As the first US state of Virginia has launched a contact-tracing app based on Google and Apple API called Covidwise. Based on bluetooth technology, the app does not collect user data and keeps an...
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOAS) has announced that it will develop a space-solutions database in Abu Dhabi in order to advance the global progress on sustainable development...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released a mobile app ‘Tech Selector’ in order to promote the use of green technologies in finance and commerce. The app contains...
Digital solutions company Gibraltar Technologies (GT) kicked off Wai-Eye, an AI-powered mobile app designed to help schools meet the new COVID-19 health and safety protocols set by the government of...
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has launched a call for research proposals which will provide up to US$25,000 in funding to a maximum of six...
Non-profit initiative Women in AI and the University of North South Wales (UNSW) partnered in order to address gender disparities in the field of technology. The project aims to address four out of 17...
The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare announced the start of test use of the corona tracing app. The launch to the general public is planned for September. In Finland, the healthcare providers w...
The European Commission (EC) announced an in-depth investigation into the planned €2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit by Google. The EC’s main concern is how the increased data, especially health data...
The UN has kicked off an online platform ‘2030 Connect’ to promote science, technology, and innovation (STI) for sustainable development. The platform, which targets policymakers, practitioners...
Tech giant Microsoft has reported that it will invest 40 million South African rands in order to advance the development of the South African agricultural sector. The objective of the investment is to...
Microsoft announced that it would stop generating trash from its operations by 2030 as part of its zero waste goal. To that end, the company will set the so-called “circular centres”, which will reuse...
‘Classroom of the Future’ is a new integrated solution launched by HP Inc. for education providers which incorporates HP’s PC hardware and a suite of digital pedagogy enabling software. This is...
A new joint annual research initiative was announced by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to produce and publish accurate and trusted...
A consortium of partners led by UN Habitat, Planet Smart City, Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP), and the European Commission have joined efforts in order to develop and deliver smart...
Vodafone has partnered with the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in order to conduct a study on environmental change and its impact on the health of forests in the UK. The...
In line with the G20 Leaders’ policy directives that aim at securing sustainable economic growth, international organisations in the middle east announced Ten Digital Economy Guidelines to set the...
In a statement issued by Google, public health authorities in 16 countries have used the Google and Apple API based apps across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, with more apps...
Scotland announced that it will join Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in developing its own contact-tracing app based on Google and Apple API, instead of the app developed by the British...
In response to the challenges of COVID-19 crisis, a Dubai-based business setup advisory Creative Zone revamped its networking portal ‘CZ Connect 2.0’ to the wider small and medium enterprises (SME)...
As borders in Africa open, the African Union Open Corridor Initiative decided to deploy a digital platform known as PanaBIOS in order to perform bio-screening and cross-border contact tracing in order...
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Huawei Technologies in Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen Malaysia’s position as a digital hub of the Association of...
According to a report, Matt Hancock, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, said all general practitioner (GP) appointments should be done remotely by default unless there is a...
The New Zealand government is upgrading its digital child exploitation filtering system for blocking websites that host child sexual abuse images.
Set up in 2010 by the Department of Internal...
Following a joint publication with the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) on how digital transformation and Internet of things (IoT) can contribute to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs); the Indu...
Following the G20 Digital Economy Ministers virtual meetings on 18 July 2020 , a Ministerial Declaration was published to underscore the role of connectivity and digital technologies in accelerating...
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has deployed wearable devices and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to remotely monitor COVID-19 patients. The technology was developed by Biofourmis, a...
Chinese researchers have created a mobile device that can track key sources of air pollution such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Data gathered by the device is then used to plot the...
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has published a Guidance on AI and data protection dedicated to professionals with a compliance focus (e.g. data protection officers, general counsels, risk...
For the first time the EU issued sanctions against companies in North Korea and China, as well as the Department for special technologies of the Russian military intelligence service, as they were...
Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom will lose around Ksh. 19 billion in revenue following a government directive for cost-free mobile money transactions in the COVID-19 period. The directive was...
Smart Dubai, the government entity of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced that it has upgraded its Smart Inventory application in collaboration with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA). The upgrade...
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has commissioned 12 organisations – including Toshiba Corporation, Mitsubishi Electrical Corporation, Tokio University, the National Institute...
