The Swedish-Finnish defense company Monava has secured investment from Gungnir Capital, Foundry Ventures, and Hede Capital. The funds raised will be used for the mass production of acoustic drone detection technology and the company’s expansion. The Monava system combines acoustic sensors with artificial intelligence to detect, track, and classify drones in the air, on land, […]
Continue ReadingUkrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over a Patriot air and missile defense system in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on Aug. 4, 2024. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption KYIV, Ukraine, and WASHINGTON — Russia's massive air assault against Ukraine before dawn on Saturday included 27 ballistic missiles, many pounding the capital Kyiv, killing nine […]
Continue ReadingI’m in my mid-20s. I had been posting about the protests from the beginning, but 20 July was the first time I attended one. After the baton charge that day and the internet shutdown around the protest site, I went home and started sharing first-person accounts on Instagram. I also helped organise food, aid and […]
Continue ReadingMary, another former content writer whose name we’ve changed, says her employer encouraged the use of AI as a productivity tool. Instead of making her job easier, she says it created additional responsibilities. “We had to edit more, fact-check more because the data AI produced was inaccurate,” she says. “Technically it was more work for […]
Continue ReadingThe Fuego volcano, located between the Escuintla, Chimaltenango, and Sacatepéquez regions, registered an increase in its activity on Monday, prompting Guatemalan authorities to declare an “orange alert” – the second highest emergency. Around 400 people were evacuated from communities near the volcano and taken to temporary shelters in Alotenango and Escuintla city. Schools close to […]
Continue ReadingWater levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of dozens of Second World War German battleships are emerging into view. The Danube’s record low water levels have also forced power plants to the brink of shutting down, and governments across Central and […]
Continue ReadingThe EU’s migration chief said Tuesday the bloc successfully met a “test” of its border security and “resilience to disinformation” in the handling of a migrant rush into Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta. Last Thursday, more than 70,000 migrants crossed the border from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in just 24 hours. […]
Continue ReadingRussia has made deep changes to its forces under pressure from the war, and many politicians and intelligence officials worry it could be ready to attack a NATO country by the end of the decade. Zaluzhnyi’s unusual rebuke underscores a growing change in the alliance’s relationship with Ukraine. The country has shifted from relying on […]
Continue ReadingPasta may be one of the world’s most beloved staples, but technology is being used to improve the iconic Italian dish. In the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy’s “Food Valley”, researchers are creating the pasta of the future by focusing on its main ingredient, wheat. FRANCE 24’s Natalia Mendoza, Laura Roudaut, Tommaso Marro and Charlotte Davan Wetton […]
Continue ReadingPARIS — A group affiliated with Russia’s intelligence agency launched a disinformation campaign against center-left MEP and likely presidential candidate in next year’s French election, Raphaël Glucksmann, he claimed in a post on X on Tuesday. Glucksmann, who is expected to announce whether he will run for president in the coming weeks, said he had […]
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