Vodafone has partnered with the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in order to conduct a study on environmental change and its impact on the health of forests in the UK. The project...
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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 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...
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Huawei Technologies in Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen Malaysia’s position as a core of digital Association of...
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...
Following virtual meetings on 18 July 2020 for the G20 Digital Economy Ministers, a Ministerial Declaration was emerged to underscore the role of connectivity and digital technologies in accelerating...
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...
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IIC explores digital transformation for IIoT
Following a joint publication with the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) on how digital transformation and IoT can contribute to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), the Industrial Internet...
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...
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has commissioned 12 organisations – including Toshiba Corporation, Mitsubishi Electrical Corporation, Tokio University, the National Institute...
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New Zealand launches Algorithm Charter
The New Zealand government has launched the Algorithm Charter for Aotearoa New Zealand, containing a set of principles to guide the use of algorithms by government agencies. The charter, presented as...
The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Associations has announced three new initiatives in the field of data and artificial intelligence (AI). The IEEE Global...
The Western Australian (WA) Government released a draft of the state's new Digital Inclusion Blueprint for public consultation. The Digital Inclusion in Western Australia: A Blueprint for a digitally...
Mastercard and Microsoft have unveiled a collaboration to shape the future of digital commerce, drive start-up innovation, and enable financial inclusion. Such collaboration will promote Mastercard...
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Feminist journalist under online threats
Belgian feminist journalist working for Le Soir, Florence Hainaut, has been a target of online harassment and threats, the media reports. Her text ‘Cachez ce foulards’ (Hide this scarf) critiqued a...
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) in the USA launched the Public Health Tech Initiative that convenes key healthcare and technology leaders; including Microsoft, Facebook, Doctor On Demand...
In a bid to combat growing child pornography online, the Brandfort city police has hired two new officers who are expected to begin work from September 2020. Assigned to the police Internet child...
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Czech government to adjust contact tracing
The Czech republic is looking to change the contact tracing ‘smart quarantine’ system. Czech Health ministry has partnered with the Czech army which will take over testing sites and laboratories. This...
In collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published a playbook titled Accelerating Digital Inclusion in the New Normal which provides a framework for a multi...
The GSMA has recently relaunched its toolkit that was developed in 2016 by the Connected Society programme to improve mobile digital literacy. The Mobile Internet Skills Training Toolkit (MISTT)...
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to authorise the marketing of a heated tobacco product, the IQOS Tobacco Heating System...
There is an organised crackdown targeting women active on TikTok platform in Egypt. Popular female TikTok personalities, Haneen Hossam and Mawada Eladhm, faced charges for assaulting ‘family...
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to authorise the marketing of a heated tobacco product, the IQOS Tobacco Heating System...
According to network data shared by the NetBlocks Internet observatory, Internet access has been cut across Somalia with the capital seeing the greatest impact on 26 July 2020. This development is...
According to network data shared by the NetBlocks Internet observatory, Internet access has been cut across Somalia with the capital seeing the greatest impact on 26 July 2020. This development is...
The EcoWaste coalition members urged the Philippine government to prioritise the environment in its COVID recovery plan. The group also referred to e-waste, calling for the implementation of the Basel...
According to network data shared by Netblocks Internet observatory, Internet access has been cut across Somalia with the capital seeing the greatest impact on Sunday 26 July 2020. This development is...
The Indian government has launched a project to redesign the Prime Minister's official website to make it more multilingual. The project aims to increase available languages of the website from the...
Sweden and the Republic of Korea granted US$232 000 and US$50 000 respectively to support the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in helping developing countries use e-commerce to tackle...
The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) published a viewpoint piece that presents the clinical, ethical, and legal aspects that should be considered before applying artificial intelligence...
Japan and the United Kingdom have agreed not to force companies to set up local data servers during the negotiations for their upcoming free trade agreement. After Britain decided to leave the...
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Vodafone has partnered with the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in order to conduct a study on environmental change and its impact on the health of forests in the UK. The project...
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 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...
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Huawei Technologies in Malaysia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen Malaysia’s position as a core of digital Association of...
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...
Following virtual meetings on 18 July 2020 for the G20 Digital Economy Ministers, a Ministerial Declaration was emerged to underscore the role of connectivity and digital technologies in accelerating...
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...
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IIC explores digital transformation for IIoT
Following a joint publication with the IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) on how digital transformation and IoT can contribute to the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), the Industrial Internet...
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...
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has commissioned 12 organisations – including Toshiba Corporation, Mitsubishi Electrical Corporation, Tokio University, the National Institute...
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New Zealand launches Algorithm Charter
The New Zealand government has launched the Algorithm Charter for Aotearoa New Zealand, containing a set of principles to guide the use of algorithms by government agencies. The charter, presented as...
The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Associations has announced three new initiatives in the field of data and artificial intelligence (AI). The IEEE Global...
The Western Australian (WA) Government released a draft of the state's new Digital Inclusion Blueprint for public consultation. The Digital Inclusion in Western Australia: A Blueprint for a digitally...
Mastercard and Microsoft have unveiled a collaboration to shape the future of digital commerce, drive start-up innovation, and enable financial inclusion. Such collaboration will promote Mastercard...
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Feminist journalist under online threats
Belgian feminist journalist working for Le Soir, Florence Hainaut, has been a target of online harassment and threats, the media reports. Her text ‘Cachez ce foulards’ (Hide this scarf) critiqued a...
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) in the USA launched the Public Health Tech Initiative that convenes key healthcare and technology leaders; including Microsoft, Facebook, Doctor On Demand...
In a bid to combat growing child pornography online, the Brandfort city police has hired two new officers who are expected to begin work from September 2020. Assigned to the police Internet child...
Update date
Czech government to adjust contact tracing
The Czech republic is looking to change the contact tracing ‘smart quarantine’ system. Czech Health ministry has partnered with the Czech army which will take over testing sites and laboratories. This...
In collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published a playbook titled Accelerating Digital Inclusion in the New Normal which provides a framework for a multi...
The GSMA has recently relaunched its toolkit that was developed in 2016 by the Connected Society programme to improve mobile digital literacy. The Mobile Internet Skills Training Toolkit (MISTT)...
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to authorise the marketing of a heated tobacco product, the IQOS Tobacco Heating System...
There is an organised crackdown targeting women active on TikTok platform in Egypt. Popular female TikTok personalities, Haneen Hossam and Mawada Eladhm, faced charges for assaulting ‘family...
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to authorise the marketing of a heated tobacco product, the IQOS Tobacco Heating System...
According to network data shared by the NetBlocks Internet observatory, Internet access has been cut across Somalia with the capital seeing the greatest impact on 26 July 2020. This development is...
According to network data shared by the NetBlocks Internet observatory, Internet access has been cut across Somalia with the capital seeing the greatest impact on 26 July 2020. This development is...
The EcoWaste coalition members urged the Philippine government to prioritise the environment in its COVID recovery plan. The group also referred to e-waste, calling for the implementation of the Basel...
According to network data shared by Netblocks Internet observatory, Internet access has been cut across Somalia with the capital seeing the greatest impact on Sunday 26 July 2020. This development is...
The Indian government has launched a project to redesign the Prime Minister's official website to make it more multilingual. The project aims to increase available languages of the website from the...
Sweden and the Republic of Korea granted US$232 000 and US$50 000 respectively to support the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in helping developing countries use e-commerce to tackle...
The Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) published a viewpoint piece that presents the clinical, ethical, and legal aspects that should be considered before applying artificial intelligence...
Japan and the United Kingdom have agreed not to force companies to set up local data servers during the negotiations for their upcoming free trade agreement. After Britain decided to leave the...