by William Cahalin | Apr 23, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Border Security, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Supply, Food Technology, Terrorism, Venezuela
At least 137 killed and hundreds hurt in eight explosions in churches and hotels. READ MORE TERRORISM The causes and forms of terrorism are many and varied. The one common denominator is people using violence to attempt to achieve religious or political...
by William Cahalin | Mar 8, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Venezuela, Water Safety
So farms have put it to work: Robots aren’t just stealing human jobs, they’re after man’s best friend too – now there’s a drone that can bark like a sheep dog. Corey Lambeth, a shepherd on a sheep and beef farm in New Zealand, said his...
by William Cahalin | Mar 6, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Border Security, Cyber Security, Employee Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence, Venezuela
Caution Ten members of extended family lost: Cousins Cordarrly Jones and Demetria Jones have a hard time counting all the relatives they lost to a monster tornado that wiped out a rural community in Alabama. Stunned by the loss of 10 relatives and worried about still...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 28, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, The Future, Venezuela, Water Safety, Weather Emergencies
And political campaigns are paying attention: Welcome to the new frontier of campaign tech — a loosely regulated world in which simply downloading a weather app or game, connecting to Wi-Fi at a coffee shop or powering up a home router can allow a data broker to...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 21, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Humanitarian Crises, Privacy, Tariffs, Terrorism
Insects in rapid decline: Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains. The recent decline in bugs that fly,...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 20, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, The Future, Threat Intelligence, Water Safety
Latest case involves strawberries from Mexico: Commercial food and agriculture are increasingly encountering problems when illegal substances are being co-mingled with food shipments. This problem will have to be addressed, or eventually food corporations will...