Ukraine’s tech entrepreneurs turn to military matters

Ukraine’s tech entrepreneurs turn to military matters

On a promotional video a dog-biscuit hurtles into the air and two dogs fly upwards to intercept it. Until the Russian invasion in February 2022, Yaroslav Azhnyuk ran a company that makes pet monitors which can distribute treats. Now he is helping entrepreneurs intercept cruise missiles. Ukraine’s war has led to an explosion of engineering […]

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Better camouflage is needed to hide from new electronic sensors

Better camouflage is needed to hide from new electronic sensors

On today’s battlefields, however, it is no longer enough to merely hide from human eyes. People and kit are given away as well by signals beyond the visual spectrum, and devices that detect these wavelengths are getting better, lighter and cheaper. Thermal sensors are a case in point. Today, one that costs about $1,000 and […]

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The global struggle for tech mastery

The global struggle for tech mastery

There is no longer any doubt about the challenge that China, Russia, and other authoritarian regimes pose to international rule of law, respect for sovereignty, democratic principles, and free people. These threats have grown as China and Russia have harnessed new technologies to surveil populations, manipulate information, and control data flows. They are setting an […]

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UK PM Sunak: China poses a threat but must also engage with them

UK PM Sunak: China poses a threat but must also engage with them

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that China posed a threat to Britain but it was also right to have dialogue with Beijing over global challenges such as climate change and the war in Ukraine. “I’m very clear that China poses a systemic challenge to both our values and our interests and it represents […]

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After Kherson success, Kyiv vows to keep driving out Russia Mykolaiv

After Kherson success, Kyiv vows to keep driving out Russia Mykolaiv

Ukraine’s president vowed to keep pushing Russian forces out of his country after they withdrew from Kherson, leaving behind devastation, hunger and booby traps in the southern Ukrainian city. The Russian retreat from Kherson marked a triumphant milestone in Ukraine’s pushback against Moscow’s invasion almost nine months ago. Kherson residents hugged and kissed the arriving […]

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Ukraine war, tensions with China loom over big Bali summit

A showdown between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin isn’t happening, but the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing tensions between China and the West will be at the fore when leaders of the world’s biggest economies gather in tropical Bali this week. The Group of 20 members begin talks on the Indonesian […]

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South Korea’s sale of ammunition to US comes with a condition

South Korea’s sale of ammunition to US comes with a condition

South Korea said it would sell thousands of artillery shells to the United States, but only on condition that the materiel be used by U.S. forces, not sent to help Ukraine in the war against Russia. Amid a global scramble for new sources of arms to send to Ukraine, South Korea, among other countries, has […]

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Cybercrimes dip on Ukraine war

Cybercrimes dip on Ukraine war

The Russia-Ukraine war, enhanced scrutiny by government bodies and measures taken by enterprises to strengthen cybersecurity infrastructure may have helped bring down the number of cyberattacks. According to a report by virtual private network provider, NordVPN, only 52 companies in India were victims of cyberattacks between during January and September, a sharp fall from 308 […]

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