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Syria – ‘Syria is safe, refugees should return’: The dangers of the growing narrative (Alicia Medina, Syria Direct)

After a decade of conflict, the push for Syrian refugees to return is gaining traction despite human rights watchdogs’ warnings on the security risks...

Syria – ‘Smuggled death’: How booby-trapped cars and assassins infiltrate the Syrian National Army areas of north Aleppo (Walid Al Nofal, Muhammad al-Abed, Syria...

On October 6, 2020, Abdullah al-Ahmad headed to the market in the city center of al-Bab in northeast Aleppo province. As he rounded the...

TechInnovation – PARAT – Tracking the Activity of AI Companies (Rebecca Gelles, Zachary Arnold, Ngor Luong, Jennifer Melot, CSET)

CSET’s Private-sector AI-Related Activity Tracker (PARAT) collects data related to companies’ AI research and development to inform analysis of the global AI sector. The...

Cyberseurity – Survey finds massive gap in awareness of cyberattacks (Jonathan Greig, ZD Net)

A new survey from cybersecurity company Armis found that awareness of major cybersecurity incidents in the US is lacking. Survey finds massive gap in awareness...

Cybersecurity – Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA) (Charlie Osborne, ZD Net)

IBM has contributed the Kestrel threat analysis language to the Open Cybersecurity Alliance (OCA). IBM Kestrel threat hunting language granted to Open Cybersecurity Alliance |...

Cybersecurity – Ransomware: Paying up won’t stop you from getting hit again, says cybersecurity chief (Danny Palmer, ZD Net)

Ireland's Health Service Executive (HSE) has been praised for its response after falling victim to a major ransomware attack and for not giving into cyber criminals...

Space – Rockets to mine water from the moon (Greg Nichols, ZD Net)

A new collaboration between space exploration technology companies has resulted in a novel approach to extracting water from the moon, a key step for...

TechInnovation – Dash cam data solves a big infrastructure problem (Greg Nichols, ZD Net)

Those painted road markings on highways don't seem like much, but study after study shows that they save many lives. Keeping track of faded lane dividers,...

TechInnovation – NASA is using data science to fill its data science skills gap (Mark Samuels, ZD Net)

All the evidence suggests it's tough to get hold of talented data scientists – and that's even true at NASA, says David Meza, acting...

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