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Wed, 17/06/2020 - 18:17
United States-based broadband and networking semiconductor maker MaxLinear this week revealed that some of its operational systems were infected with the Maze ransomware.
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Wed, 17/06/2020 - 18:17
Senator Ron Wyden has raised concerns about the ability of U.S. intelligence agencies to protect what he describes as “some of the nation’s most sensitive secrets,” and he has sent a letter to the director of national intelligence asking for information on plans to improve cybersecurity.
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Wed, 17/06/2020 - 18:17
In an effort to restrict the availability of devices that can enable people to play pirated games on Switch consoles, last month Nintendo sued several stores offering products developed by Team-Xecuter.
According to the Japanese gaming giant, the SX Core and SX Lite hardware mods – which work on...
Human Rights Economic
Wed, 17/06/2020 - 18:17
ICT4Peace welcomes the release of Report of the UN Secretary General: Roadmap for Digital Cooperation 2020.
“Digital technology does not exist in a vacuum – it has enormous potential for positive change, but can also reinforce and magnify existing fault lines and worsen economic and other...
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Wed, 17/06/2020 - 18:17
I think it's fair to say that the lawyers for wrestling's WWE have found themselves playing the heel in the past. Perhaps it's the result of the company being run by known crazy person Vince McMahon, who has found his way to our site by being an IP protectionist among other things....
Economic
Wed, 17/06/2020 - 18:17
I was on a panel at the recent Registration Operations Workshop on the topic of DNS Privacy and Encryption. The question I found myself asking was: What has DNS privacy to do with registration operations?
Infrastructure and Standardisation Security
Wed, 17/06/2020 - 18:17
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted procedures for Phase I of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award up to $16 billion in support over ten years for the deployment of fixed broadband networks to homes and businesses. However, FCC has cast...
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Wed, 17/06/2020 - 18:17
In response to one of its own officers killing an unarmed, cuffed black man by kneeling on his neck until he was long past dead, the Minneapolis City Council pledged to defund the police department. It did this as the city burned and protests erupted around the nation. It maintained this pledge as...
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Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
FCC chair calls T-Mobile U.S. network outage 'unacceptable', vows probe reuters.com SpaceX's Satellite Internet Teases Sending Out Invites for Public Beta Tests uk.pcmag.com FCC has 'serious doubts' about SpaceX's broadband service cnet.com T-Mobile underwent...
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Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
Since 2016 I had been using an iPhone 5s. When I got it I was making a move from a Nokia Lumia 520, which I got because I wanted to try something new. The move at the time baffled most of my friends because they all asked “couldn’t you find an android in the same price range?”.
The Lumia...
Economic
Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
Joules says that a 40%25 rise in online demand during lockdown for its clothing and lifestyle products shows that its brand remains relevant to shoppers even during the coronavirus pandemic. But it warned that sales in the year to May 31 2020 were likely to be down by 12%25 and that pre-tax losses...
Infrastructure and Standardisation Economic
Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
Zalando has extended its Connected Retail programme to three new countries, offering more physical retailers a path to online.
Economic
Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
6 days ago I bought a new phone – if you have nerdy side that obsesses over gadgets you’ll already know how blissful that experience is. As with any beautiful story there are some humps along the way and mine came whilst setting up the new device.
I won’t bore you with the details of how things...
Economic
Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
The popular messaging platform is reportedly testing out 3 new features in beta updates for iOS and Android.
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The one thing that we all know about WhatsApp is the headache of changing devices. The hassle of trying to back up all the chats and then download them on to a new...
Economic
Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
Across the European Union and Candidate Countries, cartoonists have been targeted for their work by state and non-state actors from within and outside Europe. This includes online harassment and threats, attempted censorship and legal prosecution. The MFRR partners, joined by Cartooning for Peace (...
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Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
Econet has announced that they will be reviewing pricing of bundles and SMSs tomorrow.
Econet subscribers have been receiving the following message from the mobile network operator;
Dear Customer. Please take note, bundle prices for Data %26 SMS will be reviewed effective 17 June 2020. Dial *...
Economic
Tue, 16/06/2020 - 18:17
Another day another interesting regulatory measure by the Financial Intelligence Unit ( by extension the RBZ). This time the target being money changers operating on WhatsApp groups.
Here’s the FIUs full statement:
ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL FOREIGN CURRENCY TRADING ADVERTS1. The Financial...
Economic
Mon, 15/06/2020 - 18:16
[caption id=attachment_247686 align=aligncenter width=771] Rappler's Maria Ressa keynotes last year's Global Investigative Journalism Conference. Photo: Nick Jaussi[/caption]
The Global Investigative Journalism Network is outraged and alarmed by the conviction of our colleagues Maria...
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Mon, 15/06/2020 - 18:16
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