The Egyptian government endorsed a US$3.18 million fund to support the Digital Egypt Builders initiative which aims to empower the next generation of Egyptian graduates. Through this initiative, a grant is offered each year to 100...
According to a news report, internet services were disrupted in Vietnam for a couple of hours after the breakdown of two out of the five undersea cables supplying internet to the country. The event that took place on 9 January 202...
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, USA, proposed a legislation to expand and improve access to telehealth. Noting that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequities in the healthcare system and proved that telehealth is a critical too...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a discussion paper titled Proposed Regulatory Framework for Modifications to Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML)
Kenya's Ministry of Health announced that it has rolled out Trusted Travel, an online 'trustworthy and safe' system to strengthen the ministry's ability to verify, authenticate, and validate COVID-19 test results and vaccine certi...
Nineteen members of the New York City Council have proposed a bill that would regulate the use of automated employment decision tools -systems that use algorithmic methodologies to filter candidates for hire or to make decisions r...
The social network Parler has been suspended from Apple and Google's app stores for failing to moderate content that incites violence. Both companies have announced that they support diverse points of views, however their terms of...
According to the Express Tribune, the minister for Science and Technology of Pakistan has announced efforts to introduce a new data protection law to protect citizens' privacy in the wake of WhatsApp's privacy policy changes. ...
As part of a larger project supported by the Pulitzer Center regarding property rights and vulnerability in Puerto Rico, an interactive map of the country was created. This project looks at the effects of economic and environmenta...
The Supreme Court in India has pronounced that the indefinite Internet restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir are against the Indian constitution. The court has given the government a week to review the shut-downs. The court based its ...
The Belgian's telecoms minister Philippe De Backer informed parliament of the recommendation to elevate the security level on 5G to allow the government to institute restrictions on 'unreliable' suppliers. The current risk level f...
According to the Wall Street Journal, a judge from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered Facebook and the US government to file written responses by January 24th to civil society groups, critical o...