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Google employees sign protest letter over China search engine: NYT
Aug 17, 2018 (AFP)
The employees are demanding more transparency so they can understand the moral implications of their work, said the Times, which obtained a copy of the letter. ...
Pentagon clamps down on fitness trackers, apps using GPS
Aug 06, 2018 (AFP)
Effective immediately, troops and Defense Department personnel working in certain operational areas such as war zones are prohibited from using GPS features on ...
Googlers bristle at censoring search for China
Aug 04, 2018 (AFP)
Google was scurrying to stop leaks and quell outrage inside the company over what had been a stealth project prior to a report this week by news website The Int...
Google developing censor-friendly search engine for China
Aug 02, 2018 (AFP)
Google withdrew its search engine from China eight years ago due to censorship and hacking but it is now working on a project for the country codenamed "Dragonf...
Amnesty alleges hostile government behind spyware attack
Aug 01, 2018 (AFP)
The group said one of its staff received a suspicious WhatsApp message by smartphone, containing a link that -- if downloaded -- would have installed Pegasus, a...
China's former internet czar charged with taking bribes
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
Throughout his career, Lu Wei used his political offices to benefit himself including "illegally receiving a huge amount of property," according to the official...
EU moving anti-piracy HQ to Spain after Brexit
Jul 30, 2018 (AFP)
The member countries also agreed to transfer at the same time the London-based Martime Security Centre Horn of Africa, which informs shipping about piracy threa...
Big tech firms agree on 'data portability' plan
Jul 27, 2018 (AFP)
The "Data Transfer Project" revealed by the companies responds to concerns about the growing influence of internet platforms and internet user concerns about co...
DARPA Selects Teams to Unleash Power of Specialized, Reconfigurable Computing Hardware
Jul 25, 2018 (SPX)
The program managers behind DARPA's Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) have selected research teams from academia and industry to explore the development o...
US, Australia work to improve cyber capabilities
Jul 24, 2018 (AFP)
Nowhere "is the need for innovation more critical than in cyber, which continues to be a pervasive threat to our militaries and to our businesses," Australian D...
US Senate Republicans drop bid to block Trump's ZTE deal
Jul 20, 2018 (AFP)
ZTE, found guilty of violating sanctions by selling US goods to Iran and North Korea, had been slapped with Commerce Department penalties that barred US firms f...
US cyberthreat at 'critical point': US intelligence chief
Jul 14, 2018 (AFP)
"The warning signs are there. The system is blinking. It is why I believe we are at a critical point," national intelligence director Dan Coats said Friday at a...
US lifts export ban on suppliers to China's ZTE
Jul 13, 2018 (AFP)
The US Commerce Department said it would continue to monitor the company to prevent further violations of US sanctions on Iran and North Korea. "While we lifted...
How a Macedonian town became a 'fake news' epicentre
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
"That's what the so-called fake news sites bought me," said the 20-year-old who did not want to reveal his last name. "I was earning about 200 euros ($230) a mo...
The online battle for the truth
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump has popularised the term "fake news", using it mainly as an accusation levelled at the media, and it is increasingly used by politicia...
US near to lifting sanctions on ZTE
Jul 11, 2018 (AFP)
ZTE signed an agreement to put $400 million in escrow to cover any future penalties for US sanctions violations, according to the statement. As a favor to Chine...
Fitness app revealed data on military, intelligence personnel
Jul 09, 2018 (AFP)
The revelation on the application from Finnish-based app Polar Flow comes months after another health app, Strava, was found to have showed potentially sensitiv...
As facial recognition use grows, so do privacy fears
Jul 08, 2018 (AFP)
The same technology, using algorithms generated by a facial scan, can allow law enforcement to find a wanted person in a crowd or match the image of someone in ...
Washington moves to block China Mobile from US market
Jul 03, 2018 (AFP)
The move marked the latest blast from the US under President Donald Trump in its growing trade dispute with China. US tariffs against billions of dollars worth ...
DARPA ERI Summit expands to include workshops regarding DARPA's future electronics investments
Jun 28, 2018 (SPX)
To kickoff this community-wide effort, DARPA is hosting its first annual ERI Summit from July 23-25 in San Francisco, CA. The three-day event will bring togethe...
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