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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. Weaponized civilian first-person-view (FPV) drones began dramatically reshaping the landscape of the war in the summer of 2023. 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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Elon Musk explains why SpaceX is asking the Pentagon to pay for Starlink service in Ukraine

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Amidst reports that Elon Musk had asked the Pentagon to pay for Starlink service in Ukraine, the SpaceX CEO explained on Twitter that the private space company cannot really fund the beleaguered country’s satellite internet system “indefinitely.” This is unreasonable,” Musk wrote. Burn is approaching ~$20M/month.

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Stories of the War in Ukraine: Volodymyr

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Over the past week, The Institute has made contact with some of the 400 members of the IEEE Ukraine Section to help them share their experiences during the war. This personal account was written by Volodymyr Pyliavskyi , a senior researcher at the Odessa National Telecommunications Academy in Odessa, Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Volunteers Use 3D Printers to Save Lives

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One month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a group of more than 100 makers from all over Ukraine manufactured and supplied a number of 3D-printed products to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Territorial Defense Force, and the Air Forces. For security reasons, this group does not disclose most of their work.

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Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin has hired 60 deaf employees

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To date, 60 deaf employees are part of the Giga Berlin team—a large portion being Ukrainians who fled the war. → [link] pic.twitter.com/GD0oe4WxP1 — Tesla Recruiting (@TeslaRecruiting) September 24, 2023 The video also includes excerpts from some of the non-deaf employees about their experiences having deaf coworkers on the team.

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The Portrait Artist

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It’s a rite of passage, a vital part of the process of being selected by IEEE as a Medal of Honor recipient. Perry prefers to meet in person in order to develop a human connection. That rapport lets her subjects open up, giving readers a glimpse of their personalities, motivations, and attitudes. Education: B.A.,