The Indian government issued an advisory to all social media platforms operating within the country on Tuesday in response to escalating concerns around the detrimental…
In its annual report, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) revealed that 45 journalists were killed in line with their work in 2023, marking the lowest total…
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A clause in a new UK criminal justice bill gives police the green light to run facial recognition searches on the database of Britain’s 50…
Western currencies have almost been completely phased out in Russia-China trade, as nearly all payments between the countries are now carried out in rubles and…
Santander Bank has successfully moved its corporate investment banking business to the cloud as part of its effort to migrate all of its operations. The…
Global government debt is projected to hit $97.1 trillion this year, a 40% increase since 2019. During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments introduced sweeping financial measures to…
“Buy now, pay later” (BNPL) loans surged in popularity during Black Friday and Cyber Monday in late November. As Christmas is less than a week away, Walmart…
The French Parliament passed a new immigration law Tuesday aimed at controlling immigration and improving integration. The law, which was approved by the commission mixte…
The lower house of India’s Parliament, the Lok Sabha, passed the Telecommunications Bill, 2023. The bill passed on Wednesday through a voice vote after the government…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced Monday that it shut down its office in the Nicaragua capital city of Managua at the…
Some 560 children were killed in 18 months in Russia’s war with Ukraine whereas 8,000 children have been killed in just two and a half…
More cities are experimenting with face biometrics in public transportation but the rollouts are proceeding at very different paces. The Southern Japanese city of Kumamoto…
IMF Chief Kristalina Georgieva has called for every government to implement some form of carbon taxes or “carbon pricing” in the near future. Yes, we’re…
The UN General Assembly voted on Tuesday in favor of a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution was passed by 153 votes in favor, 10…
The Council of the European Union has introduced changes to a proposed package of legislation to establish a legal basis for issuing mobile driver’s licenses…
Google has filed a pair of patent applications for software capable of detecting spoofed voice and fingerprint biometrics that could be used to gain access…
According to the identity verification survey* conducted by Regula in 2023, 9 out of 10 organizations in the telecommunications industry consider identity verification (IDV) a…
The concept of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) – the opposite of decentralized crypto – whose purpose can be summed up as a way to…
Kristalina Georgieva, a Bulgarian economist who serves as the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, said Monday that the IMF wants to see countries…