Social Security benefit increasing 2.8 percent in 2019

Social Security recipients get a raise in 2019, and it’s their biggest in years. The 22 million beneficiaries — 15 million of them retired workers — will see a 2.8 percent cost-of-living (COLA) bump in the year ahead. The COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Workers and Clerical Workers. This […]

Is Artificial Intelligence making fingerprint security obsolete?

Although Apple went all-in on facial recognition, most manufactures still use fingerprint sensors. To improve “convenience,” even major banks, such as Wells Fargo and HSBC, are letting customers increasingly use fingerprints to log in their checking accounts. However, the results of the DeepMasterPrints experiment highlight how AI can be deployed by criminals to bypass security measures. […]

Domestic security and critical infrastructure protection

One thing NEWSREP strives to maintain coverage on is domestic security.  National security IS domestic security.  If a country fails to protect a factory in one of its hometowns, its national defense apparatus is effectively moot. Although Federal attention has been paid to critical infrastructure since 1996, on a national strategic scale, critical infrastructure and […]

Ex-Putin adviser warns of coming Russian attack!

A former senior adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken out that he believes Moscow is preparing to send its special forces to seize a vital canal that provided water to Crimea before Ukraine shut off supplies following the Kremlin’s invasion and illegal annexation of the peninsula in 2014. On Dec. 5, Illarionov gave a […]

The global influence and effect of American SOF

The United States doesn’t just possess some of the world’s top special operations units, but, more importantly, it leads the way when it comes to SOF doctrine and development. Earlier this month, the Netherlands established its own Special Operations Command (NLD SOCOM) in order to better face current and future threats. The NLD SOCOM is modeled […]

What makes an effective UAV and the firms that make the difference: Part II

In the previous installment, we explored what characteristics make an effective Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). A company that manufactures UAVs and wishes to be competitive has to ensure that its products have a robust and accurate navigation system, stout and clear sensory and image capturing technology, and a resilient and efficient operating system (for example, […]