Frenchman Nicolas Henin says military retaliation to Paris attacks could embolden ISIL's position on ground in Syria.

Lucas123 writes: German carmaker Daimler AG is building large battery storage systems for industrial use from the used lithium-ion batteries of its all-electric and hybrid vehicles. The first of Daimler's "2nd use battery storage units" will consist of 1,000 smart electric drive vehicle batteries and have a 13MWh of capacity. It is expected to be connected to the electrical grid in Lünen, Germany early next year. All of Daimler's battery storage units are currently planned to be greater than a megawatt in capacity, meaning they'll only be for commercial, not residential use, but the company said it does expect those batteries to be cost competitive with the ones Tesla announced earlier this year.

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Red Cross says the number of dead and injured is expected to rise after deadly Yola bombing.

Protest commemorating 1973 student uprising against military rule followed by violence as masked youth attack police.

Without established standards for security and privacy, so-called smart cities are putting their citizens at risk.

Focus shifts from the Syrian regime as France vows to intensify air strikes on ISIL targets.

ancientribe writes: Microsoft has invested $1 billion over the past year in security and doubled its number of security executives, according to company's CISO Bret Arsenault. In an address today (webcast), CEO Satya Nadella officially announced the launch of a new managed security services group and a new cyber defense operations center — all part of its new strategy of holistic and integrated security across its products and services. Microsoft execs rarely detail the company's strategy so publicly, so that in itself underlines how security is a major element in its strategy.

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