In the USA, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) National Quantum Coordination Office (NQCO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have released the National Strategic Plan for Quantu...
The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) revealed new partnerships with key international technology companies operating in the country, including Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, VMware, and Amazon Web Serv...
Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of a centre for artificial intelligence (AI) for energy, to be jointly managed by the Ministry of Energy and the Data and AI Authority, with the participation of other stakeholders in th...
The Indian government is planning to introduce a law to ban private cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, while providing the Reserve Bank of India with the necessary legal powers to develop a central bank-backed digital currency. The...
Samuel Ogundipe, the founder of online Nigerian news outletPeoples Gazette, said access to its website has been restricted by mobile telecommunications companies including MTN, Glo, and 9mobile at the end of January. The news outl...
TheIGF 2021 First Open Consultations and MAG Meetingwill be held online on 22, 23 and 24 February 2021.
The government of India announced the National Language Translation Mission (NTLM) to make governance and policy related knowledge available in major Indian languages and enhance access to digital content and online services for I...
Uganda's National Information Technology Authority(NITA-U), National Computer Emergency Response Team of Uganda (CERT.UG), Internet Society Uganda Chapter, the Ministry of Internal Affairs with support from Facebook and MTN, along...
According to the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors' (CPNE) Media Freedom Report 2020, at least 10 Pakistani journalists were murdered and several others threatened, kidnapped, tortured and arrested on trumped-up charges while ...
India has announced a National Mission on Quantum Technologies and Applications, to benefit from a budget of approximately US$1 billion over five years. To be implemented by the Department of Science and Technology, the mission wi...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) notified 19 Internet-based phone companies against assisting or facilitating robocalls. Voice-over-IP (VoIP) service providers play a significant role in the robocall system by allowing fraudster...
The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in India has overruled an order from a single judge of the same court restraining platforms such as Amazon and Snapdeal from selling goods of direct selling entities like Amway, Modicare,...