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Digitization trends amid the pandemic

Digitization began shortly before the introduction of the internet and ushered in a new radical change in terms of the way we work, shop, bank, travel, learn and govern. Digitization is fundamentally the technology that enables the conversion of traditional sources of information such as papers and photographs into binary code – which are technically […]

Hacked networks will need to be burned 'down to the ground'

It’s going to take months to kick elite hackers widely believed to be Russian out of the U.S. government networks they have been quietly rifling through since as far back as March in Washington’s worst cyberespionage failure on record. Experts say there simply are not enough skilled threat-hunting teams to duly identify all the government […]

Florida launches investigation into hacking of its servers

Florida officials acknowledged Friday that state servers appear to have been compromised by overseas hackers who gained entry by imbedding malicious code into networking software from a Texas-based software company, SolarWinds. Two Florida officials who have knowledge of the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about […]

Riding the African FinTech Safari

Over the past few years, Africa has become a hotbed for FinTech across the board, gulping up investments higher than any other sector on the continent. This is a natural occurrence, as 66 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains unbanked, these innovative financial startups have mushroomed all over to meet the rising demand for financial […]

API-First : Automating and Accelerating Carrier-to-Carrier Interconnection

Network-centric businesses across the globe are adapting how they consume connectivity and transforming the way their partners interconnect and grow through network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Control is being placed back into their hands allowing them to create a solid foundation for faster, more agile and friction-free networking models that no longer limit innovation. Legacy […]

Google says Australian law on paying for news is unworkable

A Google executive said on Friday that a proposed Australian law to make digital platforms pay for news was unworkable and its proposed arbitration model was biased toward media businesses. Google Australia and New Zealand Managing Director Mel Silva made her first public comments on the details of the proposed legislation since it was introduced […]

Cooper Hewitt acquires two emoji that symbolize inclusion

The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has acquired two emoji that have helped broaden diversity for users of the tiny pictures, becoming the third museum to add emoji to their digital collections. The New York museum acquired the “person with headscarf” and “inter-skintone couple” emoji for its burgeoning collection of digital assets. The museum plans […]

Video Conferencing apps likely to stay post-COVID

During 2020, millions of the world’s employees and students were forced to work and study from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, rediscovering one of the most consistently frustrating forms of modern technology: video conferencing apps. In the comfort of their own homes, from couches, recliners, beds and kitchen tables, people across the world have fired […]

Cybersecurity trends in 2021: Learning from a harsh year

This year has been unlike any other in living memory, barely any aspects of our lives have been spared by the impact of the worst public health crisis in decades. The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic shifted the way we lead our day-to-day, laying bare to our collective fragility, while greatly heightening our sense of uncertainty. The […]

India’s govt approves public Wi-Fi bill

India’s government has approved a new infrastructure scheme that would see millions of people have access to Wi-Fi across the country via grassroots hotspots in an attempt to elevate wireless Internet connectivity. The scheme – called PM Wi-Fi Access Network Interface (PM-WANI) – will entail a complete framework including multiple elements such as Public Data […]