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Ukraine Is the First “Hackers’ War”

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Rapid and resourceful technological improvisation has long been a mainstay of warfare, but the war in Ukraine is taking it to a new level. Prior to this revolution, various commercial drones played critical roles, primarily for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. These were not FPV drones, for the most part.

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Ukraine Is Riddled With Land Mines. Drones and AI Can Help

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Early on a June morning in 2023, my colleagues and I drove down a bumpy dirt road north of Kyiv in Ukraine. While we were in Ukraine, we also demonstrated our technology for the State Special Transportation Service , a branch of the Ukrainian military responsible for keeping roads and bridges open. All our hard work paid off.

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Puzzling Out the Drone War Over Ukraine

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Eight years later, the Russians are again invading Ukraine. These include the Eleron-3SV and the Orlan-10 drones, both of which have been used extensively in Syria and Ukraine. An Orion was credited with an airstrike on a command center in Ukraine in early March 2022. unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs).

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Ukraine Scrubbing Nuclear Agencies of Russian Influence

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Also of short-term concern is that Ukraine still relies heavily on Russian suppliers of nuclear fuel, waste handling, and parts. Moves to root out Russian threats within Ukraine are, however, sowing confusion as experts and officials point fingers at suspected collaborators and, in the process, at each other.

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Ford suspending JV operations in Russia

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In recent years, Ford has significantly wound down its Russian operations, which now focus exclusively on commercial van manufacturing and Russian sales through a minority interest in the Sollers Ford joint venture. The situation has compelled us to reassess our operations in Russia.

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Next-Battery secures strategic relationship with China-based Lvchi Automobile Technology

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Laboratory studies on the cathode by Next-Battery’s scientists show the technology can more than double the specific energy of the best commercial lithium-ion batteries today, such as the new Tesla/Panasonic 2170 cell used in the Tesla Model 3 battery pack. Source: Next-Battery. Recharge time should also improve based upon tests to date.

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Uniper receives €2.375M funding notification for Krummhoern hydrogen storage pilot

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The climate crisis and the war against Ukraine are forcing us to push ahead with the energy transition at top speed. Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Olaf Lies presented the funding notification of €2.375 million for Uniper’s planned hydrogen pilot project at the Krummhoern natural gas storage site.

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