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Broadband speed slow? Try this before you give up

Few things are as rage inducing as broadband speed with a sporadic sleeping schedule, or internet with an attitude. You are in the middle of an online meeting and suddenly everyone is frozen making stupid faces or cutting off mid-sentence. Before you smash your electronic device in misplaced fury, make sure to scratch all the […]

SEC says group illegally raised $2B in crypto offering

Federal regulators have accused a group of people of promoting a securities offering tied to digital currency that raised over $2 billion from retail investors without being properly registered. The Securities and Exchange Commission filed the civil lawsuit Friday in federal court in Manhattan. It alleges that an outfit called BitConnect used a network of […]

Kenyan arrested in Qatar first targeted by phishing attack

A Kenyan security guard now facing charges in Qatar after writing compelling, anonymous accounts of being a low-paid worker there found himself targeted by a phishing attack that could have revealed his location just before his arrest, analysts say. While analysts from Amnesty International and Citizen Lab said they were unable to say who targeted […]

Facebook, Twitter, and Google sue Florida over new social media law

Two tech trade groups consisting of Facebook, Twitter, and Google have filed a lawsuit against the state of Florida over a new law that would fine social media companies that bar political candidates, citing a violation of free speech. The lawsuit – which highlighted that the bill was signed by Republican Florida Governor Ron DeStantis […]

Social media heavyweights wooed for Pfizer smear campaign

Social media influencers in France with hundreds of thousands of followers say a mysterious advertising agency offered to pay them if they agreed to smear Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine with negative fake stories. French YouTuber Léo Grasset was among those contacted. He said Tuesday that he was offered a potentially lucrative but also hush-hush deal to […]

German regulator probes Google's market position, data use

German regulators have launched an investigation into Google’s position in the market, and how the search engine and advertising giant handles user data. The Federal Cartel Office, or Bundeskartellamt, said Tuesday that it has started proceedings against Google entities in Germany, Ireland and California based on new provisions in German competition law that apply to […]

Google, Samsung team up to take on Apple’s wearable dominance

Search engine giant Google has teamed up with South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung to produce a unified platform for their wearables in a bit to challenge Apple’s dominance over the smartwatch market. According to Statista, Apple’s watchOS has garnered up the largest market share among all its competitors since 2018 at 16.2 percent worldwide, in […]

Regtech: How regulation keeps up with innovation

The pace of digitization is blowing full steam ahead around the world, bursting through the gates of the pandemic with no sign of slowing down. The technology that helps regulate these complex processes which underpin our high-tech world, known as RegTech, or regulation technology, must evolve with it. RegTech is simply the use of technology […]

Melita first to launch nation-wide 5G network in Malta

Maltese telecommunications company Melita has become the first local operator to launch fifth-generation mobile network services across the entire country. The launch follows a multi-million-euro investment in the Ericsson network. Melita customers who have an Endless Mobile plan, or a new Business 5G mobile plan and a 5G enabled device can now connect to 5G […]

TikTok joins the Technology Coalition to fight online child abuse

Popular Chinese video-sharing app TikTok announced earlier last week that it has joined the Technology Coalition, an organization that works to protect children from online sexual exploitation and abuse. The social media mammoth joins a setlist of Big Tech names enrolled in the organization such as Adobe, Amazon, Apple Inc., Discord, Dropbox, Google, Microsoft, Facebook […]