In just a few years, blockchain, the technology that powers cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, has gone from irrelevancy to becoming a hot subject. Several national leaders have joined the blockchain ecosystem as they recognize its multifaceted applications. Agencies are starting to trial and test blockchain applications for payments, supply chains, identity management, secure data […]
Governments
Italy’s data protection agency said on Wednesday it would lift its temporary ban on OpenAI’s ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) technology if the U.S. company complied with data protection and privacy demands by end-April. Rapid advances in AI such as Microsoft-backed OpenAI’s ChatGPT are complicating governments’ efforts to agree on laws governing the use of the […]
Global companies that form alliances to help them to tackle climate change need clear “safe harbour” guidelines from governments to allay fears they could be tripped up by antitrust rules, legal experts said. Hundreds of companies have banded together into various groups with pledges to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by mid-century. But there […]
TikTok has been making headlines ever since it debuted and went viral. Is “viral” even the right word to describe the cultural reset it triggered? Unfortunately, most of these headlines are not in the app’s favor, including adding to the mental health crisis among U.S. teens AND United Arab Emirates (UAE) teens and spreading misinformation […]
With great power comes great responsibility, and governments are held to higher standards when it comes to data protection and security. Cloud centers have ushered in a new era of business operations, allowing companies to be more agile, flexible, and cost-effective. However, for the government and public sector, cloud adoption has been a plus to […]
As we hear the argument about tech companies taking over the responsibility of governments, our minds technically travel back to the early days of Covid19 pandemic, when everything suddenly became virtual. This downturn had no alternative, which made every sector reliant on technology. Technology has played a dominant role in implementing government systems on a […]