China is developing a medium-high-orbit quantum satellite, which will combine with high-orbit and low-orbit satellites to build a wide-area quantum communication network, according to Pan Jianwei, an academician of the Chinese Aca...
Cogent Communications, which is estimated to carry 1/4 of the global Internet traffic, terminated access to major Russian internet service providers. In justification, CEO Schaeffer said that "I can't pick good Russian traffic fro...
Argentina National Director of Planning, Convergence, and Universalization of the Undersecretary of Information and Communication Technologies announced that during 2022, a second national IoT survey would be released. The survey ...
Payment company Paypal Holdings, Inc is suspending its services in Russia. The company's spokesperson added that Paypal will 'continue work to process customer withdraw[al]s for a period of time, ensuring that account balances are...
The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has stated that it had detected a slowdown in the Faster Payment The Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has stated that it detected a slowdown in its Faster Payment System (FPS) operations as a result of...
As previously announced, the Russian president has signed a law punishing anyone who knowingly spreads fake news with up to 15 years in prison, effective 5 March. The law will impose penalties on anyone who tries to discredi...
A number of global media companies such as CNN, Bloomberg News, BBC, ABC, CBS News, CBC/Radio-Canada, EFE, and RAI will cease operations in Russia. The media outlets have reportedly made such decisions because Russia adopted a new...
To address cybercrime in Africa and leverage the resilience of digital financial ecosystems, the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has granted US$2 million to set up the African Cybersecurity Resource Center (ACRC...
According to a news report by the internet monitoring organization, NetBlocks, network data have confirmed a disruption of the internet affecting social media and other messaging apps in Senegal as of Friday 5 March, 2021. The net...
A series of meetings were convened in Russia between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Roscongress Foundation, the RC-Investments Fund, the Russian Investment Agency, and the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed C...
Israel is allocating US$60 million to a project dedicated to building the country's first quantum computer. The Ministry of Defense and the Innovation Authority have launched a call for tenders inviting local and international com...
In the USA, the National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have issued guidance on the selection of a protective domain name system (DNS) service (PDNS). The guidance notes the importance of ...