Qualcomm, the world's largest mobile phone chip vendor has designed new chips that would allow mobile phones to connect to 5G networks across the world that may have operate differently according to region. The new X60 chip combin...
The USA Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has named Facebook in a$9 billion tax lawsuitclaiming the social media giant owes in excess of$9 billion in taxes by selling its intellectual property to a subsidiary in Ireland. The IRS argu...
According to a news report, police in the India-controlled Kashmir has mounted a crackdown against hundreds who are using virtual private networks (VPNs) to find their way around a social media ban imposed by authorities in the di...
The Spanish governmenthas approved a billfor a digital service tax for discussion by the parliament. The tax rate applied would be 3% of gross revenues from digital services. The bill for a digital service tax proposes taxin...
Vodacom Lesotho may lose its license for allegedly sharing phone records in a murder investigation. The Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane and his wife are suspected of murdering the prime minister's estranged wife, Lipolelo Thabane. ...
Saudi Payments, a state-owned payment infrastructure provider, and Saudi Telecom Company's STC Pay, an integrated payment application, kicked off a partnership to develop its mobile wallet and collaborate on digital projects. STC ...
Amnesty International published a Human rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Review of 2019 which covers the offline and online violations of human rights in the region. According to the report, during 2019, the MENA region...
Brazil's telecoms regulator during bandwidth auction preparations for 5G has indicated that the decision concerning any potential security matters related to the use of Huawei's technology is the responsibility of the President's ...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is currently working for a broad consensus to design a digital tax system reflective of the digitisation of the economy. So, there is broad recognition that reachin...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA will provide captions for more of its publicly available online videos, to settle a lawsuit by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) that accused the s...
The Government of Jamaica has allocated more financial resources to promote and build out the Global Services Sector (GSS) in 2020/2021. The GSS project aims to provide for better skilled workers and enhance Jamaica's institutiona...
Hungary's strategy on artificial intelligence (AI) has been drafted, according to the country's minister for innovation and technology, Mr L