Measuring Earthquakes
Earthquakes aren't measured linearly, but in orders of magnitude, which means a 6.1 magnitude quake like the one that recently shook Northern California is...
Stealthy aerial video of Apple’s upcoming spaceship campus
A rare peak into Apple's new campus, now under construction, was recently made possible using DJI's Phantom 2 drone, which has been fitted with...
How to be friends with the NSA again
Relations between Silicon Valley and Washington have never been easy, but the technology sector’s fury about hacking by the National Security Agency has company...
Local Cops in the U.S use Super Spy Bug
Privacy? Gone forever.
Police in Tacoma, Washington, bought - and quietly used for six years - surveillance equipment that can sweep up records of every...
How big data could track the next Snowden
Several recommendations have been proposed to DOD concerning the threat of an insider attack. These include ensuring that more people with top secret clearance...
iHLS TV Intelligence Edition – Cellphone Spying
Germany's BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst), Federal Intelligence Service, wiretapped Hillary Clinton's cellphone during her recent visit to Berlin
Soon everywhere: Drones capable of firing missiles
Virtually every country on Earth will be able to build or acquire drones capable of firing missiles within the next 10 years. Armed aerial...
Police departments use technology for patrols, community
Police departments use state grants to cover the cost of new purchases of online programs, mobile apps and new gadgets to track crime, as...
Amazon Expands Its Cloud Services to the U.S. Military
Amazon Web Services has become the first commercial cloud provider authorized to handle the Defense Department’s most sensitive unclassified data.
Today’s announcement that AWS has achieved a provisional authority to operate...
Social media grappling with problems posed by terrorists-supporting contents
Terrorist organizations have adopted social media as a tool for spreading propaganda and recruiting new members. Social media allow terrorist groups to interact with...
iHLS worldwide – Keeping You In the Loop
The Pentagon has begun planning for air strikes to attack ISIS targets in Syria using both manned and unmanned aircraft. The US will first...
iHLS TV – Chinese hackers, China earthquake, Missouri police, car safety,...
Articles and issues discussed in this week’s report:
Chinese hacker indicted
Flying cameras assist first responders in latest China earthquake
Missouri police militarization
Car safety: collision prevention system...
UAVs and mobile tracking technologies
Unmanned vehicles and innovative mobile apps – these are the cutting edge technologies used to maintain order at large airports nowadays. The latest addition...
iHLS Worldwide News – Keeping You In the Loop
Syria conflict: Islamic State seizes Tabqa airbase. Fighters from Islamic State (IS) have taken control of a key Syrian government airbase, activists say. The...
Intercepting mortar shells – maybe operational in 5 years’ time
Don't hold your breath just yet. In the best case scenario, even had unlimited resources be allocated to this end, an effective system for...
Bullets database to help match bullets, cartridge cases to specific firearms
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are working to improve ballistics matching methods with assistance from the police crime laboratory at Prince...
Metal detectors at Yankee Stadium
Fans heading to Yankee Stadium during the team's current homestand will be seeing some new security measures. Beginning this week, the team is adding...
McCain: attack Islamic State in Syria after execution of U.S. photojournalist
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called on President Barack Obama to attack the Islamic State’s stronghold in Syria, after a video was released showing the...
iHLS Worldwide News – Keeping You In the Loop
Iceland issued a red alert to civil aviation following signs of eruption at Vattnejökull. The airspace around the volcano was sealed off, but Iceland's...
The Navy Is Tracking Some Strange Sounds Coming from the Ocean
In a retired shore station for transpacific communications cables on the western coast of Vancouver Island sits a military computer in a padlocked cage. This cage...
Legislature mulls curbs on use of aerial drones by paparazzi
When singer Miley Cyrus recently spotted a mysterious drone hovering over her Los Angeles home, she posted video of the aerial intruder on Instagram,...
NSA’s ‘MonsterMind’ could automate cyber war
The National Security Agency is developing a cybersecurity machine that could detect and automatically counter attacks against U.S. computers by blocking access to American networks, according...
















































