The Russian fiber optic drones are the latest solution to prevent signal jamming and electronic warfare. But the wired drones come with their own complications and may only be useful in certain situations. The drone arms race is forcing both Russia and Ukraine to rapidly develop and combat new capabilities. Russia uses newer drones that … Read more
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in Paris over the weekend on allegations that his platform is used for illegal activities including drug trafficking and the distribution of images of child sexual abuse. Durov, who was born in Russia, spent much of his childhood in Italy and … Read more
Pavel Durov was once hailed as Russia’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg. Now he faces a prison sentence in France. The billionaire co-founder of Telegram, an ultra-secure messaging app with more than 900 million users, is hailed by some as an anti-authoritarian hero and free speech champion who took on the power of Vladimir Putin. Others … Read more
In the spring of 2022, the Ukrainian city of Bucha fell victim to a brutal invasion by Russian forces. The first battle for the city, located on the eastern outskirts of Kiev, left 1,400 civilians dead. Moscow’s forces are still accused of committing a litany of war crimes during the months-long occupation that followed. But … Read more
Will Rafael Nadal say goodbye to Roland Garros on Monday? – Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes Today could be the last time Rafael Nadal plays at Roland Garros, the venue he has dominated since the mid-1990s. Fourteen titles on the red sands of Paris is something the sport will probably never see again, but if you think he’s … Read more
More than a decade ago, Vladimir Jurowski, one of Russia’s best-known musical sons, began to realize that things in his native country were taking a sinister turn. “It was a feeling, a premonition that things would get worse, especially after Russia annexed Crimea,” says the 52-year-old conductor. “The irony was that at that exact moment … Read more
It sounds like every pilot’s worst nightmare: hijacking a plane’s GPS while it’s hovering some 40,000 feet above the ground, with hundreds of passengers on board. Yet this kind of scenario, it has emerged, is remarkably common, with new data showing that 46,000 planes flying over the Baltic Sea have recorded GPS problems since August … Read more