#TerroristFinancing

2018 ◽  
pp. 240-250
Author(s):  
Michael Tierney
Keyword(s):  
International System ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Policy Options ◽  
Terrorist Financing ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Future

This article describes how the internet has come to play a central role in terrorist financing endeavours. Online channels allow terrorist financiers to network with like-minded individuals, in order to increase support, raise funds, and move wealth across the international system. For instance, the Islamic State, Hezbollah, and other groups have become adept at using these channels to finance their activities. Therefore, increased examination is required of the ways in which terrorists use the internet to raise and move funds. This study assesses some of the current trends and risks associated with online terrorist financing. Some policy options are also outlined, in order to reduce the threat of terrorist financing via the internet moving into the future.

YouTube's Importance and How the Internet Shapes the YouTube Experience

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Change ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Medium Theory ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Shared History ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Technological Concepts ◽  
History Of

YouTube is more than cute pet videos and aspiring musicians. Fully understanding YouTube and how it influences, reproduces, and changes our culture begins with accepting the role of media technologies inside and outside of YouTube. The history of the Internet and its core technologies provides one foundational proposition in this book. Two other propositions, regarding YouTube's reliance on Internet-based technology and historically relevant communication theories, specifically Cultural Studies and Medium Theory, are discussed, as well. In consideration of important historical and theoretical perspectives, YouTube is transformed in our minds from a simple user-generated content repository to a cultural change agent. The tools and technology associated with the Internet, richly integrated and manifest in YouTube, allow us to change the world around us. Understanding the function and design of Internet-specific technology and how we experience social networking can contextualize current trends and influences in our daily online experience. Essential to our understanding and ultimately our power over the technology that we create (in this case, YouTube) is informed through understanding the technologies presented as part of our shared history. Finally, grasping the technological concepts and terminology reveals a deeper perspective on our cultural and participatory experience with the Internet and YouTube far beyond cute pet videos.

Current Trends in Integrating the Internet of Things Into Software Engineering Practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 413-428
Author(s):  
S. Kavitha ◽  
J. V. Anchitaalagammai ◽  
S. Nirmala ◽  
S. Murali
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Infrastructure Management ◽  
Integration Testing ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Software Construction ◽  
Engineering Practices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The chapter summarizes the concepts and challenges of DevOps in IoT, DevSecOps in IoT, integrating security into IoT, machine learning and AI in IoT of software engineering practices. DevOps is a software engineering culture and practice that aims at unifying software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops). The main characteristic of DevOps is the automation and monitoring at all steps of software construction, from integration, testing, releasing to deployment and infrastructure management. DevSecOps is a practice of integrating security into every aspect of an application lifecycle from design to development.

What is trending in libraries from the internet cybersphere

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Adetoun A. Oyelude
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
New Technology ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Library Technology

Purpose – The paper aims to review what is trending on the internet and presents vignettes of related library technology and hot topics from weblogs, webinars, tweets, wikis and other discussions on the internet. Design/methodology/approach – A surfing of web sites, tweets, webinars, wikis and internet-based information sites is done over a three-month period and the trends identified and highlighted. Findings – The trends in various information and library-related issues discussed online show a tending towards using new technology and the disadvantages of some, while advocating for review of some instructional methods by librarians to their clientele. Originality/value – The most current trends of discussion on the internet are presented up to the January 31, 2014.

Scientific Articles in Internet Homepages: Assumptions upon Lay Audiences

2003 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Gonzalez-Pueyo ◽  
Alicia Redrado
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Functional Approach ◽  
Genre Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Linguistic Features ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Tv News ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
Modern Myth

This article studies a set of scientific/technical articles published in Internet homepages. Focusing upon current trends on genre theory and the functional approach deployed by Halliday and Martin [1], linguistic features and schematic structure are analyzed in relation to more standard genres. The structural analysis suggests that these kind of texts imaginatively realize and assume the standpoint and main tenets of a lay audience that just consumes specific genres, most being analogous to the persuasive, manipulative, amusement-oriented genres of TV news stories, tabloids, and commercials. It is pondered that much of the “technological utopianism” (term used by Kling [2] surrounding the ever increasingly standardized Internet discourse turns the Internet into a productive vehicle to sustain technoscience as modern myth by spreading and forging that utopian imagery into the audience's consciousness, and that scientists are taking fruitful advantage of the utopian, futurist, and often sensationalist accounts of the Internet as a formidable frame to advertise themselves and the deeds achieved in their laboratories.

