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Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 30, 2019
Facebook introduces hate-speech policing
Facebook will institute methods and regulations to tackle white supremacist thought in the upcoming weeks, although more needs to be done to fully tackle the proliferation of hate groups flourishing…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 28, 2019
DNA testing poses privacy risks
DNA testing services purchased online has gained significant popularity amongst consumers, despite its shortcomings. However, it is vital to understand the potential risks associated with such…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 27, 2019
Cyber attacks on the rise
Cyber attacks on financial institutions are increasingly being linked to nation-states, resulting in destructive and disruptive damages rather than just theft, according to a report by the Carnegie…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 25, 2019
Facebook’s woes continue
Facebook faces another security breach. Although the issue is internal, the issue is liable to damage Facebook’s already tarnished public reputation. Facebook, a social media and social networking…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 15, 2019
Global Internet Outage
Facebook, its family of apps and Google services have been affected by global outage triggering disruption to the online business. Outage duration is the period of time that a system fails to provide…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 13, 2019
Berners-Lee urges data controls
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee on Monday slammed the increasing commodification of personal information and appealed for internet users to strive to maintain “complete control” of their data…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 12, 2019
App to monitor freshwater ecosystem
Google, UN Environment & European Commission’s Joint Research Centre have unveiled a web-based platform to monitor global freshwater ecosystem. Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 12, 2019
Big tech to break up : Elisabeth Warren
A prominent Democrat senator, Elizabeth Warren has promised that she would break up the country’s biggest technology companies if she is elected president in 2020. The Big Four technology companies…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 8, 2019
Zuckerberg changes Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg has pinned the future of Facebook on a shift from its historic mission to make the world more “open and connected”, saying that “privacy-focused” communications were becoming more…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 6, 2019
Mozilla fears DarkMatter misuse
Mozilla is considering the blocking of cybersecurity company DarkMatter over allegations of a cyber-espionage program. Mozilla is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape. The…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Mar 1, 2019
One Web in midst of new space race
A rocket provided by Arianespace SA lifted off and thrust six satellites made by OneWeb Systems Inc. into orbit. The launch took place at Kourou, on the coast of French Guiana on Wednesday, February…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 28, 2019
Flying car - a reality?
The Minister of Entrepreneur Development Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof of Malaysia is set to unveil the prototype of its first flying car prototype to the public this year. The minister added that local…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 24, 2019
Vertical Farms race to transform future of Food Growth
The idea of vertical farming has been around for a while now. In order to be economically viable, farmers need to work on a sustainable business model. Europe’s biggest vertical farm owned by Jones…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 24, 2019
Israel’s Probe to reach the Moon
SpaceIL’s project known as Beresheet will attempt a moon landing mission in April. The small Israeli spacecraft was part of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch last night. Beresheet, designed by SpaceIL and…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 22, 2019
WhatsApp bug causes Screen Lock Bypass
A security bug is allowing users to bypass new privacy controls introduced by WhatsApp on iPhones. The bug that only affects devices running iOS causes the application to open without the biometric…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 21, 2019
Russia votes to ban smartphones
Russia votes to prohibit the military from using smartphones or recording devices, a move intended to mask its soldiers’ digital trail. The Russian government is eliminating digital trail after…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 19, 2019
Europe’s 5G problem
Europe hasn't been at the forefront of 5G, even before the Trump administration began pushing allies to block Huawei over concerns that the Chinese government could use its equipment for spying,…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 14, 2019
Apple and Google to review Saudi App
Apple and Google have been accused of aiding the enforcement of ‘gender apartheid’ in Saudi Arabia. They are hosting a controversial app called Absher that allows men to track women under their…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 13, 2019
Russia to disconnect from Internet
Russia is considering a plan to temporarily disconnect from the Internet. The exercise follows aspiration of building an autonomous Internet infrastructure and to see how the country’s cyber defense…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 6, 2019
China’s AI use spooks expert
Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian computer scientist who helped pioneer the techniques underpinning much of the current excitement around artificial intelligence, is worried about China’s use of AI for…