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Ukraine Is the First “Hackers’ War”

Cars That Think

Rapid and resourceful technological improvisation has long been a mainstay of warfare, but the war in Ukraine is taking it to a new level. Weaponized civilian first-person-view (FPV) drones began dramatically reshaping the landscape of the war in the summer of 2023.

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Where to locate public chargers?

Electric Auto Association

Surge in EVSE essential EV sales are accelerating and are expected to grow exponentially , EV buyers taking personal action to fight the climate crisis , and/or discovering that EVs are safer, faster, more economical , and more fun to drive. DCFC's are particularly essential in underserved communities where charging appliances are limited.

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This Engineer’s Job Is to Keep Arkansas Nuclear One Safe

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I was amazed at the safety precautions the company takes, especially for the employees’ personal safety,” she says. So the exciter was refurbished “down to the nuts and bolts,” Ansari says, before being installed. Ansari is now figuring out how to install the equipment in accordance with the facility’s fire-safety procedures.

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Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

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So we basically installed an eye tracking device on our subjects. So for example, in a search and rescue mission, a person might have— a search and rescue worker might have very particular context on where somebody is likely to be stuck or maybe be hiding or something that would be very difficult to encode into a drone.

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Imported oil pays for corruption and war. Electricity pays for local jobs.

Plug in America

The Russian war against Ukraine is being paid for by exports of oil and gas, just like all of Putin’s previous wars. This war in Ukraine is a catastrophic human tragedy. At any earlier point in my life, I lived in Ukraine for a year and I personally know many people whose lives have now been utterly upended.

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Starlink Maritime is now available for ocean-going vessels.

Teslarati

” Users will be able to monitor and manage their Starlink fleet from a single portal and installation is designed with minimal above-deck space in mind. Elon Musk provided Ukraine with thousands of Starlink terminals which has helped the nation stay online despite the continuous attacks from Russia. Starlink Saves Lives.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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On the one hand, stories about Russia’s satellite jamming operations in Ukraine and stumbling 5G performance around the world attracted a lot of attention from our visitors in 2023. Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice? IEEE Spectrum ‘s readers gravitated to the extremes in the kinds of telecom stories they read this year.

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