scholarly journals A Review of the Internet of Floods: Near Real-Time Detection of a Flood Event and Its Impact

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van Ackere ◽  
Verbeurgt ◽  
Sloover ◽  
Gautama ◽  
De Wulf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Flood Event ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Flood Events ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Current State ◽  
Flood Detection ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Ideal Method

Worldwide, flood events frequently have a dramatic impact on urban societies. Time is key during a flood event in order to evacuate vulnerable people at risk, minimize the socio-economic, ecologic and cultural impact of the event and restore a society from this hazard as quickly as possible. Therefore, detecting a flood in near real-time and assessing the risks relating to these flood events on the fly is of great importance. Therefore, there is a need to search for the optimal way to collect data in order to detect floods in real time. Internet of Things (IoT) is the ideal method to bring together data of sensing equipment or identifying tools with networking and processing capabilities, allow them to communicate with one another and with other devices and services over the Internet to accomplish the detection of floods in near real-time. The main objective of this paper is to report on the current state of research on the IoT in the domain of flood detection. Current trends in IoT are identified, and academic literature is examined. The integration of IoT would greatly enhance disaster management and, therefore, will be of greater importance into the future.

Socially Connecting Through Blogs and Vlogs

2018 ◽  
pp. 393-412
Author(s):  
Bradley M. Okdie ◽  
Daniel M. Rempala
Keyword(s):  
Recent Literature ◽  
Social Connections ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Future

People need to create and maintain social connections, and the ways these connections are made and maintained have broadened with the advent of the Internet. One way that people may attempt to satisfy their need to belong is through online self-expression such as blogging. This chapter examines blogging and its derivations (e.g., microblogging, vlogging) and analyzes current trends and motivations using a social connections lens. The chapter explicates the motivations for blogging using recent literature and extends these findings to include more recently developed, blog-like Internet platforms. Finally, the chapter closes with a discussion of the future of blogging motivations.

Current Trends in Integrating the Internet of Things Into Software Engineering Practices

2019 ◽  
pp. 14-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Kavitha ◽  
J. V. Anchitaalagammai ◽  
S. Nirmala ◽  
S. Murali
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Infrastructure Management ◽  
Integration Testing ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Software Construction ◽  
Engineering Practices ◽  
The Internet Of Things

The chapter summarizes the concepts and challenges of DevOps in IoT, DevSecOps in IoT, integrating security into IoT, machine learning and AI in IoT of software engineering practices. DevOps is a software engineering culture and practice that aims at unifying software development (Dev) and software operation (Ops). The main characteristic of DevOps is the automation and monitoring at all steps of software construction, from integration, testing, releasing to deployment and infrastructure management. DevSecOps is a practice of integrating security into every aspect of an application lifecycle from design to development.

Challenges and Trends in Home Automation

2019 ◽  
pp. 148-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Portalés ◽  
Sergio Casas ◽  
Kai Kreuzer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Energy Management ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Home Automation ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Market Fragmentation

Home automation (HA) systems can be considered as an implementation of the internet of everything (IoE) where many devices are linked by intelligent connections in order to improve the quality of life at home. This chapter is dedicated to analyzing current trends and challenges in HA. Energy management, safer homes, and improved control over the house are some of the benefits of HA. However, privacy, security, social disruption, installation/maintenance issues, economic costs, market fragmentation, and low interoperability represent real problems of these IoE solutions. In this regard, the latest proposals in HA try to answer some of these needs with low-cost DIY solutions, wireless solutions, and IP-based HA systems. This chapter proposes a way to deal with the interoperability problem by means of the open-source platform openHAB. It is based on the concept of a home automation bus, an idea that enables the separation of the physical and the functional view of any device, allowing to create a technology-agnostic environment, which is perfect for addressing the interoperability problem.

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