The Bank for International Settlement (BIS) updated its report on the Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). The report named: 'Rise of the central bank digital currencies: drivers, approaches and technologies' follows the global...
China is launching a final push in the adoption of the central bank digital currency (digital yuan). The Central Bank of China issued a mobile app for handling the digital yuan (e-CNY), the digitalised version of its currency. The...
Chinese authorities have published the final version of a new regulation which introduces rules to rein in algorithms used by tech companies to recommend what users would like to read, watch, play, or buy online. The regulation, t...
Thousands of web domains from U.K. were registered under '.eu' domain. After Brexit, they had to prove eligibility for .eu domain: citizenship or residence in the EU or legal incorporation of organisations within EU. All those wh...
This article forwards a few thought-provoking ideas by trying to answer the question why Singapore is not as successful as Silicon Valley (SV) in digital innovation. It points to a few very valid points including: the power of c...
On 4 January, WhatsApp announced that it will make it mandatory for all its users to share data with its parent company Facebook without any opt out provision. A petition filed at the High Court of Delhi claims the upda...
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is supporting the use of digital technologies for rapid collection and consolidation of information post-Tropical Cyclone Yasa in Fiji. UNICEF deploys technologies to collect information on affected...
UK Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Siobhain McDonagh, alongside other MPs, unions, and charities, called upon Prime Minister Boris Johnson to support 'children on the wrong side of the digital divide who have neither ...
Several counties in Florida, USA are using the event ticketing website, Eventbrite, to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments in the absence of a statewide distribution system, according to a report. Experts warn that using such p...
In the battle against child pornography and illegal content, Canada will be introducing legislation that requires companies to remove online illegal content within 24 hours. The rules being developed by the Ministry of Canadian He...
British Judge Vanessa Baraitser recently ruled that wikileaks founder Julian Assange should not be sent to the US to face 18 charges including breaking an espionage law. Her ruling was on the grounds that his mental health is at a...
Globe, a major telecommunications services provider in the Philippines, has set up over 100 e-waste collection points nationwide to encourage everyone to dispose of their obsolete electronic or battery-operated devices safely. Thi...