As the first US state of Virginia has launched a contact-tracing app based on Google and Apple API called Covidwise. Based on bluetooth technology, the app does not collect user data and keeps an...
The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOAS) has announced that it will develop a space-solutions database in Abu Dhabi in order to advance the global progress on sustainable development...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has released a mobile app ‘Tech Selector’ in order to promote the use of green technologies in finance and commerce. The app contains...
Digital solutions company Gibraltar Technologies (GT) kicked off Wai-Eye, an AI-powered mobile app designed to help schools meet the new COVID-19 health and safety protocols set by the government of...
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has launched a call for research proposals which will provide up to US$25,000 in funding to a maximum of six...
Non-profit initiative Women in AI and the University of North South Wales (UNSW) partnered in order to address gender disparities in the field of technology. The project aims to address four out of 17...
The Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare announced the start of test use of the corona tracing app. The launch to the general public is planned for September. In Finland, the healthcare providers w...
The European Commission (EC) announced an in-depth investigation into the planned €2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit by Google. The EC’s main concern is how the increased data, especially health data...
The UN has kicked off an online platform ‘2030 Connect’ to promote science, technology, and innovation (STI) for sustainable development. The platform, which targets policymakers, practitioners...
Tech giant Microsoft has reported that it will invest 40 million South African rands in order to advance the development of the South African agricultural sector. The objective of the investment is to...
Microsoft announced that it would stop generating trash from its operations by 2030 as part of its zero waste goal. To that end, the company will set the so-called “circular centres”, which will reuse...
‘Classroom of the Future’ is a new integrated solution launched by HP Inc. for education providers which incorporates HP’s PC hardware and a suite of digital pedagogy enabling software. This is...
A new joint annual research initiative was announced by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to produce and publish accurate and trusted...
A consortium of partners led by UN Habitat, Planet Smart City, Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP), and the European Commission have joined efforts in order to develop and deliver smart...
Vodafone has partnered with the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in order to conduct a study on environmental change and its impact on the health of forests in the UK. The...
In line with the G20 Leaders’ policy directives that aim at securing sustainable economic growth, international organisations in the middle east announced Ten Digital Economy Guidelines to set the...
In a statement issued by Google, public health authorities in 16 countries have used the Google and Apple API based apps across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America, with more apps...
Scotland announced that it will join Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in developing its own contact-tracing app based on Google and Apple API, instead of the app developed by the British...
In response to the challenges of COVID-19 crisis, a Dubai-based business setup advisory Creative Zone revamped its networking portal ‘CZ Connect 2.0’ to the wider small and medium enterprises (SME)...
As borders in Africa open, the African Union Open Corridor Initiative decided to deploy a digital platform known as PanaBIOS in order to perform bio-screening and cross-border contact tracing in order...
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Huawei Technologies in Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen Malaysia’s position as a digital hub of the Association of...
According to a report, Matt Hancock, the UK’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, said all general practitioner (GP) appointments should be done remotely by default unless there is a...
The New Zealand government is upgrading its digital child exploitation filtering system for blocking websites that host child sexual abuse images.
Set up in 2010 by the Department of Internal...
Following a joint publication with the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) on how digital transformation and Internet of things (IoT) can contribute to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs); the Indu...
Following the G20 Digital Economy Ministers virtual meetings on 18 July 2020 , a Ministerial Declaration was published to underscore the role of connectivity and digital technologies in accelerating...
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has deployed wearable devices and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to remotely monitor COVID-19 patients. The technology was developed by Biofourmis, a...
Chinese researchers have created a mobile device that can track key sources of air pollution such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Data gathered by the device is then used to plot the...
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has published a Guidance on AI and data protection dedicated to professionals with a compliance focus (e.g. data protection officers, general counsels, risk...
For the first time the EU issued sanctions against companies in North Korea and China, as well as the Department for special technologies of the Russian military intelligence service, as they were...
Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom will lose around Ksh. 19 billion in revenue following a government directive for cost-free mobile money transactions in the COVID-19 period. The directive was...
Smart Dubai, the government entity of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced that it has upgraded its Smart Inventory application in collaboration with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA). The upgrade...
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has commissioned 12 organisations – including Toshiba Corporation, Mitsubishi Electrical Corporation, Tokio University, the National Institute...
