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Ukraine is using facial recognition tech to identify dead Russian soldiers and inform their families
The Ukrainian government is using facial recognition software from the controversial startup Clearv…
Ben Gilbert
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Russian paratrooper who fought in Ukraine says troops are deliberately shooting themselves in the leg to escape the war and get a $50,000 payout
Pavel Filatyev's 141-page memoir is the most detailed account of a Russian soldier fighting in the …
Sophia Ankel
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A Russian scientist accused of being a Chinese spy died less than 2 days after his high-profile arrest
According to the BBC, Kolker worked with quantum physics and lasers and occasionally taught Chinese…
Cheryl Teh
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Russian paratrooper says he was kidnapped and interrogated for 8 hours after publishing detailed account of Ukraine war
Pavel Filatyev said he was detained and interrogated by a group of special-ops agents on Monday, an…
Sophia Ankel
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As Ukrainian forces recaptured a key town, another elite Russian unit appears to have gone through 'the meat grinder'
Kyiv caught the world off-guard with its fast-paced counteroffensive this summer, including an elit…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler posed for a photo with a former KKK chief - but says she didn't know who he was
Chester Doles was jailed in 1993 for viciously beating a Black man. On Friday, he posted a selfie w…
Bill Bostock
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Domino's offered Russians a lifetime of pizzas if they got tattoos of the company logo - and then they had to shut down the offer because too many people got inked
The marketing campaign posted to VKontakte, Russia's Facebook-like social media network, offered "1…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Ukraine and Russia have both weaponized facial recognition — in very different ways
Ukraine is using the technology to ID the dead and find Russian infiltrators. Russia is using it to…
Laura Italiano,Haven Orecchio…
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Some Russians don't believe assurances that an explosion at a disease research lab didn't release any hazardous material
"If such works were held there, there could be leaks. There are labs that work in open conditions b…
Irina Titova
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Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff delivered a verbal one-two punch when a Fox News crew approached him at a campaign stop on live TV
"We have two United States senators in Georgia who have blatantly used their offices to enrich them…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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'Russia's Facebook' was hacked and 100 million users' details are up for sale
Even though it happened several years ago, a hack like this can still have adverse consequences rig…
Rob Price
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Instagrammers flocking to a gorgeous Siberian lake have been warned not to swim in it because it's a chemical dump for a coal plant
Those visiting the lake, however, don't appear to be very concerned. A translation of a caption und…
Lisa Eadicicco
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Apple, Google, and Mozilla are blocking the Kazakhstan government's wild attempts at spying on people
That was based on research from the Censored Planet project at the University of Michigan, which fo…
Mary Hanbury
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The founder of 'Russia's Facebook' explains how the Kremlin took his company away
Putin was also suspicious of the global Internet as a platform for foreign espionage. After documen…
Natasha Bertrand
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The Steve Jobs Memorial Taken Down In Russia Last Month Is Now Headed For Auction
While the firm has since claimed the statue was already scheduled to be removed due to a malfunctio…
Steven Tweedie
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Founder Of 'Russia's Facebook' Sells His Stake In The Company
The move comes after other major reshuffling within the VKontakte top-management. Earlier this week…
Russia Beyond The Headlines
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The incredible life of Pavel Durov - the entrepreneur known as 'Russia's Mark Zuckerberg'
Durov is known for his unique lifestyle: He only wears black, and he travels constantly around the …
James Cook
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Ousted Founder Of Russian Facebook Applauds New Russia Sanctions On Facebook
Former Russian oligarch and Putin rival Mikhail Khodorkovsky owned Yukos, a now-defunct oil company…
Michael Kelley
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This Is Facebook's Plan To Conquer Russia
I was actually thinking of who launched on Android first, and there is a pattern coming from Easter…
James Cook
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Putin Has Taken Control Of Russian Facebook
Just days after the raid came an even bigger blow: two VK co-founders had decided to sell their 48 …