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Russia to pre-install its own apps on all phones, PCs, and TVs sold in the country
Russia has officially passed a law banning the sale of electronic equiment that are not pre-installed with Russian software. ...
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265 Indian fake news sites caught pushing anti-Pakistan propaganda
Researchers have discovered a network of 265 fake local news sites across 65 countries that are being used to disseminate ...
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CEO of ride-hailing giant Gojek departs $10B startup to join Indonesian government
Gojek founder and CEO Nadiem Makarim is stepping down from his chief executive role to take up a cabinet post in the newly ...
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China’s social credit system isn’t about scoring citizens — it’s a massive API
China’s emerging social credit system (SCS): rarely has a topic been more hotly discussed, and more poorly understood. When ...
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Advanced Israeli spyware is targeting Moroccan human rights activists
Two prominent Moroccan human rights activists have been targeted with sophisticated spyware built by NSO Group at least since ...
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Riot's message to esports pros: We want no part of Hong Kong controversy
Earlier this week the bottom fell out at Blizzard when it banned an esports pro from competing after he spoke out in support of the Hong Kong protests. It seems half the gaming industry (to say nothing of the wider tech industry) has gotten caught up in the ensuing fallout -- and ...
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Google banned a game about the Hong Kong protests
Tech companies' involvement with the Hong Kong protests just keeps getting more and more tangled. Now Google has banned a game about the protests, joining Apple and Blizzard in allegedly suppressing anything that might offend the Chinese government. The game is called The Revolution ...
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What on earth is Kim Kardashian West doing at a tech conference in Armenia?
Kim Kardashian West was on stage at WCIT 2019 in Yerevan, Armenia, for 1.5 hours. Pity she didn't have anything of value ...
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US puts Chinese surveillance tech firms on economic blacklist over Uyghur abuse
The US government has blacklisted 28 Chinese organizations for their alleged involvement in perpetrating systematic abuses ...
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State-sponsored Chinese hackers have been targeting Southeast Asia since 2013
PKPLUG, a previously undocumented threat actor of Chinese origin, is behind at least six different cyber espionage campaigns ...
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Chinese hacking group targets Southeast Asian governments with data-stealing malware
A threat group responsible for a series of malware-based espionage attacks has been increasingly targeting the Southeast ...
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China's new 500-megapixel 'super camera' can instantly recognize you in a crowd
Chinese researchers develop a new 500 megapixel facial recognition camera capable of capturing "thousands of faces at a stadium ...
