Asylum seekersDenmark Passes Law Which Would Send Away Asylum Seekers Published 4 June 2021 Denmark’s parliament Thursday approved a measure that would allow the nation to relocate asylum seekers to an as yet unnamed third country, most likely outside Europe. The measure would allow the nation to transfer asylum seekers to detention centers in partnering

Truth decayOverconfidence in Identifying False News Makes One More Susceptible to It Published 4 June 2021 A new study finds that individuals who falsely believe they are able to identify false news are more likely to fall victim to it. “Though Americans believe confusion caused by false news is extensive, relatively few indicate having seen

ARGUMENT: Covid-19 origins Is Covid-19 a Bio-Weapon? Published 4 June 2021 The “racial disparity” of the deaths from Covid should raise alarms.  Not the relatively small differences between white, black and Hispanic death rates in America, but the massive disparity between death rates of East Asian countries, and everyone else on earth. On a per

First respondersHow AI Could Alert Firefighters of Imminent Danger Published 4 June 2021 Firefighting is a race against time, but exactly how much time? For firefighters, that part is often unclear. Building fires can turn from bad to deadly in an instant, and the warning signs are frequently difficult to discern amid the mayhem of

ForensicsHandwriting Examiners in the Digital Age Published 4 June 2021 People are writing more than ever with their keyboards and phones, but handwritten notes have become rare. Even signatures are going out of style. Most credit card purchases no longer require them, and if they do, you can usually just scratch one out with your

CybersecurityShadow Figment Technology Foils Cyberattacks Published 3 June 2021 Scientists have created a cybersecurity technology called Shadow Figment that is designed to lure hackers into an artificial world, then stop them from doing damage by feeding them illusory tidbits of success. Scientists have created a cybersecurity technology called Shadow Figment that is designed to lure hackers

RansomwareWhite House Urges US Companies to Protect Against Ransomware Published 3 June 2021 The White House on Thursday urged American businesses to take new precautions to combat disruptive ransomware attacks that have increasingly hobbled companies throughout Western economies. Anne Neuberger, a White House cybersecurity official, said in a statement that the “most important takeaway” from

Data securityThe Weaponized Web: The National Security Implications of Data By Lindsay Gorman, Bret Schafer, Clara Tsao, and Dipayan Ghosh Published 3 June 2021 Open societies have encouraged and promoted rapid technological advancement and market innovation —but both have outpaced democratic governance. Authoritarian powers have noticed the underlying opportunity to exploit the open standards of

CybersecurityFirst Hacker-Resistant Cloud Software System Published 2 June 2021 As the first system to guarantee the security of virtual machines in the cloud, SeKVM could transform how cloud services are designed, developed, deployed, and trusted. Whenever you buy something on Amazon, your customer data is automatically updated and stored on thousands of virtual machines in the

PandemicsThe Next Pandemic Is Already Happening – Targeted Disease Surveillance Can Help Prevent It By Maureen Miller Published 2 June 2021 As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear the collective sigh of relief. But the next pandemic threat is likely already making its way through the population