🟢 Defense tech investments hit record highs in 2024
From $145M for Chaos Industries to Anduril’s $1.5B mega-round, venture capital in defense tech has soared past $3B this year, breaking all records. With rising global tensions and a predicted defense budget increase under the new U.S. administration, VCs are diving deeper into tech like AI-driven weapons and autonomous systems. If we're being honest, this feels more like the latest gold rush.
🟢 Defense tech investments hit record highs in 2024
From $145M for Chaos Industries to Anduril’s $1.5B mega-round, venture capital in defense tech has soared past $3B this year, breaking all records. With rising global tensions and a predicted defense budget increase under the new U.S. administration, VCs are diving deeper into tech like AI-driven weapons and autonomous systems. If we're being honest, this feels more like the latest gold rush.
Telegram boasts 500 million users, who share information individually and in groups in relative security. But Telegram's use as a one-way broadcast channel — which followers can join but not reply to — means content from inauthentic accounts can easily reach large, captive and eager audiences. "For Telegram, accountability has always been a problem, which is why it was so popular even before the full-scale war with far-right extremists and terrorists from all over the world," she told AFP from her safe house outside the Ukrainian capital. Andrey, a Russian entrepreneur living in Brazil who, fearing retaliation, asked that NPR not use his last name, said Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war. In the past, it was noticed that through bulk SMSes, investors were induced to invest in or purchase the stocks of certain listed companies. Update March 8, 2022: EFF has clarified that Channels and Groups are not fully encrypted, end-to-end, updated our post to link to Telegram’s FAQ for Cloud and Secret chats, updated to clarify that auto-delete is available for group and channel admins, and added some additional links.
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