WASHINGTON – Digital rights activists have welcomed the introduction of a bill in the U.S. Congress to protect citizens’ data. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill that would prohibit intelligence and law enforcement agencies from accessing citizens’ data without authorization. The bill, called the Fourth Ame...
NEW YORK – The United Nations Security Council for the first time addressed the global implications of artificial intelligence (AI). U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that AI has the potential to cause “horrific levels of death and destruction.” He warned that it could “enable “a new level of authorit...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department has confirmed that anomalous activity was detected on its network last month. Spokesman Matthew Miller said immediate action was taken to secure the system. Microsoft was also notified immediately. Earlier, Microsoft said in a statement that hackers from China had targeted 25 organizations, includin...
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – A federal court in Louisiana has barred the Biden administration from communicating or meeting with social media companies. The judge who issued the ruling is Terry A. Doughty, who was appointed by former President Trump. The decision, widely seen as a victory for conservatives, stems from a lawsuit filed by the ...
ISTANBUL (AA): The US on Friday slapped sanctions on two companies and two individuals for their roles in facilitating Internet censorship by the Iran government. The Treasury Department said Arvan Cloud, an Iran-based technology company, had close links to Iran’s intelligence services and was a key partner in developing a countrywide in...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the Muslim world to invest more in science and technology for Muslim children to bring back the lost glorious heritage of the Muslim community (ummah). “Muslims once showed their leadership in science, technology, literature and culture. But why do the Muslims today...
Washington, United States (AFP): State-sponsored Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks, the United States and Microsoft have said while warning that similar espionage attacks could be occurring globally. Microsoft highlighted Guam, a US territory in the Pacific Ocean with a vital military outpost, as one of the t...
RABAT, Morocco (AA): Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed a memorandum of understanding with the International University of Rabat in the field of artificial intelligence and aeronautics research, according to the Israeli liaison office on Wednesday. The deal aims to establish a center of excellence in artificial intelligence and aeronauti...
Cape Canaveral, United States (AFP): The second-ever private mission to the International Space Station (ISS), organized by Axiom Space, blasted off from Florida Sunday, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to travel to the orbiting laboratory. Rayyanah Barnawi, a breast cancer researcher, is the first Saudi woman to voyage into space and i...
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (AA): The ongoing disruption of internet and broadband services in Pakistan is causing a daily loss of $5 million to the country’s IT sector, officials and market sources have confirmed. Internet and broadband services across the country still remain disturbed a week after the government shut down the services, followin...
