The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) joined more than 50 organizations and individuals in co-signing a letter calling on the government of Mauritius to retract proposed changes to the country's Information and Communication ...
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issues a white paper on confidence mechanisms for internet of things (IoT) devices. The paper aims to initiate a conversation on the meaning of confidence in the cyber...
Researchers at Facebook have announced a new method in deep learning -a mechanism behind artificial intelligence (AI) systems -designed to equip neural networks with the ability to forget at scale. As Facebook explains, 'unlike hu...
Belarus has passed law No. 99-3 on the protection of personal data tp be effective from 7 November 2021. The law defines personal data, including biometric and genetic data). regulates rights and obligations of data subjects, proc...
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) released a new paper on the situation of digital health on the continent titled 'COVID-19 and ICTs in Africa and penned by the Technology, Climate Change & Natural Resource Management D...
On 14 May 2020, China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN Globalconnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, and WIOCC announced their intention to build 2Africa -one of the largest global subsea projects linking 23 African coun...
Twenty US consumer groups, including the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood and the Center for Digital Democracy, have complained to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that TikTok has flouted an agreement to protect the priv...
Facebook is using its '2Africa' project to build a 37,000 kilometer fiber optic cable in collaboration with telecom operators MTN, Telecom Egypt. Orange, Vodafone and China Mobile that is expected to provide connections to 23 coun...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in charge of protecting the US critical infrastructure from cyberthreats, have accused China of targeting research organisa...
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Eastern Partnership Electronic Communications Regulators Network (EaPeReg) to collaborate in the area of information and communications ...
The non-profit organisations Access Now and Consumer Reports have, as a matter of urgency, petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to expand Internet access to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis. According...
In it's annual Corporate Responsibility Report, Intel called on the tech industry to create a 'Global Inclusion Index' to measure diversity. According to Intel, the index should help the tech sector identify the main challenges to...