MPs from the Environmental Audit Committee in the UK Parliament have voiced their concern over the government's lack of response to their advice on addressing the increasing issue of electronic waste. A report by the EAC in Novemb...
Intel has successfully fended off an attempt to halt its chip sales to Huawei, providing itself more time to continue supplying the heavily sanctioned Chinese telecoms company. The push to revoke Intel's license, issued by the Tru...
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty was summoned to the White House over the cyberattack the company faced in February. Officials urged Witty to make more emergency funding available to healthcare providers affected by the cyberat...
The United States and the European Union have collaborated to release comprehensive guidelines aimed at safeguarding human rights defenders from digital threats such as internet shutdowns, censorship, cyberattacks, surveillance, a...
Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, is set to release its ChatGPT challenger, 'Grok,' as an open-source model this week. This decision aligns xAI with industry players like Meta and Mistral, who have taken similar approaches. The move co...
Vodafone's 2Africa submarine cable system was successfully anchored and connected on 12 March 2024 at Carcavelos, Cascais, to Altice Portugal's submarine cable station, as Altice owns the MEO network. The 2Africa submarine cable s...
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has announced plans to establish a 1 billion euro investment fund to promote AI projects. The fund, backed by CDP Venture Capital, a unit of state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), has t...
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has announced the launch of a new stablecoin issuer sandbox arrangement. This initiative is part of the HKMA's plan to regulate stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong. It aims to provide a platform...
The London Stock Exchange has detailed the process for admitting Crypto Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) to its trading platform. ETNs are debt securities that provide exposure to an underlying asset, and in this case, Crypto ETNs tra...
The EU has launched a large-scale pilot project to test the technical specifications of the Common Toolbox for the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI). The EUDI, developed under the proposed European Digital Identity Regulation, aim...
Ethiopia has launched the distribution of digital ID cards to refugees and returnees in Addis Ababa, starting with 77,000 individuals before extending to approximately one million others from neighboring countries. The initiative,...
The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR), a Hong Kong-based research center affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has introduced a novel AI tool designed to aid complex brain surgeries. The tool ...