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Andrew Blake

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Andrew Blake was a cybersecurity reporter for The Washington Times.

Articles by Andrew Blake

Parole Agent Steve Nakamura uses a flashlight to inspect a GPS locator worn on the ankle of a sex-offender parolee in Rio Linda, Calif., on Aug. 3, 2009. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Appeals court upholds lifelong GPS monitoring for sex offender

A federal appeals court panel said requiring a convicted sex offender to wear a GPS anklet for life doesn't violate the constitutional ban on retroactive punishment, even though the law forcing him to be fitted with the monitoring device went on the books after he was found guilty.

February 2, 2016
SuitX exoskeleton. Photo credit: suitX

Cheapest exoskeleton lets the paralyzed walk for $40K

At about the same cost of a Cadillac, a robotics company from California said a new exoskeleton unveiled on Monday is making it possible for paraplegics and others with mobility disorders to regain their ability to walk.

February 1, 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Chuvashia regional leader Mikhail Ignatyev in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin asks for ‘Google tax’ on non-Russian Internet companies

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the government to amend legislation to enable "more equal working conditions" among Internet companies, and Russian media reports that it may involve a new tax on services offered out of Silicon Valley.

February 1, 2016
A general view of atmosphere at the NFLX on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in San Francisco, Calif. (Gregory Payan/AP Images for NFL)

Super Bowl 50: Surveillance systems and 60 agencies handling security concerns ahead of game

All eyes will be on Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara for this weekend's Super Bowl, but football fans won't be the only ones attentively watching the big game: National security concerns worsened by recent terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino has prompted 60 different federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to descend on the San Francisco Bay Area, and they're bringing surveillance gear too sensitive to even talk about.

February 1, 2016