Facebook Scraps Trans-Pacific Cable
Facebook has scrapped plans to connect California, Taiwan and Hong Kong via a 12,000 kilometer underwater cable, citing tensions between...
Cutting Off Speech: Governments Turn to Disrupting Internet Service to Restore Order, Stop Protests
The nightly internet shutdowns in Myanmar are part of a strategy employed by many governments worldwide in times of crisis....
White House Cites ‘Active Threat,’ Urges Action Despite Microsoft Patch
The White House on Sunday urged computer network operators to take further steps to gauge whether their systems were targeted...
Twitter Founder’s Auction of First Tweet Draws $2 Million Bid
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is selling his first tweet at auction, with bidding Saturday reaching $2 million in a sign...
World Semiconductor Shortage Raises Taiwan’s Bargaining Power with US
U.S. President Joe Biden’s order to secure semiconductor supply chains for high-tech hardware production offers a commercial boost to Taiwan,...
US Tech Competition With China Draws Bipartisan Support
This week a U.S.-government backed commission of technology experts completed a three-year review of the country’s artificial intelligence capabilities, urging...
Vietnam Tapping Hackers to Silence Critics, Experts Warn
An international advocacy group’s claim that the Vietnamese government has tapped hackers to target activists shows that the communist Southeast...
Learning a Dog’s Many Moods… With a Smart Collar
From a smart dog collar that can tell you your pet’s emotional state to toys that automatically move, the pet...
What Is Clubhouse and Why Did It Get So Popular?
There’s a new player in the social media webspace: it’s called Clubhouse. But unlike other social media platforms this one...
US Judge Approves $650M Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Settlement
A federal judge on Friday approved a $650 million settlement of a privacy lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly using photo...
Carter Center Targets Online Threats in Ethiopia
With internet access increasing in many emerging democracies, use of social media is changing the ways that candidates and voters...
Tech Executives Warn Full Extent of US Cyber Breach Still Unknown
U.S. lawmakers launched an investigation this week into the December 2020 SolarWinds hack that included a breach of many private...
Tech Executives Warn Full Extent of US Cyber Breach Still Unkown
U.S. lawmakers launched an investigation this week into the December 2020 SolarWinds hack that included a breach of many private...
ByteDance Agrees to $92 Million Privacy Settlement with US TikTok Users
ByteDance has agreed to a $92 million class-action settlement over data privacy claims from some U.S. TikTok users, according to...
Australia Approves Law to Make Facebook and Google Pay to Carry News Content
Australia has become the world’s first nation to make digital companies such as Facebook and Google pay domestic news outlets...
Facebook Pledges $1B In News Investments Over 3 Years
Facebook on Wednesday pledged to invest at least $1 billion to support journalism over the next three years as the...
Facebook’s Oversight Board Has Received Appeal From ‘User’ in Trump Ban Case
Facebook Inc.’s oversight board has received a “user statement” for the case it is deciding about whether the social media...
Growing Digital Economy Offers New Opportunities – and Challenges
The latest International Labor Organization FILE – Travelers request an Uber ride at Los Angeles International Airport’s LAX-it pick up...
Nigeria Rape Reporting App Helps Survivors Avoid Stigma
Nigeria’s reported rapes tripled during COVID-19 pandemic to a few thousand, but the U.N. Children’s fund says one in four...
Facebook to Lift Block on Australian News Content after Agreement with Canberra
The Australian government says Facebook has agreed to allow Australians to resume viewing or sharing news content after the two...
COVID Conspiracy Disinformation Campaign Has Had Vast Reach, Study Finds
It took just three months for the rumor that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was engineered as a bioweapon to...
Google Fires 2nd AI Ethics Leader as Dispute Over Research, Diversity Grows
Alphabet Inc.’s Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell on Friday, they both said, a move that fanned company divisions on...
