under the Biden administration.

"Not only was this decision final, the Congress appropriated funds specifically for the purpose of the new, consolidated campus to be built in Maryland," the Democratic members of the state's congressional delegation said in a July statement. ...

@#2

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@#3

Yeah, maybe. But why might he do such acts?

What does Pres Putin have over Pres trump to make Pres Trump so obsequious?

@#32 ... Don't be tossing "legally" around like you know what you're doing. Just sayin'. ...

Yeah. I do not disagree.

That is why I often state something along the lines of ... that I am not a lawyer, so what do I know.

But, thanks for the reminder.

OK, all that aside.

This dispute will likely end up in the Justice system (a.k.a., the Courts).

What do you think the Court will look at?

The name on the building's facade, or the name on the legal contract?

@#8 ... This is what real government censorship looks like. ...

imo, it is more wide-ranging than that, but I'll agree with that appellation for the nonce.

@#29 ... For now. ...

Agreed.

Will Congress grow the backbone needed to deny the nam-change request?

It never ceases to amaze me why Pres Trump seems to be so reluctant to bring these brave and courageous Ukrainian freedom fighters into NATO to help the US protect Democracy in Europe against Russian aggression.

@#5 ...So they are being considered for parole? Not "released"? ...

Looks that way.

From the cited article ...

... The board OK'd the release of 39 convicted first-degree murderers " and those guilty of accessory to murder -- while denying parole to 12 inmates, according to state data. That's a 76% release rate for this group so far ...

@#26 ... Kennedy Center no longer exists. ...

Legally does not exist?

-- or --

In popular opinion, it does not exist.

imo, that may be a determining factor here.

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... The soldier, just 19 years old, survived a mine explosion. By the time he reached the Superhumans Center in Lviv, where Mohan and two other American doctors worked and taught for a few weeks last spring, he'd had makeshift surgery with a metal plate inserted to hold his jaw together.

"Unfortunately, he developed an infection," Mohan recalled. "And so, when he came to us he basically was missing a big chunk of his lower jaw, and he was draining pus."

In a 10-hour operation, Mohan and his team "took part of his bone from his leg with an artery and a vein attached to it ... and we screwed that into his jaw."

He saw the results on a return visit to the Lviv hospital this past fall.

"It healed great and he came back to see us in October and he had grown a beard," Mohan told me.

The kicker: "He was back fighting on the front lines. It was bittersweet. We were happy because he was happy, but it was just a matter of time before something else happens. It almost felt like, is everything we're doing futile?" ...

@#11 ... I mean, I admire your optimism that we'll actually have legitimate elections to depose these fools. I don't personally expect to. ...

Pres Trump seems to be actively, and vocally, working to prevent future elections from mattering.

@#10 ... I think the stupidest thing they could do is screw over a generation of vets whose entire experience was insurgency/counterinsurgency in urban settings learned over two decades of evolving warfare. ...

I do not disagree.

But then there seems to be Pres Trump's view of Veterans.

imo, Pres Trump's view of Veterans is not the respect and gratitude that most Americans have, but one more of disdain.

@#13

The title of the cited August 2025 article ...

Nigeria's Rare Earth Mineral Potential: A Wealth of Untapped Opportunities

I think you may be on to something there ...

From the cited article...

... Last January, the Supreme Judicial Court's decision in Commonwealth v. Mattis made it unconstitutional to sentence emerging adults to life without parole -- making more than 200 people eligible for parole consideration. ...

imo, that is what need to be discussed.

i.e., should "emerging adults" [18-20 at the time of conviction] be sentenced to life imprisonment without any possibility of parole?

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... Someone operating under the name "Georgians for Integrity" has dumped around $5 million into television ads, mailers and texts.

The attacks claim Jones, who already has President Donald Trump's endorsement in his run for governor next year, has been using his office to enrich himself.

For any Georgian settling down to watch a football game, the ads have been nearly inescapable since Thanksgiving.

They're the opening shot in the public battle for the Republican nomination that will be settled in May's primary election.

But the ads also show how dark money is influencing politics not only at the national level but in the states, with secretive interests dropping big sums seeking to shift public opinion. ...

@#10 ... Probably nothing significant. ...

Physically, I do not disagree.

However, rhetorically, a big difference.

@#10 ... We just spent $20 million bombing a village based on Nigerian intel.

We only send them $30 million approximately in food aid.

#Priorities ...

Things I wished I had posted.

That aside...

And the question becomes, which of the two has a greater long-term effect upon their view of the US and Democracy?

thx.

@#10 ... The federal government doesn't control corporate law, that is a state power. ...

But election donations seem to be a Federal power.

Elections are not corporate law.