At some point, these are going to add up to a real problem for Russia.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/business/shell-russia-gazprom/index.html
Shell follows BP out of Russia as oil companies abandon Putin
Shell is getting out of Russia and ditching its joint ventures with Gazprom, including its involvement with the moribund Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.
The UK-based oil company said Monday it would dump its 27.5% stake in the Sakhalin-2 liquified natural gas facility, its 50% stake in a project to develop the Salym fields in western Siberia and its 50% interest in an exploration project in the Gydan peninsula in northwestern Siberia.
"We are shocked by the loss of life in Ukraine, which we deplore, resulting from a senseless act of military aggression which threatens European security," Shell CEO Ben van Beurden said in a statement.
Shell's move follows BP's announcement Sunday that it was abandoning one of Russia's biggest foreign investments by exiting its 19.75% stake in Rosneft and associated joint ventures. Analysts said Monday that BP could take a hit of more than $26 billion as it walks away from its business in the country.
(Related)
https://www.bespacific.com/ukraine-pushes-to-unplug-russia-from-the-internet/
Ukraine Pushes to Unplug Russia From the Internet
Rolling Stone: “Ukrainian officials are asking a key organization responsible for the operation of the Internet to disconnect all Russian sites from the global computer network-of-networks, Rolling Stone has learned. It’s the latest attempt to turn Russia into a pariah state in retaliation for its the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Experts call it a massive — and ill-advised — step. According to an email reviewed by Rolling Stone, Ukraine’s request to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) seeks to revoke domains issued in Russia and shut down primary Domain Name System (DNS) servers in the country — a move that would effectively bar access to Russian internet sites, with the potential of knocking the entire country offline…”
...and some interesting hacks.
Rash of hacktivism incidents accompany Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
In keeping with the hybrid nature of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, several hacktivist groups and hackers have joined the fight in the embattled nation, including some hacktivists encouraged by the government of Ukraine itself. Although the hacktivists have been waging their version of cyber warfare mostly against Russian organizations, hacktivists sympathetic to Russia are also turning their weapons against Ukraine.
The following are notable hacktivist events that have occurred so far related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Does the US not grapple?
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/emea/eu-grapples-ethics-ai-healthcare
The EU grapples with the ethics of AI in healthcare
AI was deployed across multiple areas in health during the pandemic, from analysing the sound of a patient’s cough to predicting mortality. More than 4,000 scientific papers have been published on AI and COVID-19 since the pandemic began, Alessandro Blasimme, a senior scientist in the Health Policy Lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, told participants at a recent panel on the future of science and technology in Europe.
… The ethical quandaries posed by AI in healthcare range from opaque decision-making to biases against certain social groups that get embedded in a technology. For instance, if an algorithm drew on the fact that older people were more likely to die from COVID, it could introduce age-based bias to decisions.
Eventually, AI will figure all of the out.
https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/01/the-pitfalls-of-ai-that-could-predict-the-outcome-of-court-cases/
The pitfalls of AI that could predict the outcome of court cases
Companies have long sought technologies that promise an advantage in fighting litigation. For most enterprises, casework is a major drain on resources. In 2020, U.S. businesses spent a total of $22.8 billion dollars on litigation; law firm Fulbright & Jaworski estimated in 2005 that nearly 90% of businesses are engaged in some type of litigation and that the average company balances a docket of 37 lawsuits.
With the democratization of AI and analytics tools, it was perhaps inevitable that startups would begin applying predictive techniques to the legal field — particularly given the enormous market opportunity. (According to Statista, the legal tech segment’s revenues could reach $25.17 billion in 2025.) For example, Ex Parte, a predictive analytics company founded by former lawyer Jonathan Klein, claims to use AI and machine learning to predict the outcome of litigation and recommend actions companies can take to “optimize their odds of winning.”
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