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TikTok CEO Seeks to Reassure on EU Rules on Privacy, Child Safety

TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew on a visit to Brussels on Tuesday sought to reassure the European Union the app would respect the bloc’s increasingly stringent tech rules and commitments to privacy and child safety. The short-video app, which is owned by Chinese technology conglomerate ByteDance, has for the last three years worked to […]

Cybersecurity War: What Hides Beneath It

China began enforcing its most recent cybersecurity regulations,”MLPS 2.0,” which mandate that businesses install government-approved network equipment and make their networks transparent to Chinese government authorities. The Chinese Ministry of Public Security will now receive cybersecurity strategy reports from all companies operating in China. They will be permitted to monitor their secure networks. According to […]

U.S. Supreme Court Lets Meta’s Whatsapp Pursue ‘Pegasus’ Spyware Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let Meta Platforms Inc’s WhatsApp pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the WhatsApp messaging app to install spy software allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents. The justices turned away NSO’s appeal of a lower court’s decision […]

Biden Blacklists China’s Ymtc, Crackdowns on AI Chip Sector

The Biden administration on Thursday added Chinese memory chipmaker YMTC and 21 “major” Chinese players in the artificial intelligence chip sector to a trade blacklist, broadening its crackdown on China’s chip industry. YMTC, long in the crosshairs of the U.S. government, was added to the list over fears it could divert American technology to previously […]

China Will Move to Protect Its Firms Following U.S. Telecoms Ban

China opposes the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s ban on new Chinese telecommunications equipment sales, the commerce ministry said on Thursday, vowing to adopt necessary measures to safeguard the rights of its domestic firms. The Biden administration on Friday banned the sale or import of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE, citing national […]

Behind Foxconn’s China Woes: Mistrust, Miscommunication, COVID Curbs

When officials from his Chinese village approached Hou last month, urging him to work at the world’s largest iPhone factory for at least twice the usual pay, he knew it was risky. Tens of thousands of workers had fled the plant in central China in previous weeks and violent protests had erupted over a COVID-19 […]

U.S. Bans Huawei, ZTE Equipment Sales, Citing National Security Risk

The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose “an unacceptable risk” to U.S. national security. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Friday it had adopted the final rules, which also bar the sale or import of equipment made by Chinese surveillance equipment maker […]

Top 5 Best Browsers for Privacy and Security in 2022

The widespread use of the Internet nowadays results in severe leaks of private information. Security breaches and hacker attacks have become commonplace, and numerous frauds and scams online are our present-day reality. Even if you do not feel endangered or extremely worried about your online security, there are certain factors to take into consideration when […]

Privacy Issues in IT

In our current era, data and information are becoming an increasingly crucial element in our daily life. Be it as an individual or a customer, your data is vital. The right to privacy is essential for you to understand and protect. IT can gain visibility into all your data infrastructure within an evolving technology landscape. […]