Russia’s invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments in dual-use tech like autonomous drones, rockets for satellites, and more (Aggi Cantrill/Bloomberg)

Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg:Russia’s invasion of Ukraine boosted European investments in dual-use tech like autonomous drones, rockets for satellites, and more  —  European tech companies that work with the defense industry, long an investment taboo for many venture capital firms, are drawing record amounts of funding in the wake of […]

The number of active users on Mastodon dropped from a peak of over 2.5M in early December 2022 to about 1.8M in the first week of January 2023 (Josh Nicholas/The Guardian)

Josh Nicholas / The Guardian:The number of active users on Mastodon dropped from a peak of over 2.5M in early December 2022 to about 1.8M in the first week of January 2023  —  More than 130,000 people were joining the new independent social media network a day in November.  So […]