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Gitex 2021

GITEX Technology week has always been known as one of the world’s greatest and influential tech shows of the year; a home for experts in the world of technology to convene, meet, network, and engage in a plethora of thought-provoking panel discussions and speeches discussing the innovations of today and tomorrow. Over the course of […]

Lessons learned from remote education: Teaching will never be the same

Before March 2020, catching ‘fresher’s flu’ was a right of passage for university students. Fast forward 18 months and students around the world stayed indoors to keep illness at bay. However, the pandemic has taught the education sector an important lesson — the value of selecting the right communication tools. According to UNESCO, more than 1.5 […]

WhatsApp backup encryption role in safeguarding Data

Facebook announced Thursday deployment news of WhatsApp’s end-to-end encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android devices. For years, the social networking company provided end-to-end encryption to its messaging platforms. However, with its last encrypted edition, users can obtain a mirrored level of security coding with the devices’ backup. The recently added feature will be slowly […]

U.S. Senate anti-discrimination bill weighs on Big Tech firms

On Thursday, a bipartisan entity of senators revealed plans to welcome a nondiscrimination bill as pressure rises on the U.S. Senate to legislate a new set of laws prohibiting tech platforms from preferencing the company’s commodities and services over their rivals. After months of negotiations and hearings, the Senate has finally spoken, and its latest […]

Google nabs phishing attacks from state-sponsored cybercrimes

In a world where everyone is exposed to infiltration on their devices, Google sent Thursday approximately 50,000 alerts to users whose accounts were exposed to breaches by state-sponsored cybercrimes executing phishing and malware campaigns. “Countering threats from Iran” is the label the Big Tech giant gave to its latest blog post, addressing Google’s Threat Analysis […]

'As seen on TikTok' is the new 'As seen on TV'

Near the Twizzlers and Sour Patch Kids at a New York candy store are fruit-shaped soft jelly candies that earned a spot on the shelves because they went viral on TikTok. A flood of videos last year showed people biting into the fruit gummies’ plastic casing, squirting artificially-colored jelly from their mouths. Store staffers at […]

Microsoft shutting down LinkedIn app in China amid scrutiny

Microsoft is shutting down its main LinkedIn service in China later this year as Beijing tightens its internet rules. The company said in a blog post Thursday it has faced a “significantly more challenging operating environment and greater compliance requirements in China.” Microsoft is the latest American tech giant to lessen its ties to the […]

US talks global cybersecurity without a key player: Russia

Amid an epidemic of ransomware attacks, the U.S. is discussing cybersecurity strategy this week with 30 countries while leaving out one key player: Russia. The country that, unwittingly or not, hosts many of the criminal syndicates behind ransomware attacks was not invited to a two-day meeting starting Wednesday to develop new strategies to counter the […]

India's DoT discards telcos’ Bank Guarantee

India’s government informed telecom operators that any potential spectrum auctions for telecom service providers (TSPs) are not required to submit a financial bank guarantee (FBG) to estimate annual spectrum installment. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced it will shift the suitability terms for participation in the upcoming sale to facilitate the bidder’s financial capabilities. “For […]

Chinese tech crackdown forges Apple’s iron grip

The Chinese tech crackdown to reign in the industry’s firms has reached a new frontier, U.S. Big Tech. As China ups its regulatory game on tech firms, American sweetheart, Apple, has always managed to avoid being caught in the crossfire by striving to preserve a sharp image with Chinese authorities. With President Xi Jinping launching […]