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Countries Resolve To Leverage Innovation, Promote Digital Inclusion For Those Furthest Behind
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 06:33:00 +1200 | UN ESCAP
Governments from across Asia and the Pacific agreed today to harness technological advancements and digital innovation for sustainable development, with special attention to the region’s most vulnerable countries and population groups. The United Nations ...More >>
Togo Elections: President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Must Uphold Internet Access
Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:42:48 +1200 | Access Now
On April 29 , people in Togo will head to the polls to cast their votes in the regional and legislative elections. Access Now and more than 20 organizations are demanding that the government and all internet service providers (ISPs) operating in the country ...More >>
Mandiant's M-Trends 2024 Report: A Testament To Progress In Global Cybersecurity
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:19:38 +1200 | Mandiant
Mandiant's M-Trends 2024 report serves as a clarion call for continued vigilance and proactive measures in the realm of cybersecurity. More >>
Warring Against Encryption: Australia Is Coming For Your Communications
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:59:35 +1200 | Binoy Kampmark
Those at X, and its executive, Elon Musk, begged to differ, choosing to restrict general access to the graphic details of the video in Australia alone. Those outside Australia, and those with a virtual private network (VPN), would be able to access ...More >>
Scientists Stencil-paint Carbon Nanotube Components For Flexible Transparent Electronics
Wed, 24 Apr 2024 05:11:12 +1200 | Skoltech
The resulting films turned out to have superior properties for manufacturing components for 6G communication devices and flexible and transparent electronics - such as wearable health trackers.More >>
Spark Business Group Attains Microsoft Solutions Partner Data & AI Designation
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:21:00 +1200 | Spark Business Group
The designation further validates the technical capabilities, experience, and ability of the Spark Business Group to deliver successful customer outcomes aligned to Microsoft AI and Microsoft Cloud, such as machine learning and AI using Microsoft’s developer ...More >>
EU-Israel Data Transfer Adequacy Greenlit Again: NGOs Call For Scrutiny Over Red Flags
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 14:17:37 +1200 | Access Now
Through an open letter , Access Now, EDRi, and nine human rights organisations are calling on the European Commission to scrutinise and reconsider its decision to re-confirm the data transfer adequacy with Israel made on January 15, 2024. Given Israel’s ...More >>
Censorship Wars: Elon Musk, Safety Commissioners And Violent Content
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 11:39:00 +1200 | Binoy Kampmark
Platforms such as Meta and X engage in their own forms of censorship and information curation, their agenda algorithmically driven towards noise, shock and indignation. All the time, they continue to indulge in surveillance capitalism.More >>
NZ Agencies Urge Young People To Be Safe Online As Reports Of Online Child Exploitation Continue To Rise
Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:08:31 +1200 | New Zealand Police
Parents, guardians, and young people are being reminded to keep themselves safe online as reports of sextortion continue and posts involving sexually explicit material of children continue to trend upward.More >>
AVEVA Previews Industrial AI Assistant In Collaboration With Microsoft At Hannover Messe
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 11:10:37 +1200 | AVEVA
New capabilities will transform how industries leverage generative AI to improve efficiency and drive sustainability in performance optimization More >>
Gaffer Tape And Glue Delivering New Zealand’s Mission Critical Services
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:45:36 +1200 | John Mazenier
Every debt, eventually, has to be repaid. Right now, the day of reckoning is fast approaching for one of the most crippling, but least discussed, debts burdening government across New Zealand – technical debt. Technical debt is the cost of generations ...More >>
Armis Warns Global Elections A Bullseye For Nation-State Cyberattacks
Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:45:24 +1200 | Armis
The 2024 Armis Cyberwarfare Report, The Invisible Front Line: AI-Powered Cyber Threats Illuminate the Dark Side, is based on a study of over 2,600 global IT decision-makers and proprietary data from Armis Labs.More >>
Makes Sense Present A Petition Calling For Illegal S*xual Content To Be Blocked
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:52:04 +1200 | Makes Sense
On April 11th, Makes Sense campaigners, Holly Brooker and Jo Robertson, presented their parliamentary petition, with 10,575 signatures, to ACT MP Laura Trask on the steps of parliament. This was followed by a meeting with Minister of Internal Affairs, ...More >>
Asia New Zealand Foundation Opens Doors To Singapore's Tech Innovation Hub
Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:11:57 +1200 | Asia New Zealand Foundation
The Asia New Zealand Foundation launched its latest tech industry internship, in partnership with SGInnovate, a Singapore government-backed investor and ecosystem builder focusing on deep-technology development. The internship gives students in ...More >>
NZ And US To Undertake Further Practical Pacific Cooperation
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:29:39 +1200 | New Zealand Government
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced further New Zealand cooperation with the United States in the Pacific Islands region through $16.4 million in funding for initiatives in digital connectivity and oceans and fisheries research.More >>
Google Cloud Report: A Deep Dive Into The Future Of Cybersecurity
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:41:05 +1200 | Google Cloud
As organisations worldwide embark on their digital transformation journeys, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a pivotal strategy, particularly in the realm of cybersecurity. A recent collaboration between the Cloud Security ...More >>
ManageEngine Simplifies Cloud Cost Management For Enterprises Across Multi-cloud Environments
Thu, 11 Apr 2024 13:10:53 +1200 | ManageEngine
Reduces redundant cloud resources and mitigates the risk of costly cloud sprawl Quickens cloud cost tracking, budgeting and forecasting through AI-driven models More >>
Scam Alert: Police Advise Public To Be Aware Of Phone Scam Posing As Officers
Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:36:15 +1200 | New Zealand Police
Pesky phone scammers’ latest move may be posing as Police officers seeking your financial details. More >>
Help Wellington Win A Webby
Tue, 9 Apr 2024 11:07:00 +1200 | WellingtonNZ
WellingtonNZ’s website is one of five finalists in the Travel and Lifestyle section – an achievement the Webby Awards organisation says is major and puts the organisation among the top 12 per cent of 13,000 projects entered.More >>
Our Intentions: Cyber Security Governance In Public Organisations
Mon, 8 Apr 2024 17:41:45 +1200 | Office of the Auditor-General
We have published some information about work we are carrying out to examine whether cyber security risks are governed effectively in selected public organisations. This work was signalled in our 2023/24 annual plan . Effective cyber security is essential ...More >>
