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  The web is a veritable treasure trove of information for forensic investigators and threat actors alike, but open-source intelligence (OSINT) enables the former to have the edge over the latter.   Criminals and terrorists can easily access vast data sources on the various levels of the web to plan and execute attacks against innocent civilians. But security agencies are working to prevent the next crime or aggression by using OSINT software to gather tangible data.   OSINT is any intelligence gathered from publicly accessible resources, such as news reports, search engines, online databases, social media networks, blog posts, public government data, academic publications, and more.   OSINT can also be gathered from television reports, videos, public speeches, and other visual forms. Publicly available intelligence, such as those available through database searches that aggregate information and have a quick turnaround rate, can be cost-effective for some organizati...

 RF test systems helping medical diagnosis Radio frequency wavelength ranges allow it to have a whole host of different uses including in RF test systems used in medical applications. For example, magnetic resonance imaging devices utilize RF test systems to divide the body into two dimensional layers and through a grid system, test each part of the subdivision of the layer by exciting the section with energy and monitoring the response. Different tissues will contain different water content and as such the excited water will provide a different response signature to others. The known materials are referenced and a picture that can be analyzed by staff can be easily created. The great thing is that radio frequency excitation can be controlled and precise pictures created as a result. In some respects MRIs work very similar to your microwave as they are also exciting water molecules, however unlike a microwave the energy used is very small and created in an area through different e...

More than 85% of women that have natural births will suffer from some form of perineal tear. It is estimated that between 0.6 to 11% of deliveries produce third and fourth degree tears that can lead to permanent life altering changes. The risks involved in this are based on three main factors; maternal, fetal and intrapartum risk factors.  Maternal risk factors include ethnicity, complications arising from a vaginal birth after a caesarean section has been conducted and births in women younger than 20 years old. Additionally, a perineal length less than 25mm also increases the odds of tearing occurring. Fetal risks include a larger fetus >4kg along with birth defects and misalignment of the fetus. During the intrapartum stage of delivery, instruments used including forceps can initiate tearing, prolonged second stage of labor lasting more than an hour can increase the probability of tearing, delivery in a deep squatting position and the use of an episiotomy to reduce the risk of...

What is an Accelerator Module? The AI Accelerator Module is a modular M.2 card that contains an AI processor. Cards can typically produce around 26 tera-operations per second while being highly energy efficient; which is due to the AI processor being used being optimized for AI. These cards can support PCIe Gen-3.0 2-lane interfaces and deliver enhanced performance to edge devices. Due to the small form factor any edge device that has a compatible M.2 socket can utilize AI processing in real time. Through clever design these AI accelerator modules do not draw a lot of power while allowing software developers to quickly port their solutions to the AI module through robust SDK tools. Cards support standard AI workflows such as containers that can be rapidly integrated into the card. In addition to this, if the developer does not want to create an AI solution from scratch, they can use out of the box solutions that have been provided, with only minor changes needed. A New Approach These ...

Data Storage Providers Everyone’s data needs are getting larger and larger, with data being stored by companies and individuals remotely. The benefits include professional data storage ensuring that a users’ or companies’ data is kept safe by data storage providers. Initially this was small amounts of data being saved however these days it is becoming ‘big data’ where ECC is a key requirement for any operation to ensure parity of the data. Transfer speeds also need to be the best through leveraging the best hardware available. Furthermore, to help with transferring and storing data, it needs to be separated into logical data pools for retrieval.   Big data storage providers have to cope with all of the above criteria as well as having enough overhead and switch space to enable seamless data transfer. To help enable this the database configuration, table spaces and format used is critical. Queries may be handled through clustered configurations and a replica database and storage si...

Home skin rejuvenation device s; are they worth it? Every second of every day your skin is aging, sagging and wrinkling, even as you read this it is deteriorating before your eyes. Interestingly, as you get older you age faster due to your relative understanding of time. So not only is your skin aging, this process accelerates with your age and understanding of the world.  Miniaturizing Credible Technology Home skin rejuvenation device have recently become credible rejuvenation devices that not just help with aging but also with detoxing the skin, providing oxygen to the skin's surface and removing fats related to acne. Unlike years gone by where the science wasn’t as scientific as people assumed, recent peer reviewed journal papers have reported significant improvements from science-based home skin rejuvenation devices that are currently just entering the market. For those that don’t know, having research conducted and presented to medical professionals for review in the form of a...