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It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a single man with a crypto wallet must be in want of a West Village girlfriend. Jane Austen’s heroines had their balls and soirees; the downtown women of today have the Tax Day Party. Loading audio narration… Attendees rode a rickety, manually operated elevator…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Thomas Derksen, a German entrepreneur who has lived in China for over a decade. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I have been living in China since 2016 and own a market intelligence business.There’s so…
As Ukraine’s war raises the profile of small drone threats, civilian and corporate organizations preparing for them are finding a key problem: There’s not much they can do to stop one. Loading audio narration… In the US and Europe, private citizens and businesses are rarely allowed to shoot down or…
Just days after graduating from college, my now-husband Scott and I loaded all our belongings into my truck and started driving south. Loading audio narration… We’d been spending our last couple of years at college dreaming about building an off-grid cabin so we could live a sustainable life close to…
In a major armed conflict, even the most advanced militaries will not be able to stop all incoming attacks everywhere, forcing them to decide what they’re willing to lose, a hard choice. Loading audio narration… The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are previewing possibilities for future fights as…
Western militaries are building training around an expectation of drone crashes and losses while also trying to avoid wasting them. It’s a balance as it experiments with the new way of war surging in Ukraine. Loading audio narration… Maj. Rachel Martin, director of the US Army’s new drone lethality course,…
Western militaries are investing heavily in drone warfare after seeing their impact in Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion. And while it isn’t necessary to absorb every lesson, current and former military officials say one major operation is worth studying closely.Maj. Rachel Martin, director of the US Army’s Unmanned Advanced Lethality…
Ukraine’s large-scale drone war is pushing Western militaries to treat small drones less as high-end equipment and more as expendable ammunition that isn’t meant to come back.US Army and British Army officials, as well as a NATO veteran who volunteered to fight in Ukraine, told Business Insider that effective drone…
