What is one thing that most people have in common when planning a trip? Sure, they might take the food, entertainment and attractions into consideration before deciding on a destination. One thing is certain however; most people want to go somewhere that is considered safe. The...
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Thousands of containers are being shipped around the globe daily carrying an assortment of products and goods. It is the duty of security agencies to ensure that the cargo at hand has not been tampered with during its journey to its destination, and that no...
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In a major effort to upgrade its systems for the purpose of vetting international travelers, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fully intends on increasing its use of facial recognition technology. Back in March 2017, President Donald Trump issued an executive order, expediting the deployment of...
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According to the US Attorney for the Western District of Texas, John Bash, federal authorities are treating the El Paso mass shooting that happened over the weekend as a “case of domestic terrorism”. 21-year-old Patrick Crusius of Allen, Texas, opened fire at a Walmart in El...
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The Russian-based selfie app, known as FaceApp, has been a hot topic for the last week, and not just because of its impressive face-manipulating abilities. FaceApp takes an image the user has selected and utilizes AI-like techniques in order to create changes to the person’s face...
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Earlier last week, over 50 Central American migrants were spotted hiding within the compartments of a truck, located at a checkpoint in the central state of Zacatecas. With the help of a large x-ray scanner, Mexican officials were able to detect these migrants. The migrants...
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After a series of attempts by foreign actors to perform cyberattacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI), the U.S. Government has made a somewhat-surprising announcement; they fully intend on moving to secure power grids by using “retro” technologies. This move was confirmed in a press release issued...
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The following downward spiral of events within the past few weeks have caused tensions between the U.S. and Iran to escalate quickly: On June 13, two tankers had been damaged by explosions in the Gulf of Oman, which is considered a strategic waterway crucial to global...
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The FBI arrested Mustafa Mousab Alowemer, a 21-year-old refugee from Syria, that meticulously planned to bomb a church located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Alowemer arrived in the U.S. as a refugee in 2016 and had met with an undercover FBI agent and another FBI source, both posing...
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Scientific Reports recently published a new paper- Past and Future Hurricane Intensity Change along the U.S. East Coast, which finds that climate change could alter wind shear in a way that could deliver more powerful hurricanes to the East Coast. As earlier studies show, rising sea...
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