Researchers at the Cybersecurity for Democracy project at New York University found that politically extreme sources on Facebook tend to generate more interactions from users. Especially, posts from sources rated as far-right syst...
NetOne, Zimbabwe's incumbent telecom operator TelOne's mobile division, has chosen Chinese technology supplier Huawei to modernize its telecom network. This forms part of the strategic cooperation between China and Zimbabwe and is...
India has once again come on tops in terms of the country that instituted the highest instances of internet shutdown according to a news report. In the latest report published by the digital rights organization Access Now, India s...
During the seventh African Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD) convened on 1-4 March 2021 in Brazzaville, Congo, a roundtable panel was held to discourse how to harness science, technology, and innovation (STI)...
A new advocacy group called Moving Health Home was launched, its membership consists of Amazon Care, Ascension, Dispatch Health, and more. The coalition said they want to 'fundamentally change the way policymakers think about the ...
Tik Tok has created a Safety Advisory Council for Europe to dispel fears of safety on its platform. The council is made of external consultants specialising in child safety, mental health and terrorism. Last year a&nbs...
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has published a set of safety requirements for automated vehicles, including self-driving cars. Titled PAS 1881: Assuring safety of automated vehicle trials and testing, the document outline...
The US Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the US Food and Drug (FDA) has informed patients, healthcare providers, and manufacturers about the cybersecurity vulnerability r...
The Public Interest Registry (PIR) has launched an engagement process inviting the .org community to submit feedback regarding the proposed safeguards aimed to address community concerns on the planned sale of. org. In p...
Mastercard published a white paper titled 'Pay on Demand: The digital path to financial inclusion in Africa'; which examines how access to financial services could promote digital inclusion. The paper looks at financial inclusion ...
US technology and industry conglomerate Honeywell has announced plans to launch 'the most powerful quantum computer' by the middle of 2020. The quantum computer that Honeywell is working on will have a quantum volume of at least 6...
Ontario's Minister of Education Stephen Lecce says that the mandatory e-learning for high school students is now optional. The government policy announced in March 2019 did not gain educators' support ...