Sat 04 September 2021: WhatsApp was fined more than $234,000 on Friday by Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) for not taking necessary technical and administrative measures to prevent illegal processing of personal data. The popular messaging platform updated its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy to include explicit consent to the processing of personal […]
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Sat 04 September 2021: According to a research by New York University and the Université Grenoble Alpes in France, misinformation on Facebook received six times the number of likes, shares, and interactions as factual news organizations, according to The Washington Post. The study looked at articles from trusted news sources including the World Health Organization […]
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Fri 03 September 2021: Smartphone owners should be wary of phone producers, in particular Apple, trying to scan personal data and files on devices, former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said on Thursday. The remark, related to Apple’s new controversial scanning system for iPhones, was made during the annual New Knowledge conference in Russia, which […]
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Wed 01 September 2021: An Australian government law was passed with Labor’s support, providing police unprecedented powers to snoop on criminal suspects online, disrupt their data, and take over their accounts. The two Australian law enforcement bodies AFP and ACIC will soon have the power to modify, add, copy, or delete your data should you […]
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Wed 01 September 2021: In a dispute with news publishers over the use of their content under EU copyright regulations, Google announced on Wednesday that it is appealing a decision by France’s antitrust watchdog to fine it 500 million euros ($590 million). “We disagree with some of the legal elements, and consider the amount of […]
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Tue 31 August 2021: China has banned under-18s from playing video games for more than three hours per week, Reuters reported. Chinese government said the need for a strict social intervention to combat a rising addiction to what it formerly referred to as “spiritual opium.” The new laws, which went into effect on Monday, are […]
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Mon 30 August 2021: On Sunday, a SpaceX cargo of ants, avocados, and a human-sized robotic arm was launched into the International Space Station. The shipment, which is expected to arrive on Monday, is the company’s 23rd for NASA in just over a decade. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center launched a refurbished Falcon rocket into the […]
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Sat 28 August 2021: When NASA’s Kepler telescope looked into space, it was also looking back in time. Locked into a heliocentric orbit, Kepler was set to gradually trail the Earth giving the telescope a unique view of the universe. Which is how we know that a billion years ago, a yellow supergiant, a star […]
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Thu 26 August 2021: Tech giants have announced a multibillion-dollar effort to beef up cybersecurity defenses and train qualified staff. In a meeting with President Joe Biden and members of his cabinet, the White House challenged Big Tech, the finance industry, and major infrastructure companies to do more to combat the rising cybersecurity threat. “The […]
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Thu 26 August 2021: YouTube said Wednesday it has removed more than one million videos with “dangerous coronavirus misinformation” since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The statement by the Google-owned video platform comes as social media platforms are under fire from political leaders for failing to stem the spread of false and harmful misinformation […]
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