Small organisations in high-risk sectors, such as charities and law firms, will be offered free cybersecurity assistance by the UK government through the Funded Cyber Essentials Programme. It was launched by the National Cyber Sec...
Researchers from the University of Extremadura in Spain developed and launched a video game to teach users how to detect fake news and combat online disinformation. The game is called 'Forge of Destiny (FoD)' and is the first mult...
On 10 January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published an order against the online alcohol marketplace Drizly and its CEO for security failures that resulted in a breach of personal information of around 2.5m consumers. ...
Snap, the owner of Snapchat has filed a lawsuit against the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for denial to register trademark 'spectacles' of its wearable smart glasses. The lawsuit comes after the USPTO's Trial and Appeal B...
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that Google infringed on five audio technology patents held by the speaker manufacturer Sonos and is not allowed to import products that violate Sonos's intellectual property i...
?Hackers targeted Grupo Impresa, one of Portugal's leading media conglomerates, to spread false information to its subscribers. The cyber attack - which occurred early on 2 January - was reportedly carried out by a group called 'L...
IBM, in cooperation with the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute, has launched the Open P-Tech for Africa programme with the aim to build the digital skills of Kenya's youth. As part of the initiative, some 50,000 ...
Huawei and Kuwait's Central Agency for Information Technology (CAIT) partnered to promote Kuwait's digital transformation through an initiative to train IT talent within the public sector. Through this partnership, Huawei will pro...
The Egyptian government endorsed a US$3.18 million fund to support the Digital Egypt Builders initiative which aims to empower the next generation of Egyptian graduates. Through this initiative, a grant is offered each year to 100...
According to a news report, internet services were disrupted in Vietnam for a couple of hours after the breakdown of two out of the five undersea cables supplying internet to the country. The event that took place on 9 January 202...
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, USA, proposed a legislation to expand and improve access to telehealth. Noting that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed inequities in the healthcare system and proved that telehealth is a critical too...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a discussion paper titled Proposed Regulatory Framework for Modifications to Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML)