Aleppo province
In the area of Aleppo, battles took place between ISIS operatives and Shiite militias. According to Orient News TV, about 200 Shiite militia...
Following its official announcement last Friday, admitting its database was hacked, Uber has been taking legal action. The transport solutions app is pursuing legal...
The FAA's proposed drone legislation: the return of the nanny-state
After months of waiting, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) finally issued its official draft proposal...
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In this weekly Video report (March 3rd 2015):
The international campaign against ISIS
Bad Iran Deal in the Offing
Innovative Face Recognition...
Poll: Americans increasingly favor US military action and sending ground troops against Islamic State.
More Americans support a U.S. military campaign against the terrorist group...
The establishment of ISIS in Libya
ISIS operatives in ISIS’s provinces in Libya continue to carry out terrorist attacks against various targets:
At least two suicide...
A surprise cyber attack on U.S critical infrastructure – an imminent scenario?
Cybersecurity experts often contemplate how U.S. security agencies would react to a cyber-9/11...
A new way of detecting chemical weapons: thin-film materials change color in response to chemical warfare agents.
In today’s world, in which the threat of...
Almost 13,000 agencies in all 50 states and four U.S. territories have been participating in a military “recycling” program. The share of equipment and...
Cyber warfare waged by ISIS-affiliated hackers
On February 13, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account posted the claim that ISIS-affiliated hackers had hacked into the websites...
The U.S. military has asked Congress to approve a possible sale of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles and related equipment to the Netherlands.
The Reaper,...
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In this Special iHLS TV Edition, we discuss Britain’s Taranis unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which was dubbed the most...
Main developments in Syria
Hama
On February 12, 2015, an ISIS-affiliated Twitter account claimed that Hama had been declared a new Islamic State province. At this...
President Barack Obama issued a memorandum to federal agencies to guard against abuse of data collected by drones. This ruling also stipulates a 180-day...
A prominent feature of many terrorist attacks in recent months by Islamic radicals is their independent, spontaneous, unplanned nature – sometimes called the work...
Short 90- and 140- character wireless emergency alert messages delivered over mobile devices are "substantially less effective" than much longer messages to spur people...
Thermal resistance is of great interest to electronic engineers, since most sensitive electrical components generate heat and need to be cooled. Allowing heat to...
A new collaborative effort of explosives detection innovation
The Los Alamos National Laboratory is leading a collaboration of strategic public and private partners focused on...