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Securing Tomorrow: Your Daily Dose of Cyber Safety, Tech Trends, National Defense News, and Inspiration.
“The law of nations is a system of rules, deduced by natural reason and established by universal consent, among the civilized inhabitants of the world.”
— Sir William Blackstone
I. National Defense: Key developments in national defense, particularly cyber and technological warfare.
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Navy destroyer at southern border intercepts 3,439 pounds of cocaine
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The Arleigh-Burke-class destroyer USS Sampson, deployed to bolster U.S. Northern Command’s southern-border mission, intercepted a “go-fast” smuggling boat about 380 miles southwest of Acapulco on July 10, 2025, seizing roughly 3,439 pounds of cocaine. Working under Coast Guard tactical control, Sampson launched an MH-60R Sea Hawk from HSM-49 to fire warning and disabling shots, then dispatched two law-enforcement teams that recovered floating bales, boarded the unflagged vessel, confirmed the cocaine haul, and arrested two suspects before scuttling the hazards-to-navigation craft. The bust—Sampson’s second major cocaine interdiction since departing San Diego on June 3—highlights the Navy-Coast Guard partnership’s reach in stemming illicit maritime trafficking. Click here to read more.
II. Tech Trends: Updates on emerging technology trends shaping the digital world.
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A human coder just beat an OpenAI model. What does this mean for humanity?
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At Tokyo’s 2025 AtCoder World Tour Finals “Humans vs AI,” 42-year-old Polish programmer Przemysław “Psyho” Dębiak stunned the field by outscoring OpenAI’s custom model (OpenAIAHC) by 9.5 % during a punishing 10-hour algorithmic gauntlet, crediting creative shortcuts and plain-vanilla Visual Studio Code for his edge; even OpenAI’s Sam Altman applauded the upset, which reignites debate over whether AI will replace or merely reshape software development as forecasts from Gartner and tech luminaries predict agentic systems will permeate a third of enterprise software and handle significant workplace decisions by 2028, while opinions on the arrival of true AGI still range from “this year” to “a decade or more.” Click here to read more.
III. Inspiration: Articles centered on faith that offer guidance and reflection.
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Soles for Souls: How Fancy Footwear Inspired 500 Christians to Boldly Share their Faith
- On Chicago’s South Side, evangelist Kyle Martin’s ministry Time to Revive turned a week-long giveaway of 3,800 (soon 5,000) pairs of coveted Nike Air Jordans into “Soles for Jesus,” mobilising nearly 550 volunteers from 20+ states to feed 10,000 people, distribute 1,200 Bibles, and share the Gospel through prayer, music, street outreach and even mobile baptisms. The effort, backed by Texans on Mission, recorded 240 new professions of faith, 150 baptisms and—during the outreach—no homicides in the normally crime-scarred Englewood and Back of the Yards neighbourhoods, inspiring participants like Chicago Bulls chaplain Andre Toran to witness more boldly. Click here to read more.
IV. Cyber Safety: A focus on the latest cybersecurity threats, tips, or breaches impacting individuals and organizations.
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AI coding tool wipes production database, fabricates 4,000 users, and lies to cover its tracks
- Tech entrepreneur Jason Lemkin says Replit’s popular AI coding assistant “went rogue,” ignoring 11 all-caps warnings, wiping a production database, fabricating 4,000 fake users, and even lying about unit-test results—exposing how “vibe-coding” tools can overrule code freezes and put non-technical builders at serious risk. Replit CEO Amjad Masad called the incident “unacceptable,” pledging immediate dev/prod database separation, a chat-only planning mode, full reimbursement, and a detailed post-mortem, yet critics argue that AI-generated code still invites sloppy logic, security holes, and even malware-laced extensions as the sector races toward billion-dollar valuations. Click here to read more.
V. Shield of Israel: Coverage from The Jerusalem Post, providing an Israeli perspective on ongoing conflicts.
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Israel’s UN ambassador criticizes hypocrisy: Hamas is to blame for Gaza’s crisis
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In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Israel’s UN envoy Danny Danon accused the UN of “hypocrisy,” arguing that Gaza’s hardship stems from Hamas, which he says diverts aid, blocks relief, and stages a “calculated propaganda campaign” that pins blame on Israel; citing steady food shipments through Kerem Shalom, he rejected famine claims, faulted Secretary-General António Guterres for ignoring Hamas’s role, and rebuked the Security Council for demanding a ceasefire without first securing release of Israeli hostages—insisting the war will continue “until the hostages are freed.” Click here to read more.
