by Noah Shachtman and Robert Beckhusen | Jan 25, 2013 | Monitor
If the latest crop of biometric systems work as advertised, they may be able to identify you without you ever knowing you’ve been spotted, with more accuracy, and from farther away. Here are 11 projects.
by Noah Shachtman and Robert Beckhusen | Nov 15, 2012 | Monitor
On day two of the fight between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian group hit back, launching its most sophisticated rockets and announcing every new barrage on social media.
by Noah Shachtman and Robert Beckhusen | Oct 10, 2012 | Monitor
Libyans walk on the grounds of the gutted U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Photo: AP/Ibrahim Alaguri U.S. officials in Washington monitored the Sept. 11 attack...
by Noah Shachtman and Robert Beckhusen | Jul 31, 2012 | Monitor
Alexei Navalny. Photo: Wikimedia Alexei Navalny, the Russian blogger who emerged as a prominent leader of an anti-Putin protest movement fueled by social media, is now facing up to 10 years in prison. On Tuesday, prosecutors from Russia’s State Investigative...