The Online Safety Bill that is aimed at creating a safer online environment for users, especially children,.has been introduced in the UK Parliament. Once approved by the Parliament, the bill will become a law. There h...
The existence of gender inequality and unequal internet access have been identified as some of the reasons why only few women and girls are found in the field of science and technology. This view, contained in a news report , was ...
According to a report by Netblocks, the internet monitoring NGO, authorities of the Republic of Congo shut down the internet in the country on the day of the presidential elections, Sunday 21 March, 2021. Live network data by Netb...
Brazil's communications ministry announced in a public hearing that the country will have a hybrid 5G network until 2028, when it is expected that the country's 5G network will become fully operational. This means that 5G and olde...
In order to provide access to the Internet to marginalised communities and in support of sustainable development, the media rights lobby Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) has established free wi-fi hotspots in urban and ru...
A report shared by NetBlocks.org, showed that authorities in the Republic of Guinea blocked social media websites in the country on 21 March 2020 ahead of the parliamentary elections and constitutional referendum that is sla...
Based on information from the US Public Health Service (USPHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Apple's virtual assistant Siri is providing advice to people who are concerned whether they might have coron...
According to Hunton Andrews Kurth, New York's Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act -or SHIELD Act -entered into effect. The SHIELD Act requires any person or business owning or licensing digital data that includes t...
The 2020 World Water Development Report (WWDR 2020) entitled Water and Climate Change tackles the role of technological innovation in the context of water management. Among other things, WWDR 2020 explores how satellite imagery, a...
After the decision by the Rwandan Ministry of Education to close schools due to the spread of COVID-19, the Rwanda Education Board (REB) has been updating its e-learning databases to enable students to continue their stu...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)issued a safety alert about two cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting Medtronic implantable cardiac devices, programmers, and home monitors. The first vulnerability can allow improper acc...
Security analystBrian Krebs discovered Facebook stored hundreds of millions of user passwords in plain text for years. According to the BBC, Facebook said it had discovered the issue in January 2019 as part of a routine security r...