The Anonymous collective has reportedly hacked the in-house R&D unit of Transneft, Russia's state-controlled oil pipeline company, dubbed Omega Company. The group claims to have stolen 79 GB of emails and posted them on the si...
Russian telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor has requested that Google cease spreading threats against Russian citizens on YouTube. According to the regulatory agency, the activities of YouTube's management are terroristic and endanger ...
TheSupremePeople'sCourt hasauthorisedextraterritorial application of China's financial laws for the newly created Beijing Financial Court to protect the interests of domestic investors. This announcement to 'increase international...
AT&T discontinues 'sponsored data' services in the US due to California's net neutrality law, otherwise known as 'zero-rated' plans. In a blog post, AT&T affirms that the company is 'now prohibited from providing certain d...
According to a Reuters report, Bulgaria's telecoms regulator, the Communication Regulation Commission (CRC), said it would hold an auction for three 5G licenses after its decision to allocate them without competition was contested...
Argentina launched its National Board of internet of things (IoT). The board aims to bring together representatives from the public and private sectors to promote the use and development of the IoT ecosystem in Argentina. Represen...
The House committee on the welfare of children in Philippines approved a report pushing for strengthening laws to fight online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC). The House committee identified multiple gaps in the exist...
The Committee on Culture and Education in the European Parliament has adopted a draft resolution on artificial intelligence (AI) in education, culture, and the audiovisual sector, noting that the use of AI in these fields could im...
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted a declaration drawing attention to the possible risks to human rights that might follow from the use of computer-assisted or artificial intelligence-enabled (AI-enabl...
Uber and Lyft have launched in a joint action the Industry Sharing Safety Program as an attempt to improve users' experience and safety in the US. The program is a first official attempt in which the hide-hailing companies comprom...
Uber is granting from March 2021 its UK drivers worker status after the UK Supreme Court dismissed Uber's appeal against a 2016 employment tribunal ruling that its drivers should be classed as workers. Worker status include benefi...
According to Bloomberg, the French data protection authority CNIL has opened an investigation into the social media app Clubhouse following a complaint. France24 reports that the inquiry will seek to determine if European data pro...