Новости за 08.11.2018

---Quote--- Thirty-five Yemeni and international NGOs called Wednesday for an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in Yemen, where they warned 14 million people were now "on the brink of famine". The joint appeal was signed by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Action Against...

---Quote--- Facial recognition software is already prevalent in a lot of mainstream technology products. You may even use a few of them, like Facebook photo tagging, Snapchat or Instagram face filters, or the iPhone’s Face ID, which uses facial recognition to unlock the phone. Future uses of...

A "long read" by Ali Soufan in CTC's 'The Sentinel' on this remarkable opponent, at times it is painful reading. There is a chunk on The Postponed Enemy: Al-Qa`ida, 2001–present, so cross-posted to that thread. Link:https://ctc.usma.edu/qassem-soleimani-irans-unique-regional-strategy

A "long read" by Ali Soufan in CTC's 'The Sentinel' on this remarkable opponent, at times it is painful reading. The Abstract states and with my bold: ---Quote--- Abstract: In recent years, Iran has projected its power across the Middle East, from Lebanon and Syria to Iraq and Yemen. One of...

China’s brightest children are being recruited to develop AI ‘killer bots’ Beijing Institute of Technology recruits 31 ‘patriotic’ youngsters for new AI weapons development programme Expert in international science policy describes course as ‘extremely powerful and troubling’ ...

Via CTC's latest edition of 'The Sentinel' a Q&A with Officer Skinner. It opens with: ---Quote--- CTC: Earlier this year, The New Yorker ran a profile of you entitled “The Spy Who Came Home,”1...

Afghan-Born Soldier Returns Home to be Advisor with the 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade SWJED Thu, 11/08/2018 - 11:23am

Now based at the New Kabul Compound in the middle of the country's capital city, SGT Zabi Abraham is one of the most impactful advisors within the brigade's 5th Battalion. Often, he is at the battalion commander's side, translating conversations between him and senior Afghan leaders.

Hostile Information Operations and Mass Hysteria SWJED Thu, 11/08/2018 - 10:40am

Mass hysteria may occur within cohesive groups that share information. The nature of twenty-first century media, coupled with frank information manipulation, may create conditions favorable for mass hysterical reactions.

Back at the beginning of the hurricane season, I was noodling out loud to my woman about how much the Chinese could be involved in pitching storms at us from their footholds in Africa. She looked askance at me. Now I'm laughing like Max Cady. ---Quote--- CHINA is launching a bizarre bid to...

U.S. Lawmakers Raise Alarm About ISIS Attacks Against Syria’s Druze Population

U.S. Lawmakers Raise Alarm About ISIS Attacks Against Syria’s Druze Population by John Hudson – Washington Post