Tag: ISOLATED

01 APR

3 maps explain why South America is politically isolated

What makes South America stand out is that it looks like a large island. Oceans split it from others by great lengths. Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean make a divide between South America and the US. Plus, it is split by the Amazon rainforest and Andes Mountains to form two “islands.” This has affected […]

23 FEB

Israeli malware can hack isolated computers by forcing their LED indicators to blink

Published time: 23 Feb, 2017 07:24 Israeli researchers have found a way to attack isolated computers by taking control of their LED indicators, which are forced to blink up to 6,000 times a second to send a signal containing data to a camera mounted on a drone near the targeted computer. Read more The technique […]

11 FEB

ISIS’ capital city in Syria could be isolated ‘by the spring’

Thomson Reuters ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Western-backed Syrian forces should isolate Islamic State’s de facto capital in Syria “by the spring” before an offensive on the city itself, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Saturday. The Syrian Democratic Forces, which includes the powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, launched the campaign on Raqqa in November. […]