Tag: Ukraine
Was Ukraine really to blame for X outage? Used Tesla prices plummet
Experts have cast doubt on Elon Musk's claim that a large-scale outage which hit X was caused by hackers in Ukraine. Platform monitor Downdetector says it had more than 1.6 million reports of problems with the social media site from users around the world on Monday. "We're not sure exactly what happened but there was…
BMW enhances EV charging experience in Ukraine with Parkopedia partnership
BMW drivers in Ukraine now have access to improved EV charging information thanks to a new partnership between Parkopedia, AWT Bavaria Ukraine and BMW AG. The collaboration integrates 4,272 Ukrainian charging points into select BMW models and the MyBMW app, simplifying the charging process for EV owners in the country. This partnership addresses the growing…
Tech Digest daily roundup: War crimes erased by social media AI, BBC claims
Image: BBC Evidence of potential human rights abuses may be lost after being deleted by tech companies, the BBC has found. Platforms remove graphic videos, often using artificial intelligence - but footage that may help prosecutions can be taken down without being archived. Meta and YouTube say they aim to balance…
Ukraine suffered 29 state-sponsored cyberattacks in 2022
In recent years, state-sponsored cyberattacks have become a growing concern for governments, businesses, and individuals alike. According to the data analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, Ukraine was a victim of 29 state-sponsored attacks in 2022. Behind most of the government-backed attacks stand China and Russia, with 44 and 38 cyberattacks, respectively. The United…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Elon Musk denies Twitter lay offs ‘to avoid payouts’
Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report that he plans to lay off Twitter workers before the start of next month to avoid having to make payouts. Replying to a Twitter user asking about the report, he said: "This is false." Last week, Mr Musk completed his $44bn (£37.9bn) takeover of the social…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Space X will continue funding Starlink in Ukraine
Elon Musk says his rocket firm SpaceX will continue funding its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, a day after he said it could no longer do so. "The hell with it... Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we'll just keep funding Ukraine govt for free,"…
Tech company creates gamified mental health app for Ukrainian refugees
Children and teenagers affected by the conflict in Ukraine are to be given a computer game to help them deal with the things they have experienced in a war zone. Attensi, a European digital learning specialist, is using its technology to help child victims of war, which according to UNICEF statistics is three million children…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Meta accused of keeping deleted Messenger data
Meta has been accused of secretly keeping users' deleted Messenger data and sharing it with police by a former employee. Brennan Lawson, who worked for the social media company after leaving the US Air Force, has filed a legal complaint alleging that Facebook created a tool to access Messenger data that users thought they had deleted.…
Over 200,000 Ukrainians have taken up free Babbel courses
Marking World Refugee Day 2022 earlier this week, language learning platform Babbel has announced that 200,000 Ukrainian speakers have so far taken up its free courses since their launch in early May. Babbel began offering Ukrainian speakers the opportunity to learn German, Polish or English for free just weeks after the war started, in the…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Uber helps UN deliver food and water in Ukraine
Uber has built a "private-label" version of its delivery platform to help the United Nations deliver food and water supplies to war-torn areas of Ukraine. The tech firm is working with the UN's World Food Programme (WFP). It's difficult for large delivery trucks to access some parts of Ukraine because of structural damage and the…
