Swarms of quadrotors overwhelm law enforcement with tons of cocaine worth billions of dollars
Dateline: 27 April 2017

More than 150 fast and high-flying aerial drones flew over the border from Mexico and crossed the Atlantic and Pacific coasts in the last 24 hours. Each carried a cargo of anywhere from 500kg to two tons of refined cocaine. They have overwhelmed US defenses.
"We catch maybe 20 to 30 of them, shooting them down at the border. But, if we're over here, then we're not 1,000 miles away catching them there," says Buddy Hughes, Wing Commander at the newly-established DEA Air Force Base outside San ...

It's the most dangerous malware ever developed, and it's available free to anyone
Dateline: 2 January 2013

During 2011 the Stuxnet worm targeted Iran's Natanz nuclear facility, specifically the Siemens components in it, and several other key industrial installations globally. Its origins were shrouded in secrecy and conspiracy theories abounded. Was it instigated by the US? Or Israel? Or both?
Called the world's first "cyber super-weapon" by writer Christopher Goodwin, it put the entire US power grid out of action for two days last October. It's Stuxnet's simplicity that makes it scary - just 15k lines of ...

Protest grows against ubiquitous recognition
Dateline: 26 January 2017

Somehow, it wasn't supposed to turn out like this. I mean, it's a long way from George Orwell's 1984, but even so, I can't escape the uncomfortable feeling that Big Brother is really here.
It's the cameras, you see. The cameras, and the incredibly powerful software and databases behind them.
I know they're there to protect us. I know they're for our own good, to prevent crime and to ensure the rule of law. And to make business more 'personal'. But I'd give a month's salary just to be able to wander ...