In the months after Russia invaded Ukraine and destroyed much of the country’s telecom infrastructure, Elon Musk offered twenty thousand Starlink satellite internet terminals to facilitate internet connections for Ukrainians. These SpaceX terminals did not just enable communications between citizens or allow people to reach news websites; they were also critical for military operations, such as navigating drones and launching artillery. Ronan Farrow has called Musk “a private cit
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As if elections in the United States weren’t already poisoned by money, there may soon be yet another way for people to pour theirs into the process. Late last week, a federal judge cleared the way for Kalshi, a startup exchange dedicated to “trading on the outcome of future events,” to take bets on which political party will control the House and Senate after the November election. Shortly the
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American venture capitalists are significantly more focused on artificial intelligence than investors in other regions are, according to our new Fast Company analysis.
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Stolen customer data including medical reports from India’s biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks after
The small plastic box that beeped and flashed numbers was a lifeline to Laurie Dove in 1993. Pregnant with her first baby in a house beyond any town in rural Kansas, Dove used the little black device to keep in touch with her husband as he delivered medical supplies. He carried one, too. They had a code.
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