Technology
Governments should inoculate citizens to prevent the spread of fake news

Russian intervention in the 2016 U.S. presidential election showed how disinformation could disrupt a democratic process. And due to the current reach of social media, the risk of fake news being disseminated is greater than ever. Foreign intervention in the Canadian federal election was relatively insignificant compared to the U.S. presidential election, but the potential […]

Updated: Nov 1, 2021
Panel backs cybersecurity bid

The state’s federal coronavirus relief aid steering committee Thursday endorsed requests by two agencies to reallocate a total of $2 million in federal funds and another agency’s request for up to $1.34 million to improve cybersecurity protections. The 15-member Arkansas Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act was appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson in March […]

Updated: Oct 31, 2021
NASA, SpaceX postpone crew mission launch due to large storm

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — NASA and SpaceX have postponed their Crew-3 launch to the space station due to a large storm. The launch, originally planned for early Sunday, is now rescheduled for 1:10 a.m. Wednesday Easter Day Time, Nov. 3, due to a large storm system meandering across the Ohio Valley and through northeastern […]

Updated: Oct 30, 2021
Rocket Lab Stock Is Rallying, but SpaceX Is Still a Parsec Ahead

Text size Rocket Lab stock is riding high after a string of new business wins. For now, it remains a much smaller company than SpaceX. Courtesy Rocketlab Stock in space-and-satellite-services firm Rocket Lab USA has surged recently after a string of new business wins. Shareholders are likely happy, as long as they can avoid looking […]

Updated: Oct 29, 2021
Foreign firms in China concerned over huge data transfer due to draconian social credit system: Report

Beijing [China], October 28 (ANI): As Beijing has imposed a social credit system nationwide to measure the reliability of individuals and corporations, the European Chamber of Commerce in China in its report has said the foreign firms, are worried about huge data transfers that are prospective to contain sensitive data, such as technical specifics and […]

Updated: Oct 27, 2021
EU tech rules should curb cloud computing providers, study says

BRUSSELS, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Draft EU rules to curb the power of Amazon (AMZN.O), Apple (AAPL.O), Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google and Facebook (FB.O) should also tackle providers of cloud computing services for possible anti-competitive practices, a study said on Tuesday. The report comes amid concerns that some EU lawmakers who are reviewing the Digital […]

Updated: Oct 26, 2021
Building a Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity

October 25, 2021 Brookdale Community College Building a Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity Offering a Great Career Path. Brookdale is a leader in cybersecurity education and well-positioned to establish a Center of Excellence for Cybersecurity Education. They recently received the County College Career and Technical Education Program Expansion Grant for $1,937,711 from the state of […]

Updated: Oct 25, 2021
Asia Internet Coalition raises concern over Pakistani data protection bill, calls it “vague”

Islamabad [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) has raised concern over the draft of the Pakistan personal data protection bill, 2021, and called it “vague” and made recommendations to bring it at par with the world standard. According to Dawn, the AIC wrote a letter to Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Information Technology […]

Updated: Oct 24, 2021
China science, technology news summary — Oct. 23

BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) — The following is a summary of published science and technology news of China. BEIDOU POSITIONING A dam deformation monitoring system based on BeiDou Navigation Satellite System has been put into operation in Usoi Dam in Tajikistan, according to China’s National Time Service Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Usoi […]

Updated: Oct 23, 2021
Rhode Island Cybersecurity Summit Addresses Election Risks

(TNS) — Local elections officials were reminded of a new and different challenge facing the country’s election systems on Wednesday at Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea’s virtual summit on cybersecurity. The reminder came from James Ludes. The director of Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy talked about former President Donald […]

Updated: Oct 22, 2021