The Italian supervisory authority, Garante, issued an urgent order against Luka Inc. (Luka), a US-based operator of the online app 'Replika', an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, which generates a 'virtual friend'. Garante pla...
Journalists from the Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda received threats after reporting on former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, head of the parliamentary party Batkivshchyna, who was vacationing in Dubai ear...
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has kicked off a mobile application to facilitate stakeholders' access to services including filing competition and consumer protection infringements and enabled them to submit feedback on ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the new online course to fight the infodemic 'Infodemic Management 101'. In this course, global experts explore the growing field of infodemic management activities and explain how to f...
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) publish NIST Special Publication 1800-32, Securing Distributed Energy Resources: An Example Solution of Indus...
The European Commission has published a 'EU Strategy on Standardisation' aimed at 'strengthening EU's global competitiveness, enabling a resilient, green and digital economy, and enshrining democratic values in technology applicat...
In a recent episode of his podcast Joe Rogan interviewed Robert Malone, vaccine skeptic who promotes vaccine misinformation and had been previously banned from Twitter. Rogan currently hosts Spotify's most popular podcast, and so ...
A private company, FinGo is proposing use of finger vein technology for Egypt's digital ID. The company argues that fingervein recognition is more secure as it is unique, cannot easily be replicated and requires the person to be a...
The European Commission is seeking advice from European supervisory authorities (ESAs) on reform to existing financial service legislative frameworks in order to protect consumers and safeguard the financial stability of the finan...
The South African government's Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) kicked off its e-Compliance Certificate online system to enable employers, small businesses, and entrepreneurs apply for a UIF compliance certificate online. The new...
The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has established a digital exclusion taskforce to address the city's digital divide including connectivity, devices, and skills. The taskforce, which is led by London's Chief Digital Officer Theo Blac...
China has unveiled its new 'Action Plan for Building a High-Standard Market System', consisting of 51 specific measures to be implemented over the next 5 years. The reform includes strengthening intellectual property rights (IPR) ...