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Episode 396 of the Cyberlaw Podcast.

“Quick thread: I want you all to meet Vladimir Bondarenko. He’s a blogger from Kiev who really hates the Ukrainian government. He also doesn’t exist, according to Facebook. He’s an invention of a Russian troll farm targeting Ukraine. His face was made by AI. https://t.co/uWslj1Xnx3”

#Twitter, # Meta, #SpaceX and other companies are supporting #Ukraine in its conflict with Russia. A campaign, #TechForUkraine, offers tech help to #NGOs.

A cyberattack on a NATO member state could trigger Article 5, its collective defence clause, a NATO official said on Monday, amid concerns that chaos in cyberspace around Russia's invasion of Ukraine could spill over into other territories.

“This Russian owned yacht named "Ragnar", was ransacked by the Norwegian Coast Guard, Police and Customs earlier today. It's owned by former KGB officier Vladimir Strzhalkovsky ; who is an old friend of Vladimir Putin. It looks like a boat used for cutting fiber cables. 1/3 https://t.co/6QwrCPtuHS”

“Day 4- SITREP: The gulf between popular perception and strategic reality continues to grow in Ukraine. If you only read Western media, you would think the Russian military was on the verge of defeat. In reality, they have a clear path to victory.”

“Why Russia will lose this war? Much of the "realist" discourse is about accepting Putin's victory, cuz it's *guaranteed*. But how do we know it is? I'll argue that analysts 1) overrate Russian army 2) underrate Ukrainian one 3) misunderstand Russian strategy & political goals🧵 https://t.co/pXpfIcq3Zs”

The accident, in which 14 men lost their lives, will likely have a knock-on effect on the Russian Navy's massive modernization program. Most at risk is the submarine Belgorod.

How the pressure washer revolutionized the way we clean outdoor surfaces—and occasionally, lends itself to creative solutions.

Industrial systems thrive on predictability. It smooths out the supply chain, improves efficiency and makes many of the participants more comfortable. Tomorrow is like yesterday, but perhaps a litt…

How to lie with numbers, Invisible Hand of Capitalism Edition! As far as I can tell, these two maps represent approximately the same data. The first one, which you've been seeing variants of for years, puts nearly every county in the Danger Zone. The second one is how CDC is coloring it today. So if you had been thinking, "I'm going to avoid crowds until my county isn't SCORCHING RED", ...

Today: how U.S. chip sanctions against Russia will impact the sector, dbt raises a huge funding round for its data tools and where the best and brightest in enterprise tech are headed next.

Tony Kulesa writes that Tyler Cowen is “the best curator of talent in the world” and describes four components of Cowen’s approach that he thinks makes Cowen’s success possible. The first is the most interesting: Distribution: Tyler promotes the opportunity in such a way that the talent level

Looking at the downfall of the market shares of Meta, it is becoming evident that Metaverse or Facebook will cease to exist in 3-4 years

Commentators are drawing lessons from the conflict in Ukraine, but they are missing one key point. Above all, the Russian attack and possible dismemberment of Ukraine reflects the power of ideas. Read the English translation of the Putin speech to justify Russian’s actions in Ukraine. It is striking how much Putin cites history, going as […]

According to reports, an American hacker took down all of North Korea's Internet as revenge for the cyber-attack by Pyongyang.

Disappointed with the lack of US response to the Hermit Kingdom's attacks against US security researchers, one hacker took matters into his own hands.

The evolution of online word games before Wordle made them popular again. You haven’t lived until you’ve played Acrophobia.

I was responsible for the educational programming for our first in-person conference since the start of the pandemic. Here’s what I learned.

It’s become increasingly difficult for Russia to publish believable propaganda.

A friend is selling his house. Apparently, real estate brokers now have a way of reporting the comments (reviews) from potential buyers at open houses, and he was crazy enough to read them. Of cour…

I recently finished reading “How to Do Nothing” by Jenny Odell. It’s a great, thought-provoking read. Despite the title the book isn’t a treatise on disconnecting or a guide…