Cyber Security

Orange Middle East & Africa (OMEA) and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), have announced plans to bring AWS Wavelength to Morocco and Senegal later this year, enabling startups, enterprises, and public organizations to securely process and store data locally, leverage AWS services for digital transformation, and build low-latency applications. These are the first AWS Wavelength …

Orange MEA And Amazon Web Services Collaborate to Bring Advanced Cloud Technologies to Customers in North and West Africa. Read More »

A former engineer at Meta has accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza. Ferras Hamad, a Palestinian-American engineer, claimed in a lawsuit that Meta fired him for trying to help fix bugs causing the suppression of Palestinian Instagram posts. Hamad had been on Meta’s machine learning …

Former Meta Engineer Sues Company on Grounds of Wrongful Termination over Gaza Content. Read More »

According to the Minority, the transaction was being finalised without the knowledge or approval of Parliament. Last week the government announced that it has taken a significant step towards achieving a fully digitised country by 2030 through a special purpose vehicle licensed to roll out 5G mobile broadband by the end of the year. Next-Gen …

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Spotify is increasing its prices again, less than a year after it last hiked prices for most of its subscription plans. The latest price hike comes as streaming media companies face rapidly increasing costs of doing business – and customers continued to sour over rising prices of goods as inflation remains stubbornly high. Beginning in …

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New York is poised to pass a law that will bar social media platforms from showing algorithmic feeds to teens without parental consent. The Wall Street Journal reports that lawmakers in the state have reached a “tentative agreement” on a bill that will be voted on later this week. State officials, including Governor Kathy Hochul, …

New York Is About To Give Parents More Control Over Their Kids’ Social Media Feeds. Read More »

Google has completed its latest data centre and cloud region campus expansion in Singapore, bringing the company’s total investment in technical infrastructure in the nation to USD $5 billion. This development is poised to power Google’s popular digital services, such as Search, Maps, and Workspace, and is a crucial step in delivering the benefits of …

Google Says Tech Infrastructure Investment In Singapore Reaches $5 bln. Read More »

Jurors at the trial of British tech pioneer Mike Lynch are expected to hear closing arguments in San Francisco on Monday in the fraud case related to Hewlett-Packard’s $11 billion acquisition of his software company Autonomy in 2011. The Cambridge University-educated entrepreneur took the stand in his own defense at the trial, denying wrongdoing and …

US Criminal Trial Of British Tech Founder Mike Lynch To Wrap Up. Read More »

Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson concluded a plea deal it reached with U.S. authorities to settle bribery allegations, saying an independent compliance monitor appointed to the company has formally completed its work. Ericsson entered a deal with the DOJ in 2019 to resolve allegations of bribery that stretched between 2000 and 2016, which the agency …

Ericsson Concludes U.S. Plea Deal Following Bribery Allegations . Read More »

Poland will spend over 3 billion zlotys ($760 million) to boost cybersecurity, the digitalisation minister said on Monday, after state news agency PAP was hit by what authorities say was likely a Russian cyberattack. With European parliament elections to be held in Poland on Sunday, authorities are on high alert for attempts by Moscow to …

Poland To Boost Cybersecurity After Fake News Attack. Read More »