Tech giants Microsoft and Amazon, together with Allianz and S&P Global have partnered on an initiative that aims to mobilise digital technologies to improve climate risk analysis and increase the...
The Australian Cyber Security Centre issued an Internet of things (IoT) guide for manufacturers titled Code of Practice: Securing the Internet of Things for Consumers. The guide aims to help...
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UK: Childrens Code comes into effect
The UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code or Children’s Code came into effect from 2 September 2020. This code will be applicable to organisations providing online services and products for children up to...
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (ETSI) Smart Machine-to-Machine Communications (SmartM2M) technical committee extended its Internet of things (IoT) ontology to four new sectors...
The UK government has shared responses received following a call for evidence on digital ID. The government says that after the call in July 2019, over 100 organisations responded, giving perspectives...
A California consumer protection bill proposal called AB 3262, which seeks to hold electronic retail marketplaces liable for third party wrongdoings, has Amazon’s public support. E-commerce platforms...
According to a news article, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the development and deployment of a range of technologies meant to combat its spread. These technologies that come in the form of tracking...
In a statement on services in Australia, Facebook has declared that it will stop news sharing, if the Australian News Bargaining Code is adopted. The draft of the Australian News Bargaining Code aims...
In an attempt to crackdown heavily on distribution of child sexual images online, special police units of German police conducted nationwide raids across 12 states and 50 homes. Authorities shared...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has partnered with the International Health Regulations (IHR) Strengthening Project of Public Health England (PHE) for a public...
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New Chinese export rules complicate TikTok sale
China has updated its export control rules to include several sensitive technologies. One of the technologies added as needing an export control license sounded much like TikTok’s personalised...
Apple and Google are integrating their contact tracing technology directly into their mobile operating systems (OS), in hopes to promote the adoption of the COVID-19 exposure notification tool.
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