Shared Efforts: Canada’s Emergency Preparedness Minister is looking to improve disaster coordination efforts with the United States

By Editor|2023-06-20T11:52:19+00:00June 20th, 2023|

With another summer filled with wildfires coating the continent with smoke, Canada is looking to work with the United States to better coordinate disaster response. Speaking with the CBC, Bill Blair, Canada’s Emergency Preparedness Minister [...]

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Automotive Security: With cars being increasingly connected to the Internet, manufacturers are having to up their cyberdefenses

By Editor|2023-06-20T11:50:30+00:00June 20th, 2023|

By now, almost everyone is aware of cybersecurity hacks on banks, businesses, medical facilities, and so on, as hackers seek to exploit weaknesses everywhere. However, the threats posed by hackers to cars are still relatively [...]

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Accidental Calls: A default setting on Android phones is filling up emergency lines with accidental calls

By Editor|2023-06-20T11:48:10+00:00June 20th, 2023|

London Metropolitan police officers are warning of nuisance calls from Android phones to emergency phone lines, according to an article in The Independent. Intended to make it easier for people in trouble to get help, [...]

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Disaster at Sea: Greek authorities draw criticism for being slow to respond to a sinking trawler carrying migrants

By Editor|2023-06-21T15:33:32+00:00June 20th, 2023|

The horrifying news of the loss of life in a sunken migrant vessel in Greece stunned the world and drew fire from critics for the Greek Coast Guard’s disaster response, demonstrating the need for swift [...]

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