No Dipstick, Big Problems? Why Chevy’s New Digital V8s Have Gearheads Worried

 https://www.hemmings.com/stories/no-dipstick-big-problems-why-chevys-new-digital-v8s-have-gearheads-worried/ 

https://roadethos.com/news/gms-new-truck-v8s-have-no-dipstick-because-port-injection-left-no-room-for-one 

https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/no-oil-dipstick-included-on-the-2027-gm-5-7-and-6-6-engines.410746/page-7 

https://www.motor1.com/news/808667/chevrolet-silverado-v8-engines-oil-dipstick/

https://www.thedrive.com/news/gms-new-v8-trucks-ditch-oil-dipstick-for-digital-gauge 

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/gm-no-dipstick-dipsh-t.87355/

Some People Really Don’t Care about...

 https://www.zerohedge.com/political/they-really-dont-care 

https://www.cold-takes.com/all-possible-views-about-humanitys-future-are-wild/

https://www.reddit.com/r/RealisticFuturism/comments/1qse3pt/what_is_your_view_on_technological_progress_in/

https://theconversation.com/americans-care-more-about-future-generations-than-many-think-and-that-gap-could-matter-for-policy-280315 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/98vnlb/people_who_are_optimistic_about_our_future/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/comments/1ia3rvr/does_there_still_exist_a_sentiment_for_the/ 

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2014-08-24/why-does-anyone-even-care-about-the-future/

https://www.un.org/en/un75/impact-digital-technologies

Microsoft is bringing Xbox 360 games to PC

 https://www.theverge.com/games/974544/microsoft-xbox-360-games-pc-disc-digital-program 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Xbox

3 Days After Introducing an AI Feature, Meta Hits Pause in Wake of Privacy Backlash

 https://www.inc.com/kevin-haynes/3-days-after-introducing-an-ai-feature-meta-hits-pause-in-wake-of-privacy-backlash/91373053 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2dy6e8klw0o 

https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/meta-suspends-ai-image-instagram-feature-backlash-1236806989/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/11/meta-ditches-muse-image-ai-feature-instagram-privacy 

Digital characters and AI entities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilly_Norwood 

VCR CATBREAD7 videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film)#Plot 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waldo_Moment  

Poppy - Time Is Up (feat. Diplo) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg2pS9KN28U&list=RDMM&start_radio=1  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

The Datafication of the Soul

 https://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/3293 

Perhaps a digital copy of Lindsey+Graham or a digital projection of Mitch McConnell can be transmitted upon the MA$$E$.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/daily-show-finds-signs-mcconnell-may-be-technically-dead/ 

Its always important to determine the living status of a person, because so much of any public person has been photographed, filmed or digitally captured.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/09/mitch-mcconnell-scott-jennings-call/90861696007/ 

Some countries & corporations might try to make like a person is still alive, when they aren't. Then, when some pubic people have dropped out of the spotlight for a while, some people might assume that they have passed on.

In any case, Wag_the_Dog type technology has been around for quite a while. Now its all AI-CGI. 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/actors-added-into-movies-commercials-after-death

Digital body doubles are becoming more and more commonplace.  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Mitch+McConnell

Digital Twin Models of people and other things

https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/understanding-oci-iot-digital-twin-models

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-twin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_twin#Types 

https://www.autodesk.com/design-make/articles/what-is-a-digital-twin 

https://www.mathworks.com/discovery/digital-twin.html

https://www.trimble.com/en/blog/construction/article/what-are-digital-twins 

What is a Digital Twin? Technology, Types, & How it Works https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taSbwarjGGw 

https://www.dw.com/en/ai-doppelganger-cool-or-creepy/video-69593446

Inside China's growing digital twin workforce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCHOrhX0hQI 

 When movies "borrow" footage from other movies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMKAsnIaDNU 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/actors-added-into-movies-commercials-after-death

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/nobody-s-dead-anymore-br-marketing-deceased-celebrities-1.2801803

https://www.npr.org/2005/08/29/4822573/an-agent-for-dead-celebrities

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheDeadRiseToAdvertise 

https://thecathoderaychoob.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/a-word-from-our-sponsors-steve-mcqueen-drives-a-puma/

