Wed 15 December 2021: US Democratic lawmakers are calling for sanctions against four surveillance companies, including Israeli military spyware firm NSO Group and the United Arab Emirates cybersecurity company DarkMatter, that they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses. In a letter to the US Treasury Department and the State Department, the legislators also […]
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Sun 12 December 2021: Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the ICT Affairs Adviser to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister, launched 5G, or fifth generation mobile services, on Sunday through Teletalk, a state-run cellular operator, in conjunction with Huawei, a Chinese telecom giant. Mobile users in some parts of the country will now have access to high-speed 5G Internet […]
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Fri 10 December 2021: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday that global regulation of cryptocurrencies should be comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated. Crypto assets and associated products and services have grown rapidly in recent years. Furthermore, interlinkages with the regulated financial system are rising. Policymakers struggle to monitor risks from this evolving sector, in which […]
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Thu 09 December 2021: Instagram will roll out a new feature that will limit users’ access to the platform for a fixed amount of time, preventing them from doom scrolling. After scrolling for a specific amount of time, the social media site launched its Take a Break function, which encourages users to take a break […]
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Wed 08 December 2021: Despite the fact that the US and China have been at odds for a long time over many problems, a report has made headlines suggesting that Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook has signed a $275 billion deal with Chinese officials. According to a report published by The Information on Tuesday, […]
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Sun 05 December 2021: The Nepali authorities have come up with a plan to regulate internet of Things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M) communication by prioritizing data security. The draft regulatory framework unveiled by the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA) on Friday covers the issuance of licenses to IoT and M2M service providers, spectrum distribution […]
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Sun 05 December 2021: Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has introduced a new platform to help stop revenge porn in an effort to bring positive changes to the internet and make it a safer place. Meta, in collaboration with more than 50 non-governmental organizations from around the world, has launched StopNCII.org, a portal that will […]
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Sun 05 December 2021: Former US President Donald Trump appears to be getting closer to launching his new social media network, ‘Truth Social.’ In the most recent development, Trump’s new social media firm and its special purpose acquisition company partner announced that the partner has agreements with institutional investors for $1 billion in capital. Trump […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: Everything in existence will be assimilated into the online world. Some things already have been. This has proven true with business, shopping, services, social life, journalism, warfare and with the recently-announced ‘metaverse’, perhaps even our lives. So it was only a matter of time before money itself was integrated into that […]
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Fri 03 December 2021: Israel has decided to end the controversial practice of tracking Omicron variant cases via mobile phones, which was developed by the country’s intelligence agency. Following the discovery of Omicron cases in the country last week, Prime Minister Bennett authorized the use of the technology. However, it will not be renewed on […]
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