Fitbit's CEO James Park announced that Fitbit officially became part of Google. He stressed in the statement that Fitbit will maintain strong data privacy and security protections, as regulators around the world have scrutinised t...
A news report has shown that authorities in Uganda have, in an unprecedented move, shut down the internet only a few hours prior to the presidential and parliamentary elections slated for 14 January 2021. A letter from the Uganda ...
The London-based charity Restart Project kicked off a new campaign encouraging Londoners to donate unused laptops to be repaired and distributed to support disadvantaged students who do not have access to online learning amid COVI...
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued guidance on domain name system (DNS) security for domain resolvers and owners. The guidance for domain resolvers (trusted agents that query the DNS server hierarchy to match and prov...
A 45 year old Philadelphian woman has been sentenced to prison for child pornography and enticement. The woman impersonated her 16 year old daughter to seduce a boy based in Florida, coerced him to perform sexual acts, pretended t...
Uber has extended the Uber Green programme that encourages drivers to use all-electric and hybrid vehicles to more than 1400 cities in the USA . The initiative is part of Uber's broader aim to become a zero-emission platform by 20...
Several Uber and Lyft drivers filed a lawsuit before the US California Supreme Court to overturn the ballot measure Prop 22 that allows platforms to classify drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. In the lawsuit,...
Uber and biotech company Moderna will partner to explore solutions to support the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the USA. The companies announced they will initially work together to provide credible information on vaccine safety ...
Apple and Google removed the Wimkin social media app from their app stores after the platform failed to moderate content considered violent. Wimkin describes itself as an 'uncensored' platform that supports freedom of speech entir...
Turkish President Erdogan stated that Turkey will not give into pressure from social media companies that put themselves above laws and individual rights. Erdogan insisted on the importance of Turkey's legal fight against 'digital...
According to ZDNet, Facebook has filed a lawsuit in Portugal against two developers for developing browser extensions that scraped user data from Facebook websites. Jessica Romero, Facebook's Director of Platform Enforcement and L...
The MTN Ghana Foundation has started building an e-Learning Centre for Ebenezer Senior High School (SHS) in an attempt to promote teaching and learning of ICT in Ghana and equip students with adequate digital skills. The e-learnin...