Stunt doubles vs digital doppelgangers

 https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonOfInterest/comments/1uaicot/they_and_their_stunt_doubles/ 

https://www.quora.com/Do-stunt-doubles-look-exactly-like-the-actor-that-they-are-playing 

https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/what-actors-need-to-know-about-digital-stunt-doubles-70314/ 

https://www.synthcog.blog/p/ai-and-the-rise-of-digital-doppelgangers

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1lby3m0/eli5_the_difference_between_analog_and_digital/ 

https://identitymanagementinstitute.org/digital-doppelgangers-and-ai-personas/ 

https://mindfulspark.org/2025/09/03/the-digital-doppelganger-the-psychology-of-ai-models-that-mimic-us/

https://theconversation.com/digital-doppelgangers-are-helping-scientists-tackle-everyday-problems-and-showing-what-makes-us-human-247574 

https://eventtechlive.com/how-digital-doppelgangers-reshape-live-events-colja-dams-of-vok-dams-on-simulating-the-audience-before-the-event-happens/ 

https://texaslawreview.org/digital-replicas-harm-caused-by-actors-digital-twins-and-hope-provided-by-the-right-of-publicity/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_(occupation)

https://image-engine.com/insight/the-secrets-of-creating-real-looking-cg-digital-doubles/ 

https://www.mimicproductions.com/post/digital-doubles-in-hollywood-the-future-of-acting 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/noradominick/actors-added-into-movies-commercials-after-death 

https://www.unrealengine.com/digital-twins 

https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-digital-twin

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-024-01073-0 

https://unity.com/topics/digital-twin-definition

The Doppelgänger Phenomenon

 https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/1uqg95c/doppleganger/ 

https://medium.com/illumination/the-doppelg%C3%A4nger-phenomenon-9ed11ff3257e 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/doppelgangers-dont-just-look-alike-they-also-share-dna-180980635/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelg%C3%A4nger 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/celebrity-lookalikes-doppelgangers/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/11vec6t/want_to_know_more_about_doppelg%C3%A4ngers/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_of_Fringe#Doppelg%C3%A4ngers  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Digital+Doppelgangers 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Glitch+in+the+Matrix

There's Way More to The Matrix than initially Ever Realized

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlahZS--E7s , https://www.youtube.com/@JaredBauer/videos

https://www.youtube.com/@MatrixExplained/videos

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PlayStation disc petition approaches 200,000 signatures as backlash grows over Sony's decision to stop producing new physical media  https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/playstation-disc-petition-approaches-200000-signatures 

https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/07/dont-kill-the-disc-petition-against-sony-ps5-and-ps6-digital-media-plans-reaches-150000-signatures 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Sony

What PlayStation going fully digital tells us about the PS6

https://www.polygon.com/playstation-digital-only-ps6-release-date-disc-drive-price 

https://www.polygon.com/patch-notes-playstation-discs

What’s the difference between web browsers and search engines?

 https://us.norton.com/blog/digital-life/browser-vs-search-engine 

https://surfshark.com/blog/web-browser-vs-search-engine?srsltid=AfmBOop0gLmzYEQevx7kLEDjiemu9GB_sR5VwN7zfgfdtvmvJOTsfsLH 

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/techtips/difference-between-search-engine-and-web-browser/

https://www.ghostery.com/blog/web-browser-vs-search-engine 

https://www.sdmfoundation.org/2024/07/10/what-is-the-difference-between-a-browser-and-a-search-engine/

https://nordvpn.com/blog/browser-vs-search-engine/ 

Of course the search+engine has become more intertwined with AI in recent years. 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=search+engines

Both Sony and Microsoft look ready to drop disc drives from their next-gen consoles.

 https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/07/report-xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-in-testing-microsoft-likely-to-stop-disc-production-too 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Sony

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Microsoft

Programmable Money: a looming Compliance and Control System

The goal is to implement a Society-Obedience-Control (SOC) Grid upon the MA$$E$. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QzeCyCfZsGA

Programmable Money Will Redefine Compliance and Control https://www.citigroup.com/global/insights/how-programmable-money-will-redefine-compliance-and-control 

https://www.cato.org/visual-feature/risks-of-cbdcs , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApkEgP7uzSY

https://sites.duke.edu/thefinregblog/2021/09/21/cbdc-how-dangerous-is-programmability/ 

https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/13w1nj3/is_programmable_money_beneficial_or_problematic/  

 If Every Country Is in Debt… Who's the Money Owed To? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHMVjZ5r38A   

Robert Kiyosaki: The American Empire Will Collapse In 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izn_DFVOHQs  

W Buffett Expects a COLLAPSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8fJNR_xsnI 

 They're Not Building a Currency. They're Building a Trap. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Ivv6jjixE “The Danger of Central Bank Digital Currencies” Catherine Austin Fitts Solari, Inc.  This speech was given on November 11, 2024, during a Hillsdale College CCA seminar on “Economic Issues and Controversies.”

