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Iran’s Drones Are Transforming The Middle East: Book Excerpt

Global UpfrontAug 7, 2021August 7, 20210

Iran takes center stage in an excerpt from Seth J. Frantzman’s “Drone Wars: Pioneers, Killing Machines, Artificial Intelligence and the Battle for the Future.” By

Seeing things on Mars: A history of Martian illusions

Global UpfrontAug 6, 20210

Humans have been seeing strange things on the surface of Mars for centuries. Perhaps it’s because, other than Earth, Mars is the closest thing in

Pegasus: Moving to 2G feature phone for security will be stupidest thing to do, warns expert; here’s why

Global UpfrontAug 1, 2021August 1, 20210

Compromising the security of a 3G feature phone could be even easier than hacking into a smartphone Saket Modi, Co-Founder and CEO – Safe Security

China’s Sputnik Moment? How Washington Boosted Beijing’s Quest for Tech Dominance

Global UpfrontAug 1, 2021August 1, 20210

In 2016, AlphaGo, a computer program developed by machine learning experts in London, beat the world’s top players of the classical Chinese board game Go.

Facebook’s Broken Vows

Global UpfrontJul 27, 2021July 27, 20210

How the company’s pledge to bring the world together wound up pulling us apart. By Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, July 26, 2021 Facebook has

One of Nigeria’s high profile angel investors launching fund for African startups

Global UpfrontJul 26, 2021July 26, 20210

Olumide Soyombo of Piggyvest and Paystack fame is starting Voltron Capital seven years after investing on his own. Olumide Soyombo is one of the well-known

Who controls the internet? Fight for control threatens to destabilize and fragment the internet

Global UpfrontJul 26, 2021July 26, 20210

The US is wrestling with the rest of the world for control of the internet. The ‘net as we know it could be a victim

Major internet outage hits over 50 U.S. websites, airlines, 911 services, UPS, FedEX, Amazon go down

Global UpfrontJul 22, 2021July 22, 20210

A major internet outage has affected the websites of major retail, financial, logistics and travel websites, and is affecting 911 services in several areas. Down

E-Commerce-Tech Startup Fabric Raises $100 Million in New Round

Global UpfrontJul 21, 20210

Funding gives the platform developer a value of $850 million CEO sees growth opportunities in business-to-business By Jordyn Holman, Bloomberg, July 20, 2021 Fabric, a

‘Facebook isn’t killing people,’ says Biden as he walks back criticism

Global UpfrontJul 19, 20210

President Biden on Monday softened his criticism that platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, saying he wishes the company