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Batelco and Ooredoo partnership for Global Zone expansion

Batelco, the Bahrain telecommunications company, has partnered with Ooredoo to implement plans to expand Global Zone platform, which was launched in Bahrain in 2019. The platform was chosen to support telecommunications, information and communications technology and to meet the growing requirements of regional data. The carrier-neutral data center has a rich digital business solutions portfolio […]

UK regulator urges reforms to curb Google, Facebook ad power

LONDON (AP) — British regulators want new rules to foster competition in digital advertising markets and rein in the industry’s dominant players, Google and Facebook. The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at the U.S. tech giants in a report Wednesday that recommends the British government adopt a new regulatory approach to governing big digital […]

COVID-19 Effects on Cinema Industry

The ongoing pandemic has caused uncertainty and worry about the future of the arts. Despite the gradual lifting of lockdown measures, COVID-19 will continue to impact our film-viewing behavior and other economic decisions around it. People will most likely stay away from cinemas and film theatres to avoid crowded places and large gatherings. This will […]

Facebook bans violent 'boogaloo' groups, not the term itself

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook has banned an extremist anti-government network loosely associated with the broader “boogaloo” movement, a slang term supporters use to refer to a second Civil War or a collapse of civilization. But the platform didn’t try to name the group, underscoring the difficulty of grappling with an amorphous network linked to […]

Data privacy, other measures qualify for California ballot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will weigh in this November on whether to expand a landmark data privacy law, alter a decades-old law that limits property taxes on businesses and exempt ride-hail giants Uber and Lyft from a new state labor law. They are among 11 measures Secretary of State Alex Padilla certified on […]

Detroit police challenged over face recognition flaws, bias

A Black man who was wrongfully arrested when facial recognition technology mistakenly identified him as a suspected shoplifter wants Detroit police to apologize — and to end their use of the controversial technology. The complaint by Robert Williams is a rare challenge from someone who not only experienced an erroneous face recognition hit, but was […]

Apple previews new iPhone software, changes to Mac chips

Apple on Monday provided a glimpse at upcoming software changes designed to make the iPhone even easier to use and also announced a long-anticipated shift to a new type of chip to power its line of Mac computers. The preview of the next version of the iPhone’s operating system, known as iOS 14, highlighted Apple’s […]

Alla Goldner, Director, Technology, Strategy & Standardization at Amdocs

Amdocs is an international company founded in 1982 that specializes in software and services for communications, media and financial services providers and digital enterprises. The company helps service providers, communications agencies and financial service providers with modernizing solutions that involve digitization and automating systems and services in many industries.  Mrs. Alla Goldner, Director, Technology, Strategy […]

IBM quits facial recognition, joins call for police reforms

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it’s concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. Ongoing protests responding to the death of George Floyd have sparked a broader reckoning over racial injustice and a closer look at the use […]

China's companies emerge as global donors in virus pandemic

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — As the coronavirus spread, the world’s richest communist dug into his deep pockets. Jack Ma, founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and a member of the ruling Communist Party, helped to pay for 1,000 ventilators delivered to New York in April. Ma’s foundation also is giving […]