At a certain point whenever those with most of the money want to create a global economic collapse and restructuring and ultimately, a digital RE$ET, they will. 

Digital money to control people and begging-bots to mock human poverty.

https://whatsthejam.com/world-news/bizarre-moment-robot-begs-for-cash-in-street/  

Its all part of the looming Digital Financial Control System (DFCS). 

CBDC is just one aspect of it.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=begging-bots

8 Best Flight Simulators For Mac of 2026: Alternatives To Microsoft Flight Sim

https://machow2.com/best-flight-simulators-mac

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-best-flight-sims-on-pc

https://www.flyingmag.com/best-flight-simulators 

https://flightsimcoach.com/blog/best-flight-simulators/

https://www.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/1mjwsg7/what_flight_sim_is_the_best_and_how_can_i_get_it/ 

Top Simulator Games 2025 | The ULTIMATE Guide for Flight, Racing, Milsim & More... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko7CZ-QMzis 

REAL Fighter Pilot Dogfights GAMER | Digital Combat Simulator 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqf7HycR8TM , https://www.youtube.com/@MaxAfterburnerusa/videos

Westworld Maps, etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1lh77pd/the_map_of_westworld_from_delos_website/

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_park_maps 

How Does Google Maps Actually Work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS-CGkiPetQ Veritasium  and 2swap 

https://giggster.com/guide/movie-location/where-was-westworld-filmed 

https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/WESTWORLD/WESTWORLD 

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/8ev7qq/spoilers_location_of_westworld_and_all_delos/

https://www.visitutah.com/articles/hbos-westworld-go-there-now

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/murekz/looking_for_this_season_1_map_in_full_with_the Of course maps have been around for such a long time. Its just that the updated concept of a map is in a digital, 2-D and 3-D, or holographic format. https://scpsunlimited.com/portfolio/westworld-futuristic-interactive-map-system/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/hbo-made-a-secret-map-of-the-westworld-offices-and-it-shows-how-the-park-is-run--714383559639903573 

https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/westworld-maze-maps-viral-marketing-websites 

https://www.theringer.com/2018/06/15/tv/westworld-map-human-brain-theory

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Locations , https://www.atlasofwonders.com/2016/10/westworld-filming-locations.html 

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Images_of_park_maps

The Making Of: Westworld Interactive Map System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyhdJVpr_MA 

The mapping and tracking of various things in the global maze.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things , https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/internet-of-things 

https://www.techtarget.com/iotagenda/definition/Internet-of-Things-IoT 

https://www.businessinsider.com/westworld-delos-map-2016-10 

https://www.inverse.com/article/22284-westworld-delos-map-mesa-gold 

The mapping and tracking of people.

https://theconversation.com/internet-of-beings-the-dream-of-digitising-human-bodies-for-healthcare-and-the-nightmare-270473 

https://www.levelblue.com/blogs/levelblue-blog/the-hidden-risks-of-internet-of-bodies-iob-cybersecurity-in-healthcare-devices 

https://medium.com/@maliknadeemfiaz/the-internet-of-bodies-how-technology-is-merging-with-our-physical-selves-1a2e66f142d3

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/12/06/what-is-the-internet-of-bodies-and-how-is-it-changing-our-world/ 

https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-internet-of-bodies-is-here-tackling-new-challenges-of-technology-governance/ 

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3226.html 

https://itrexgroup.com/blog/internet-of-bodies-iob-definition-benefits-examples/ 

https://www.techrxiv.org/doi/full/10.36227/techrxiv.16615894.v1

https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol61/iss1/3/ 

https://engineering.purdue.edu/C-IoB

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurism/comments/1lm147b/lomt_internet_of_medical_things_devices_can_be/ 

