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Chinese livestreamer says missing boss has been arrested
Nov 21, 2023 (AFP)
DouYu founder and CEO Chen Shaojie has not been seen since October, with industry insiders suggesting this was related to suspected gambling during a livestream...
Canadian claims he was used by Ottawa for intelligence gathering in China
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
Beijing's 2018 to 2021 detentions of Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig had plunged bilateral relations into a deep freeze. Spavor reportedly now blame...
Ukraine fires cyber defence chief and deputy
Nov 20, 2023 (AFP)
Dozens of Ukrainian officials have been sacked since Russia's invasion, as President Volodymyr Zelensky seeks to reassure Western allies sending wartime aid. Yu...
Special forces veteran on front line in Israel's information war
Nov 19, 2023 (AFP)
With a standing-at-attention posture and close-cropped hair, the military spokesman's recitals of invasion updates have been a rare certainty in a nation wracke...
News anchors targeted by deepfake scammers on Facebook
Nov 18, 2023 (AFP)
But the clips are doctored -- the latest in a rash of deepfakes that hijack images of trusted news personalities in spurious ads, undermining confidence in the ...
Myanmar junta says arrested scam ringleaders wanted by China
Nov 17, 2023 (AFP)
Online scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar's borderlands and are staffed by citizens from China and other countries who are often trafficked and forced to...
The AI of war: computers and autonomous killing
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
Ahead of a summit between China's Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden, there had been suggestions that the two men would agree to ban lethal autonomous weapon...
Russia arrests ex-civil servant over bank transfers to Ukraine
Nov 16, 2023 (AFP)
Moscow has made a string of arrests of people it says have sponsored the Ukrainian army since Russia launched its full-scale military campaign against its neigh...
State-backed hackers a threat to Australia, agency warns
Nov 15, 2023 (AFP)
Australia has been hit by a string of high-profile hacks in the past 12 months, including one late last week that crippled major ports for three days. Without l...
The growing cyber threat to global shipping
Nov 13, 2023 (AFP)
The attack on DP World's ports -- which handle 40 percent of Australia's freight trade -- forced them offline for days and was the latest in a series of breache...
US arm of China mega-lender ICBC hit by ransomware attack
Nov 11, 2023 (AFP)
Ransomware attacks typically access vulnerable computer systems and encrypt or steal data, before sending a ransom note demanding payment in exchange for decryp...
Fake Bollywood video highlights AI worries in India
Nov 07, 2023 (AFP)
Rashmika Mandanna told her 4.7 million followers on X, formerly Twitter, that she was "really hurt" after a manipulated video showing her face on the body of an...
Sen. Josh Hawley calls for TikTok ban over Israel-Hamas war content
Nov 07, 2023 (UPI)
Hawley, R-Mo., sent a letter Tuesday to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who is also the chairwoman for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...
EU tells TikTok to 'spare no effort' to fight disinformation
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
The Chinese-owned app favoured by younger online users is one of 19 platforms that face stricter rules on tackling illegal and harmful content online under a la...
Blackpink star Lisa removed from Chinese social media after cabaret show
Nov 03, 2023 (AFP)
Lisa, whose full name is Lalisa Manobal, disappeared from Weibo this week, with her personal page replaced by an error message saying her account was "not viewa...
'Omnipresent' threat of interference from Russia, China: French MPs
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
The committee said in its annual report that in the "tense" current international situation the threat of foreign interference is "high". The report called for ...
China censors Li praise as it bids farewell to former premier
Nov 02, 2023 (AFP)
Li, an economist and fluent English speaker, died from a sudden heart attack in Shanghai last week at the age of 68, just months after stepping down as the coun...
Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky on government phones
Oct 31, 2023 (AFP)
The suite of applications would be immediately removed from government-issued devices and users will be blocked from downloading them in the future, said a stat...
Gaza Strip faces mass Internet outages, extensive cellular disruption
Oct 27, 2023 (UPI)
Paltel, the leading telecommunications provider in Gaza, confirmed a complete breakdown of all its services. In a statement translated by NBC, Paltel attributed...
'The war room': Israeli tech workers band together in hostage search
Oct 26, 2023 (AFP)
Gunmen from the Islamist Hamas seized more than 220 people -- including Israelis, foreigners and dual-nationals -- when they stormed across Gaza's border with I...
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