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Tigers, Bears and Prey: Updates to the Chinese-Russian Alliance
Posted February 14, 2022 Written by Claire

In past blogs, I’ve written about the ramifications of the International Space Station’s scheduled decommissioning in 2031 when it will

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: China’s Investment in Africa
Posted January 31, 2022 Written by Claire

A comment in The Economist on January 7, 2022 caught my eye.  It read, “An airstrike on a UN refugee

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: Digital Detectives Part 2
Posted January 17, 2022 Written by Claire

My last blog covered some of the basics of a phenomena often referred to as “crowdsourced investigations”, a reference to

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: Digital Detectives Part 1
Posted January 3, 2022 Written by Claire

True crime as a genre has been captivating audiences for the better part of the last decade. While true crime

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: Protecting Your Hidden Profile
Posted December 6, 2021 Written by Claire

If you have any iteration of a modern cell phone, it’s likely set up to use biometric data whether you

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: A Modern Oracle
Posted November 22, 2021 Written by Claire

You may have already heard of the Allen Institute for AI’s newest project, “Ask Delphi”, after it went viral on

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: The Serial Killer Algorithm
Posted November 8, 2021 Written by Claire

The idea of technology and machines making some jobs easier- or even obsolete- is not a new concept. It’s been

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: Dark Web Assassins
Posted October 25, 2021 Written by Claire

The Dark Web has its fair share of urban legends and myths because of its mysterious nature and barrier to

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: The Truth About the Dark Web
Posted October 11, 2021 Written by Claire

Once mysterious, the term Dark Web has become understood to be a place on the Internet that harbors criminals and

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Things You Should Know But Don’t: Cryptocurrency’s Carbon Footprint
Posted September 27, 2021 Written by Claire

A little while back, the term NFT entered the popular lexicon. The acronym stands for “non-fungible token”, which does little

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