Monthly Archives: September 2022

Russians fleeing Putin’s draft are pouring into nearby countries, sending hotel rates, rents, and airfares soaring

People, most of them Russians, crossing the border between Georgia on September 28. Shakh Aivazov/Associated Press At least 200,000 Russians have fled the country after Putin ordered a partial mobilization. Many are heading to neighboring countries where they can enter visa-free, like Kazakhstan and Georgia. The influx has jacked up hotel rates and rents in…

Supporting fact-checking communities with Nobel laureate Maria Ressa

Editor’s note: Maria Ressa’s keynote speech at the APAC Trusted Media Summit 2022 below. Filipino-American journalist and author, Ressa is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” Excerpts from her speech…

‘Virtual ward’ startup Doccla gets Series A injection as it eyes AI tools

Doccla, a Sweden founded but London-headquartered health tech startup that sells a remote patient monitoring platform to hospitals to run so-called ‘virtual wards’, has closed a £15 million (~$17M) Series A funding round a year after raising a $3.3M seed. The Series A is led by US VC General Catalyst, with participation from funds managed…

Kindle Scribe, Halo Rise, new Echo Dot and everything Amazon announced

With the holiday shopping season fast approaching, we’ve seen big product launch events from the likes of Apple, Samsung, and plenty others. Amazon announced a slew of products covering a wide range of product categories throughout the home. Unlike the others, Amazon didn’t open this event to the public, but we were invited to watch…

Russia plans to build 1,000 planes by 2030 by using local parts as aircraft imports into the country have collapsed under sanctions

The Russian aviation industry is reliant on foreign imports. Media_works/Shutterstock Russia plans to build 1,000 homegrown airliners by 2030 to reduce reliance on Airbus and Boeing.  Russia relies heavily on tech imports, which have been hit by sanctions over the Ukraine war. Former Russian finance official Oleg Vyugin said recently the country faces a technological…

The Nord Stream pipelines were likely attacked with remotely-detonated explosives, says UK defense source: report

The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines have sprung leaks that are billowing natural gas into the Baltic Sea. Danish Defence Command A UK defense source says the Nord Stream pipelines were likely attacked with remote explosives.The source told Sky News the bombs could have been planted years before the leaks occurred.This comes the same…

Automatic emergency braking is not great at preventing crashes at normal speeds

Automatic emergency braking (AEB) is pretty good at preventing low-speed rear-end crashes but kind of sucks when vehicles are traveling at more average speeds, according to new research from the American Automobile Association (AAA). Starting September 2022, all new cars sold in the US are required to come standard with AEB, which uses forward-facing cameras…