Ukraine war: How old tech is helping Ukraine avoid detection

As Ukraine prepares for its major offensive, it will only get harder to hide the troop build up from Russia’s forces. So Ukraine is having to work out ways to confound the enemy.

In a trench on the eastern front, a Ukrainian mortar team knows Russia’s not just trying to hunt them down with drones – it’s also using electronic warfare to try to locate their position.

The men of Ukraine’s 28th Brigade may have access to 21st Century technology – satellites, smart phones, and tablets – to help communicate and identify targets. But they’re also using a machine from the distant past.

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Politicized Intelligence Community: Danger to a Democracy

Recently Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was arrested by the FBI and charged with unlawfully retaining and transmitting national defense information classified at the highest level. As reported in numerous media outlets, the documents in question relate to the war in the Ukraine and other sensitive topics, including surveillance on allies and adversaries alike. Teixeira reportedly copied, photographed, and leaked hundreds of pages of highly classified U.S. government secrets to gain admiration and influence among a group of teen-aged boys he befriended on Discord, a popular online platform favored by gamers.

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‘It’s not how white men fight,’ news anchor Carlson reportedly said in text that led to sacking

Tucker Carlson, an American news anchor, said “it’s not how white men fight” as he described a street clash between “Trump guys” and anti-fascists in a private text message that reportedly led to his sacking.

According to a report in the New York Times, Fox board members reviewed a message from Mr Carlson, 53, on the eve of a major defamation trial against the network.

I like him more now.

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Canada man charged with supplying substance linked to UK and US suicides

Police in Canada have laid charges against an Ontario man following allegations he sold a lethal substance to people in dozens of countries, including four people who killed themselves in Britain and one in the United States.

Kenneth Law, 57, is due to appear in court on Wednesday after Peel regional police charged him with two counts of counselling or aiding suicide on Tuesday in relation to Canadian adults.

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Electric cars losing their value twice as fast as petrol alternatives

Electric cars are losing their value at twice the rate of petrol vehicles, in the case of some models, meaning drivers have lost thousands of pounds to depreciating prices.

Electric vehicles (EVs) lost roughly half their value between 2020 and 2023, while petrol car prices fell by 37pc in the same period, according to used car finance specialists Choose My Car.

Its study found electric cars lost £15,000 of their value on average over the three-year period, compared with £9,000 for petrol vehicles. In some cases the gap was far wider.

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Trudeau’s massive spending on Volkswagens and other things won’t spur economic growth

The Trudeau government recently announced it will spend an estimated $13 billion on subsidies for Volkswagen’s Ontario battery plant and offer $700 million to help with construction, in addition to another $500 million from the Ontario government. Federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne argues that the economic value from this corporate welfare — funded by taxpayer money — will be worth it. But Trudeau’s spending spree hasn’t spurred economic growth yet, so why should we expect it to now?

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Five Arab States Plus Iran Among 19 Nations Ready To Join BRICS

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Algeria, Egypt, Bahrain, and Iran have formally asked to join the BRICS group of nations as it prepares to hold its annual summit in South Africa.

In total, 19 nations have expressed interest in joining the emerging-markets bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, according to Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s ambassador to the group.

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Toronto police constable dismissed for misconduct after tweeting about sexual harassment

A Toronto Police Service constable will be fired or must resign in seven days after being found guilty of eight counts of misconduct, according to a police tribunal decision Tuesday.

The ruling by Robin D. McElary-Downer, a retired deputy chief with the South Simcoe Police Service, in the Toronto Police Service disciplinary hearing was related to Const. Firouzeh Zarabi-Majd’s tweets alleging of racism and sexual harassment inside the service, her refusal to leave the property of another officer and her refusal to take part in an internal investigation.

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With writers on strike, can an AI chatbot be as funny as Stephen Colbert? … Why is this even a question?

Hollywood writers are on strike – and late-night TV is on hiatus. Could AI be a substitute?

For the first time in 15 years, TV and film writers are putting down their proverbial pen in protest, after union negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and major studios broke down over concerns about not just wages, but also the use of artificial intelligence to write scripts.

The WGA likened the use of AI in screenwriting to plagiarism and said it was fighting to regulate the technology because it “undermines writers’ working standards including compensation.”

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As the spectre of China’s meddling spreads, another MP claims he is a victim

During the 2021 federal election in the downtown Toronto riding of Spadina-Fort York, the young, progressive, ethnically-Chinese candidate seemed a shoo-in for the Liberals.

A rising political star with a history of youth advocacy, a university lecturer, entrepreneur and a reserve officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, Kevin Vuong was an ideal candidate for a party aspiring to better represent today’s Canada.

But it quickly came to an end.

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Nordstrom closing two San Francisco stores over ‘deteriorating situation’ as crime in city surges

This San Fran Nordstrom was chosen for spontaneous reparations during the pandemic

“We’ve spent more than 35 years serving customers in downtown San Francisco, building relationships with them and investing in the local community,” Nordstrom told impacted employees.

“But as many of you know, the dynamics of the downtown San Francisco market have changed dramatically over the past several years, impacting customer foot traffic to our stores and our ability to operate successfully.”

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Terence Corcoran: A not-so-green reality behind green transition

In the rollicking world of net-zero policy-making and initiatives, Canada aims to be a global leader. The country’s bankers, mining executives, auto companies, electricity producers and political leaders have merged into a unified machine around the idea that a new green economy can be achieved via a just transition to a global energy system free of carbon emissions.

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Bud Light is at risk of losing its status as the top-selling beer in the US, industry expert says – as sales tumble 26% amid Dylan Mulvaney backlash

A beer industry expert has said that Bud Light is in danger of losing its status as the country’s top selling beer, if sales of the product continue to plunge in the wake of controversy over the brands partnership with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

Weeks after the controversy first emerged, in-store sales of Bud Light were down 26 percent from one year ago for the week ended April 22, according to industry data reported by Beer Business Daily.

While Bud Light is still the best-selling beer brand in the country, if parent company Anheuser-Busch can’t reverse the decline in sales, ‘then Bud Light is in serious trouble this year,’ industry expert Bump Williams told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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