During a closed meeting with Internet companies, the European Commission called for a more efficient takedown of illegal content -including extremist content and hate speech, as well as breaches of intellectual property right...
The Open University in the UK, which was established in the 1960s as an distance learning university with the aim of widening access to higher education, is undergoing substantial transformation towards shifting its priorities tow...
The 'Meltdown' attack targeting the Intel chips and the Specter processor flow revealed an additional vulnerability in the cloud: it allowed customers on the same platform to access each other's data. In light of this, major publi...
According to the State'sannual report, over 5.3 million North Carolina consumers were impacted by 1,022 data breaches in 2017, marking a 15 percent increase over 2016. The escalating trend encouraged state Attorney General (AG) Jo...
The US Department of Homeland Security declared the elections system as critical infrastructure, following alleged Russian hacking during 2016 elections. According to Politico, the DHS head explained that the decision would ensure...
The Cuban telecommunications company ETECSA deployed the Internet connectivity into more than 2,000 households in the capital's district Old Havana, informed BBC in December 2016. The independent blog Havana Times reports on ...
Thousands of eBay and AirBnB users are pursued by the British tax office for not declaring their their earnings through the 'sharing economy'. The tax office will mainly target users who sell goods and services regularly and 'oper...
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), dubbed the largest electronics show in the world, showcased a wide range of new technology. Unsurprisingly, the Internet of Things (IoT) permeated much of the developments. The tech medi...
The European Commission has launched the new Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Platform, which will help consumers and traders settle their online disputes through dispute resolution rather than through court proceedings. The platfo...
The European Commission will present next month a legislative proposal aimed to harmonise the use of radio spectrum in the EU. The proposal will include, among others, provisions on the use of the 700 MHz Ultra High Frequency (UHF...
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo have sent ajoint submissionto the UK Government with regard to the proposed legislative measures that would allow the Government to impose various obligations on 'relevant operators' (de...
Senior US government officials have met with representatives of leading technology companies, in order to discuss about ways of 'working together to combat terrorism and counter violent extremism online'. According toReuters, the ...