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Where Is Your Data Stored?

Nowadays, it can be quite unfathomable to think of modern technology without somehow associating it to cloud computing. Some of the world’s biggest companies have established a cloud-based business model with a massive capacity to store data, advantaging them to optimize their processes. Data stored in the cloud backed across various sites means they are […]

FCC Wants to Ban TikTok, Urges Google, Apple to Action

Brendan Carr, the FCC commissioner, wrote to Apple and Google on Tuesday and asked them to ban TikTok from their app stores due to its record of sneaky data practices. This follows BuzzFeed News’s revelation last week that employees of TikTok in China had access to the data of users residing in the US up until January. […]

Ericsson Expects 5G Subscriptions to Cross 1 Billion in 2022

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Tuesday it expects global 5G mobile subscriptions to surpass 1 billion in 2022, helped by higher adoption in China and North America. A weaker global economy and the uncertainties caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine lowered its estimate for 2022 by around 100 million, the company said in […]

Lithuania Says Sanctions on Goods to Kaliningrad Take Effect

Lithuanian authorities said a ban on the transit through their territory to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad of goods that are subject to EU sanctions was to take effect from Saturday. News of the ban came on Friday, through a video posted by the region’s governor Anton Alikhanov. The EU sanctions list notably includes coal, […]

What Led to the Crypto Crash? The 5 Main Factors 

The entire crypto market has been playing limbo, seeing how low it can go day after day. As the lowest plunge hits an 18-month record low in overall value, we are all left wondering what led to the crypto crash and what the biggest factors were that culminated in the perfect storm of recent months. […]

Meta, Google, Twitter Vow to Fight Fake News Better as EU gets Tougher

Meta, Alphabet unit Google, Twitter and Microsoft agreed on Thursday to take a tougher line against disinformation under an updated EU code of practice that could hit them with hefty fines if they fail to do so. More than 30 signatories including advertising bodies have committed to the updated Code of Practice on disinformation, the […]

China to Launch Next Crewed Mission on Sunday to Build Space Station

China will launch a spacecraft on Sunday carrying three astronauts to the core module of the unfinished Chinese space station, where they will work and live for six months as construction enters advanced stages. A Long March-2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou-14 spacecraft is set to blast off from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the northwestern […]

The Road to Sustainable Development Goal 10: How Technology Can Help in Reducing Inequalities?

The world has been plagued with severe problems of inequality. Although awareness has been rising up worldwide, several events including conflicts, wars and the recent COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized the dark reality that inequality is still a major issue. Poor countries, vulnerable populations have clearly been at the center of the sanitary cyclone that ravaged […]

Biden visits Japan, South Korea Carrying Warning to China

Joe Biden will visit Japan and South Korea on his first Asian trip as U.S. president, carrying a clear message to China, advisers and analysts say – don’t try what Russia did in Ukraine anywhere in Asia, and especially not in Taiwan. Biden departs for the five day trip on Thursday, after spending several months […]

Cisco shares slump as China lockdowns, Ukraine crisis hit outlook

Cisco Systems Inc cut its full-year earnings forecast on Wednesday after COVID lockdowns in China and the war in Ukraine dragged sales below estimates in the third quarter, sending shares down 13% in extended trading. It also said fourth-quarter revenue would decline by 1% to 5.5%, becoming the latest U.S. company to outline a hit […]