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Andrew Blake

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Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

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In this June 6, 2013 file photo, the sign outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Previously undisclosed NSA exploits leaked: ‘Not a drill,’ says Snowden

Hundreds of megabytes worth of sophisticated hacking tools purportedly stolen from the National Security Agency became publicly available Friday, triggering security experts across the globe to sound alarms as the U.S. government's weaponized software exploits seemingly entered the wild.

April 14, 2017
A suicide prevention sign is posted at the Golden Gate Bridge, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in San Francisco. Local officials gathered Thursday at the orange-red span to mark the beginning of work to line both sides of the bridge with steel netting. (Alan Dep/Marin Independent Journal via AP)

Golden Gate Bridge getting steel ‘suicide deterrent’

Construction will soon begin on a nearly two-mile long "suicide deterrent" beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, officials said Thursday, signaling the start of a multimillion-dollar effort expected to save dozens of lives on an annual basis.

April 14, 2017
From left to right, Canada's Parliamentary Secretary Bill Blair, Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale and Health Minister Jane Philpott make their way to the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has introduced legislation to let adults to possess 30 grams of marijuana in public.  (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada advances effort to legalize recreational marijuana

Canadian lawmakers introduced federal legislation Thursday aimed at establishing a strict framework for the production, sale, distribution and possession of marijuana, following through on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's campaign promise and putting his country on course to become the first nation in North America to legalize the recreational use of weed.

April 13, 2017