All this tracking of people and things could lead the world into an intersection of various Black_Mirror scenarios.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror#Premise_and_production 

Its one thing if mapping and tracking tech can help people, but there is also a potential to reduce a person to being like a mouse in a maze in a lab.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror#Genre_and_themes  

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/The_Maze 

The HBO version of  Westworld was in the business about gathering as much information and telemetry about humans as much as possible. With such technology, people could could have counterfeit or robotic imitations. 

https://collider.com/westworld-the-maze-explained

https://shortyawards.com/11th/westworld-the-maze

https://www.dentsucreative.com/cases/hbo-westworld-the-maze 

https://www.dentsu.com/us/en/our-work/case-study-360i-westworld 

https://www.thewrap.com/westworld-what-the-maze-is-man-in-black-arnold

https://authorjosephfinley.com/2016/11/who-is-at-the-center-of-the-maze-on-westworld 

https://qz.com/853234/westworld-took-us-deep-into-the-maze-of-consciousness-in-its-ambitious-provocative-season-finale

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/04/196902/westworld-maze-game-meaning-robot-rebellion-theory 

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/7hdr9q/why_do_mazes_appear_in_westworld 

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld 

https://www.archpaper.com/2020/04/westworld-production-design

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/film-tv/a31822923/westworld-season-3-filming-shooting-locations/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maps

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=maze 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Westworld

The Alex Lifeson and The Geddy Lee Interview with Rick Beato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1CeYYEKXw4 

The Geddy Lee Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLkvbCn3xbw 

My Thoughts on Rush's NEW Drummer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N7D4JXpLRc

https://www.youtube.com/@RickBeato/videos 

WHY This is Rush’s Greatest Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UeGt2DcPHk 

Its unfortunate that there wasn't any RUSH music in The MATRIX.

Rush - Digital Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsRBIId14U 

https://www.rush.com/songs/digital-man/

https://www.therushforum.com/index.php?/topic/38608-digital-man-vs-the-matrix 

https://rushvault.com/2011/02/06/digital-man 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/rushlovers/posts/10159563597900189/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/cygnusx1net/posts/26153909627572091/

How Matrix Ressurections could have been so much better

 https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1tmrok6/is_the_matrix_ressurections_worth_watching/ 

There was such a potential for Neo/Mr. Anderson to discover that he was in a simulation within another simulation. Or, playing off the MATRIX simulation and some peculiarities within this "real" world.

A dream within a digital dream, a game within a larger game engine...

M4 really did have some interesting moments, but there could have been better coordination between the layers and versions of the MATRIX world and the real world and how it might be within a larger simulation. 

The 13th Floor never had any sequels, but ended with a clue that this world could be part of a cosmic simulation. Its a fascinating mix of the protagonist interacting with AI human programs and ultimately questioning the nature of his own reality.

Dark City never had any sequels, but was quite an interesting alien abduction movie. The protagonist eventually realizes that he is among a group of humans trapped on a flat-top, ET stage ship in which the captured humans are in a cross between a laboratory and a zoo.  

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Machine_War

As AI redraws chip industry, TSMC faces its first real rivals

 https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260518PD213/tsmc-intel-samsung-ic-manufacturing-production.html 

https://digitalcxo.com/ai

https://digitalcxo.com/digital-transformation

South Korea's A2Z bets on autonomous buses as Waymo, Baidu's Apollo Go dominate robotaxi race

 https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20260518PD215/south-korea-autonomous-driving-electric-bus-baidu-waymo-robotaxi-2026.html 

https://digitalcxo.com/digital-transformation/

https://digitalcxo.com/ai/  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=autonomous

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Waymo

Waymo Issues Voluntary Recall After Robotaxi Swept Into Texas Creek

 https://digitalcxo.com/article/waymo-issues-voluntary-recall-after-robotaxi-swept-into-texas-creek/ 

Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis due to dangerous software glitch https://nypost.com/2026/05/13/lifestyle/waymo-recalls-nearly-4000-robotaxis-after-vehicle-drove-into-flood/ 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo , https://digitalcxo.com/digital-transformation 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Waymo 

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https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/george-lucas-famed-northern-california-compound-skywalker-ranch 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=George+Lucas