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Some Republican leaders, including House Minority Whip, have written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying they suspect that Microsoft, which is in talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, though a US company, may be compromised.

US government considers Oracle's bid for TikTok, but China says deal...

The bid would be handled by a government panel that reviews foreign transactions for national security concerns.

15 Sept 2020 5:32 PM IST

The government should work promptly on consulting with industry players and civil society on changes that are required in the draft rules for e-pharmacies and notify them on priority. (Photo | Pixabay - Steve Buissinne)

Tech This Week | Regulating online pharmacies must be an inclusive...

The draft amendments and the e-pharmacy space needs to be more platform friendly as we advance.

12 Sept 2020 8:39 PM IST

Drone companies are moving away from targeting individual users and instead tailoring their products for government or commercial tasks such as inspecting pipelines, monitoring crops or police surveillance. DJI has made a push to counter the security concerns, most recently with a Wednesday announcement that it will enable an internet kill switch on more drones so that commercial and government users can halt data transmission on sensitive flying missions. (Representative Image | AP)

Leading drone maker DJI being sidelined in US-China rift changes tack...

Years before the push to ban TikTok and WeChat and blacklisting Huawei, DJI was already under watch as a potential...

11 Sept 2020 9:29 PM IST

Microsoft and Walmart together were involved in negotiations with ByteDance to buy TikToks US operations in which Oracle too was interested. But a new rule introduced by China recently may not allow for sale of the short-video platform to a foreign company. (Photo | Pixabay - iXimus)

'It'll either be closed up or they'll sell it', Trump says, refusing...

In an executive order last month, Trump had set a September 15 deadline for the Chinese app to either sell to a US...

11 Sept 2020 8:50 PM IST

Microsoft did not assess which foreign adversary poses the greater threat to the integrity of the November presidential election. The consensus among cybersecurity experts is that Russian interference is the gravest. (Photo | AP)

Microsoft warns of Russia, China hackers' attempts to influence US...

Foreign activity groups have stepped up efforts targeting the election as had been anticipated, Microsoft corporate vice...

11 Sept 2020 5:02 PM IST

The move indicates Huawei intends to push ahead with plans to create its own ecosystem, a challenge analysts say is daunting in a world dominated by Android and Apples iOS.

Android having pulled out long ago, Huawei set to launch own jazzed up...

The source code for HarmonyOS will be made available beginning in December to software developers who create apps for...

10 Sept 2020 10:34 PM IST

Remember when former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed that the American government was eavesdropping on peoples online data and communications? It was also revealed that Facebook gave US security agencies access to the personal data of Europeans. (Photo | thedaywefightback.org)

Facebook facing heat for sending EU data to US, which, like China, is...

A recent court ruling found that some trans-Atlantic data transfers don't protect users from American government...

10 Sept 2020 6:49 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights group said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights groups said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST

While it is understandable that social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter remove content that incites or promotes violence, they are not currently archiving this material in a manner that is accessible for investigators and researchers to help hold perpetrators to account , HRW said.

Not enough to remove hate speech, social networks must archive...

Online posts could also help document atrocities and abuses such as chemical weapons attacks in Syria and police abuse...

10 Sept 2020 4:22 PM IST

Mathematics teacher Basirat Olamide Ajayi, 36, teaches probability theory with the aid of playing cards, online via her mobile phone from her house in Lagos, Nigeria Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Ajayis free classes are attracting students from all over Nigeria, and now students abroad are joining. A recent request came from Canada. Ajayi says she is beginning to see herself as a global teacher. (Photo | AP)

Pandemic opens global opportunity for maths teacher taking classes on...

Students watch Basirat Olamide Ajayi's short math videosno more than 5 minutes longand respond to her questions.

7 Sept 2020 5:54 PM IST

If the US-based platforms could not agree with Australian media businesses on pricing after three months, arbitrators would be appointed to make binding decisions.

Would encourage Google, Facebook to cooperate with government on news...

I think people from these companies understand that when I say something, I mean it, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told...

7 Sept 2020 5:01 PM IST