The Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) and the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) present the water sector's digital reference framework. The Digital Reference Framework elaborates on digital systems communication and expl...
The Government of Canada has announced that it will cooperate with Microsoft on climate action. The two will collaborate to share expertise and employ digital technologies including cloud, data and artificial intelligence (AI) ser...
The UK Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs allocates
An artificial intelligence (AI) powered tool has been developed by the University of Sydney affiliated startup Detect ED-X. The tool will be used to detect coronavirus from lung scans. The tool was initially developed to scan brea...
The UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has initiated a project that aims to provide small and medium businesses in northern Uganda with information technology tools such as smartphones and other digital devices, which in turn are...
The new report"The future of work: litigating labour relationships in the gig economy", released by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, indicates that "the gig economy is the frontline in the battle for the future of labo...
Los Angeles ride-hail drivers working for Uber and Lyft turned off their appsfor 25 hours in protest of low wages. The organising group Rideshare Drivers United said the strike was triggered by Uber's decision to reduce per-mile p...
On 27-28 March,G7 Ministers of Employment and Innovation met in Montreal to discuss how the new economy is impacting industries and workers, and what measures governments can take to support their citizens in the new world o...
In an event hosted on 29 March at the College de France in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron announced a national strategy in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), aimed at putting France on the map of leading country i...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced itsrequest to the European data protection authorities (DPAs) to provide specific guidance on the organization's Proposed Interim Compliance Model in relati...
A new initiative, www.techagainstterrorism.org, was launched to help tech startups counter the use of technology to support terrorism. The initiative is a joint project of the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (...
An inter-ministerial panel in India has approved the interconnection between VoIP and VoLTE within the country, allowing Internet service providers and telecom operators to conclude interconnection agreements in this area. With su...