WASHINGTON – The U.S. consumer protection agency has unveiled plans to regulate the sale of personal data collected by companies. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra announced the initiative as part of a broader effort to improve the security of personal data and address risks associated with artificial inte...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Web services of some government departments in Bangladesh were finally restored on Wednesday amid warning of a cyberattack on official and private websites, officials have said. The country’s central bank and the election commission put their web-based services offline fearing cyberattack by an Indian hacker grou...
-Company said the action was taken to prevent the spread of medical misinformation through its platform. ANKARA, Turkiye (AA) – Social media platform YouTube has announced that it will remove content that contradicts guidelines from local health authorities or the World Health Organization. The company said the action was taken to preven...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish drone maker Baykar’s defense agreements have made headlines in the US media. Baykar signed the largest export agreement in defense and aviation in the history of Türkiye with Saudi Arabia last week. Following this agreement, the company signed a cooperation agreement with the Saudi Arabian Military Industrie...
WASHINGTON – A Pakistani-born engineering student is helping the US to bridge the digital divide. Taimoor UI Islam, a student in electrical engineering and computer science, has been working at ARA wireless living lab for two and a half years to bring digital technology to rural areas. ARA is a platform for advanced wireless research [&h...
JAKARTA Indonesia – Indonesia has blocked Elon Musk’s social media site X.com as part of its efforts to curb online pornography and gambling. Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology clarified that the domain had previously hosted content that violated Indonesian laws against “negative” ma...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Seven major technology companies have pledged to address the risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and use it for the benefit of humanity. In a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, they committed to ensuring responsible innovation. Biden said AI offered both “enormous” risks to global societies and economi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The U.S. has blacklisted two European-based spyware companies, Intellexa and Cytrox, for posing “threats to privacy and security.” The companies are owned by various Israeli nationals, including former military intelligence officer Tal Dillia. The companies are accused of dealing in cyber exploits used to gain acces...
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...
