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Huawei, barred in US, offers app inducements in Europe
Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)
Having this week announced plans to spend $40 billion on European supplies, after being shut out of buying US-made chips and technology, the company has been a ...
Social media disinformation, surveillance growing: watchdog
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
An annual report on online freedom by the nonprofit group Freedom House found evidence of "advanced social media surveillance programs" in at least 40 of 65 cou...
Iraqis arrested for backing protests on Facebook: HRW
Nov 04, 2019 (AFP)
At least two people have been arrested and a third interrogated in Anbar province, a Sunni-majority desert region in the country's west, after Facebook posts. P...
Huawei moving on 5G while politics plays out
Nov 02, 2019 (AFP)
The new-generation telecommunication networks move data at blazing speeds, promising economic and technological advantages to countries where they are deployed....
US opens national security probe of Chinese-owned app TikTok: report
Nov 01, 2019 (AFP)
The report, citing anonymous sources, said the review by an intergovernmental panel may be looking into whether the app, popular for its music videos, was sendi...
Watchdog sues FBI over facial recognition secrecy
Oct 31, 2019 (AFP)
"Because of the FBI's secrecy, little is known about how the agency is supercharging its surveillance activities with face recognition technology," said Kade Cr...
Beijing eyes facial recognition tech for metro security
Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)
Long queues and commuters arguing with staff over slow security procedures are common sites during rush hour in the metro system of the 20 million-strong metrop...
Evidence of humans, not 'bots,' key to uncovering disinformation campaigns
Oct 29, 2019 (SPX)
A new study, however, has pulled back the curtain on one type of campaign called "astroturfing," which fakes the appearance of organic grassroots participation ...
WhatsApp sues Israeli firm NSO over cyberespionage
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
The suit filed in a California federal court contended that NSO Group tried to infect approximately 1,400 "target devices" with malicious software to steal valu...
China slams US for 'economic bullying' of Huawei, ZTE
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Monday that the proposed rules -- which also require carriers to remove any existing Huawei and ZTE equip...
New US rules would require carriers to remove Chinese equipment
Oct 28, 2019 (AFP)
The Federal Communications Commission said the rules -- to be voted on November 19 -- were part of an initiative to "safeguard the nation's communications netwo...
Tech-savvy activists debunk fake news engulfing Iraq protests
Oct 26, 2019 (AFP)
While their compatriots hit the streets in anti-government rallies, dozens of anonymous activists from Iraqi NGO Tech 4 Peace hunker over laptops, using virtual...
US senators call for security probe of TikTok
Oct 25, 2019 (AFP)
With 500 million users worldwide, TikTok has exploded in popularity in the past two years, offering a platform to produce and publish music-synced videos up to ...
Hackers target UN humanitarian organizations: Lookout
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
A report released by cybersecurity firm Lookout said the campaign aimed at UN-connected relief organizations has been active since early this year, and is craft...
China blocks almost a quarter of accredited foreign news sites: watchdog
Oct 22, 2019 (AFP)
Beijing bars its citizens from accessing the publicly available websites of 23 percent of 215 international news organisations that have journalists based in Ch...
Facebook steps up security amid fresh signs of Russia meddling
Oct 21, 2019 (AFP)
The leading social network said it was taking down more accounts for "inauthentic" activity and stepping up scrutiny of "state controlled" media seeking to mani...
House subcommittee calls for action on cyber threats to military bases
Oct 18, 2019 (UPI)
Rep. James Langevin, D-R.I., chair of the intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities subcommittee, at a hearing this week cited four U.S. military bases wh...
Universal Studios park in China to have facial recognition tech
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
The technology is part of a host of services owned by Chinese internet giant Alibaba that will be integrated into Universal's park, the companies announced at a...
China propaganda app fraught with security concerns: report
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
The app -- called "Xuexi Qiangguo" or "Study to make China strong" -- has accumulated 130 million users since its launch by the Communist Party's propaganda arm...
16th Air Force established as cyberwarfare unit
Oct 16, 2019 (UPI)
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh assumed command in a ceremony on Oct.11. The 24th and 25th Air Forces were inactivated and integrated into the new force, the Air Force a...
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