To ensure medical services are available during the 21 day lockdown in India; the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs in collaboration with NITI Aayog and the Board of Governors Medical Council of India (MCI) has issued a set of...
The Caribbean Telecommunication Union (CTU) launched the Caribbean Internet Development Foundation (CIDF) at the 4th Caribbean ICT Collaboration Forum. CIDF is a non-profit organisation which aims to facilitate a new approach for ...
The Bank of Ghana has begun issuing universal quick response(QR) codes for use in inter bank payment. The system was launched by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who explained that the system was targeted at all merchants incl...
There has been a call on the government of Myanmar to restore full Internet services in the townships of the Rakhine and Chin states to enable communities to access critical information in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The...
The World Bank Board funded Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP) that was developed as part of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Digital Agenda 2025 and is currently underway in Grenada, Saint Lucia, a...
Based on guidance provided by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa is helping people check their risk levels for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) at home. People can ask questions like 'A...
The Guardian journalist Ruth Michaelson was forced to leave Egypt by authorities after she reported on a scientific study that said Egypt was likely to have many more coronavirus cases than have been officially confirmed. M...
According to Euractiv, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton supports the Commission' plans to acquire mobile data from EU telecom operators to address the coronavirus outbreak. Breton stated that the acquisitio...
WhatsApp is developing a new feature to help its users detect hoaxes circulating through the app. This feature will allow a web search of messages with suspicious information that has been repeatedly forwarded from other conv...
A 52-page report released by freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) enlists Beijing's strategies to curb press freedom. Titled 'China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order' it also said how China is using its political in...
A net neutrality bill known as the 'Save the Internet Act,' which aims to restore the open Internet order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), passed through the subcommittee on Communications and Technology session, de...
Google established an Advanced Technology External Advisory Councilto 'help advance the responsible development of artificial intelligence (AI)' within the company. The group is intended to complement internal structures which are...