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Expulsion of diplomats is not enough to deter Russian antagonism

Mar 27, 2018

NATO and EU nations have announced plans to expel Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The pair were poisoned using a military-grade nerve agent ...

Facebook to investigate Russian meddling in Brexit referendum

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Jan 18, 2018

Environment, Science

Facebook announced plans Wednesday to start an investigation into the role of Russian agents in influencing 2016’s Brexit vote through the social media platform. The company said it will comprehensively search ...

Pentagon officials report buildup, modernization of Russian military

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Oct 28, 2017

Policy, Science, World

The U.S. Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has revived a cold-war era practice of assessing Russian military power, and has now released a report indicating the Russian military is hard at work moder...

How Artificial Intelligence is Taking Online Gaming by Storm

David

Oct 23, 2017

Business, Innovation, Policy, Science

In a world where smartphones, self-driving cars and the Internet are at the frontier of technological innovation, Silicon Valley has achieved a level of cultural prestige and influence that society hardly could...

Investigation and legislation are necessary to address Russian social media interference

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Oct 22, 2017

Opinion, Policy, Science

On November 1st, representatives from Google, Twitter, and Facebook will testify before congressional intelligence committees on how their services may have been taken advantage of by Russia, in efforts to infl...

Facebook report details government sponsored “information operations” to manipulate elections

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Apr 30, 2017

Business, Policy, Science

A new Facebook report says its platform has been taken advantage of by governments, in an effort to manipulate public opinion abroad, during elections in the US and France. The company pledged to intervene to s...

Officials say Russia was likely behind Italy foreign ministry hack

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Feb 13, 2017

Science, World

Officials in Italy suspect that Russia was behind an ongoing hacking attack on their foreign ministry, which compromised emails for four months before it was detected. One official confirmed that the attack las...

Russian plane crashes in Black Sea en route to Syria, government sources blame likely technical malfunction

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Dec 25, 2016

Science, World

The Kremlin has said that technical problems most likely caused the crash of a Tupolev Tu-154 into the Black Sea on Sunday, after taking off from the coastal town of Sochi. The flight was headed towards Syria, ...

US formally accuses Russia of involvement in DNC leaks, among others

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Oct 8, 2016

Policy, Science

After months of suspicion, the US government has formally accused Russia of hacking the networks of the Democratic party, and leaking over 19,000 emails, in July. The accusation came just hours after Secretary ...

Russia to Sell S-300 missile system to Iran, Israel seems not at all happy

Jamie Hacking

Jun 2, 2015

World

It seems Russia is once again going to have the west fuming as it irons out a missile sale deal with Iran. According to arms firm Almaz-Antey, the political hurdles have been solved and it is time for the final...

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