Technology
Are You at Risk? What We Know About Electronics Makers Linked...
Sep 19, 2024
Lebanon is reeling in the wake of 48 hours of terror attacks blamed on Israeli intelligence targeting Hezbollah through a series of...
The Battle to Control Microchip Supplies Will Define the Twenty-First Century
Semiconductors are as important for global capitalism today as access to energy resources. Only a handful of countries can produce the most advanced microchips,...
The Promethean Antikythera Computer of Greek Civilization
by Evaggelos Vallianatos
Apr. 25, 2023
Overview
Suppose you could travel back in time to the third century BCE, and visit Alexandria, the capital city of the...
Peace, War and Europe
By Oksana Chelysheva *
The ”Confidence Building Measures In the Face Of Sharp Polarization in Europe” roundtable at the European Parliament on March 20 (https://www.defenddemocracy.press/brussels-call-stop-the-war-stop-sending-arms-to-ukraine/)...
Brussels’ call: Stop the war, stop sending arms to Ukraine!
For the first time since February 2022, critics of the current EU and NATO policies towards Ukraine and Russia have held an international conference...
US Chip War Version 2: Decoupling from China or Declaring War?
Prabir Purkayastha
October 23, 2022
THE US has gambled big in its latest, across-the-board sanctions on Chinese companies in the semiconductor industry, believing it can kneecap...
‘The Billion Dollar Code’: The battle over Google Earth
Netflix's new miniseries fictionalizes the story of two Berlin internet pioneers who attempt to prove that Google stole their idea, worth billions.
Two guys in...
Legacy of the Antikythera computer
The Antikythera Mechanism, widely believed to be the world’s first computer, has had a lasting impact on scientists and thinkers across the world.
By Evaggelos...
How new Russian-built passenger jet MC-21 took off despite Western sanctions
The first Russian-made plane of its kind, MC-21 has proven its airworthiness after years of delays due to Western sanctions
Dec 30, 2021
The Russian-made medium-haul...
The Antikythera Mechanism
The Story Behind the Genius of the Greek Computer and its Demise
by Evaggelos G. Vallianatos
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Synopsis
In Antikythera Mechanism: The Story...