The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued a regulatory framework for short-range devices & terrestrial IoT services. The framework provides a regulatory mechanism for the industry, aiming to facilitate the deve...
In January, the Ministry of Electronics and IT in India released its draft national blockchain strategy for public consultation. The strategy proposes that various public services and initiatives such as land recor...
The French competition authority concluded after an investigation that Google ranked hotels in its search results in a way that is particularly damaging for consumers. Hoteliers had filed several complaints alleging that the way h...
The Center for Internet Society (CIS), a US-based non-profit organisation, announced that it will offer a Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting (MDBR) service at no cost to all public and private hospitals in the USA. The servic...
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) announced in a press release that it will investigate a complaint filed by Ericsson that alleges Samsung violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 by infringing Ericsso...
Uber released the white paper 'A Better Deal', aiming to defend the contractor regime for drivers in the EU. Uber urged European policymakers to establish protections for platform workers while still maintaining them as independen...
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), an umbrella group for 44 independent consumer organisations from 32 countries has filed a complaint against TikTok with the European Commission for multiple breaches of EU consumer rights...
Parler returned online with the support of the small provider SkySilk placed near Los Angeles. SkySilk's representative stated that he is helping Parler to support free speech, according to the New York Times. Parler was tak...
Aiming at promoting start-up financing and e-commerce markets for women entrepreneurs, the World Bank Group launched new initiatives during the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) on 16-17 February in Dubai, United Arab...
Due to the difficulties faced by farmers in Tanzania to obtain credit with no bankable assets or collateral,Rose Funja, ICT entrepreneur, has developedAgrInfo which identifies farmers, the size and location of their farms an...
A federal court in New York has ruled that embedding a tweet on a web page could count as copyright infringement. The case appeared as Justin Goldman took a photo of American Football player Tom Brady and shared it on Snapchat. Th...
The office of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 13 Russians and three Russian companies for their role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The indictment claims that the individuals and organisations 'had a strate...