The GSMA expressed last week a deep concern regarding Myanmar’s Internet blackout following Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor’s local operation confirmation of restrictions since March 15. The industry body issued an appeal to the Myanmar military – who forcefully took power following an election that saw Aung Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy gain over 80 […]
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STC Kuwait and Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa (VMMEA) announced on Sunday that they have received approval of a license as Kuwait’s first virtual network operator (MVNO) from the country’s Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA). The announcement, made during a press conference attended by senior government and industry figures, will allow STC […]
Japan’s top telecommunications company is getting 7.3 billion yen — about $67 million — in taxpayer money to design mobile tracking software to curb the spread of coronavirus infections during the Tokyo Olympics. There’s one catch: Few Olympic fans from abroad will be around to use it. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC on Saturday […]
A tool designed to help businesses protect themselves from further compromises after a global hack of Microsoft email server software has been downloaded more than 25,000 times since it was released last week, the White House’s National Security Council said Monday. As a result, the number of vulnerable systems has fallen by 45%, according to […]
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalizations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday. AstraZeneca said its experts did not identify any safety concerns related to the vaccine, including finding no increased risk of rare blood clots […]
The cyberattack crested just as finance officials from across Latin America were descending on Washington to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Inter-American Development Bank. On Sept. 24, 2019, requests from more than 15,000 internet addresses throughout China flooded the bank’s website, knocking part of it intermittently offline. To unclog the network, the bank took […]
The popular South by Southwest cultural event, a virtual gathering this year, has announced the winner of the Pitch Event, as part of the SXSW Online digital event, with innovative recipients ranging from AI to wearable startups. “Now in our 13th year of programming, Pitch continues to showcase the best technology from around the world, […]
Visa is under investigation by the Department of Justice’s antitrust division over whether the company pushes merchants into more expensive forms of debit card payments, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The investigation is focused on how merchants route debit card transactions when a consumer makes an online transaction, according to the Journal, which cited […]
Singapore-based OCBC Bank announced on Thursday that they have enabled facial biometric verification on several of their ATMs across the country, eliminating the need to carry ATM cards, which can be skimmed or stolen. According to the bank, the first transaction which can be performed using face verification on OCBC Bank ATMs is account balance […]
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that an infrastructure plan expected soon from President Joe Biden will offer a “once in a century” opportunity to remake transportation in the United States, where cars and highways are no longer king. Speaking at the Austin, Texas-based South by Southwest conference, which is being held virtually this year, […]