Microsoft CEO Brad Smith has renewed the call for a Digital Geneva Convention, in response to the WannaCry ransomware cyber attack, on 12 May. Governments should treat the attack as a wake-up call, and should take a different appr...
Getty Images/10'000 Hours Talented tech workers remain in high demand, despite job losses at big tech firms and ever-increasing threats to job security posed by generative AI and automation. While times are tough...
ChargerLab's Power-Z KM003C USB-C meter. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ USB testers have gone far beyond just testing the output voltages and power of ports, and can now test and check for counterfeit Apple chargers and...
The recent executive order requiring SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials) for those supplying software to the federal government has been instrumental in advancing the conversation around software supply chain security. SBOMs by the...
Google has announced plans to integrate more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its search engine. This move comes after Microsoft's Bing search engine recently started incorporating technology similar to the AI...
Indian telecom operators are reportedly pressuring the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to devise a mechanism that would require Over-The-Top (OTT) service providers such ...
The Supreme Court of Brazil has initiated an investigation into the executives of Telegram and Google after the platforms campaigned against a proposed internet regulation bill. The Lower House Speaker Arthur Lira requested the in...
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has launched the National Sex Offenders Registry (NSOR) in Karachi, Pakistan, to aid citizens and organisations in identifying and monitoring sex offenders. Accord...
Twitter obstructed material in Turkey before the election, when Turkish voters went to the polls to decide whether or not to re-elect President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is Turkey's most contentious election in years, a...
The Canadian federal government is seeking dismissal of a potential class action suit involving use of facial recognition software by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). This follows a finding by the Canadian privacy commiss...
A study by McAfee "Life Behind the Screens of Parents, Tweens, and Teens" The 2022 McAfee? Connected Family Study-India, indicates that Indian children have the highest online risk exposure and need to be protected. In India child...
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) have issued a warning that artificial intelligence (AI) tools used by employers to make employment decisions may result in unlawful discrimi...