On March 4 th Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that could subject any journalist who deviates from the Kremlin's guidelines on the Ukraine war to a 15-year prison sentence. Russian officials claimed that the United St...
The cryptocurrency exchanges in the USA and worldwide joined actions by their governments in the sanction regime on Russian and Belorussian financial institutions and individuals. Earlier this month, the US Department of Treasury ...
Domain names under .fj -the country code top-level domain of Fiji -were unreachable by many users for some 12 hours, on 8 March 2022. The operator of .fj, the University of South Pacific, acknowledged that there were issues with t...
Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research is allocating
The EU clarified that crypto assets are included in the scope of its sanctions against Russia. The bloc noted that it is common knowledge that loans and credit can be provided by crypto assets and further clarified that transferab...
The US President Joe Biden, signed the executive order that is addressing issues around digital assets. Digital Assets is a joint term for cryptocurrencies, blockchain issued tokens, and other digital objects (such as NFTs) traded...
According to Bloomberg, hackers claimed to breach Verkada's security-camera data, which provides them with access to live feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras inside hospitals, companies, police departments, prisons, and schools....
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued data protection guidelines involving Virtual Voice Assistants (VVAs) for public consultation. The guidelines refer to all ways Virtual Voice Assistants (VVAs) process personal data:...
According to a report, China launched a digital health certificate, available only for Chinese nationals, on WeChat. The certificate includes the user's nucleic acid test and serum antibody test results, and vaccination status. Th...
The UK government announced a new Digital Lifeline scheme that provides a
During its first edition of the SDG of the Month series, Imperial College London explored sustainable development goal (SGD) 10: reducing inequalities by focusing on 'The Digital Divide in a COVID-19 World.' The event, which was a...
In a virtual roundtable, Microsoft and non-profit social enterprise Tech4Dev launched the Women Techsters Initiative aiming at training girls and women between 16 -40 across 54 countries in Africa in coding and deep tech skills ai...