Month: March 2023

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Month: March 2023

Satellites Could Beam Poorest Nations out of Digital Desert 
03/05/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Only a third of people in the world’s poorest countries can connect to the internet, the U.N. telecoms agency said Sunday, but low-flying satellites could bring hope to millions, especially in remote corners of Africa. Tech giants including Microsoft have pledged to help populations hobbled by poor internet services to “leapfrog” into an era of

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US Launches Aggressive National Cybersecurity Strategy
03/02/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The Biden administration is pushing for more comprehensive federal regulations to keep the online realm safer against hackers, including by shifting cybersecurity responsibilities away from consumers to industry and treating ransomware attacks as national security threats. The plan is part of the National Cyber Strategy that the administration released Thursday, outlining long-range goals for how

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Can AI Help Solve Diplomatic Dispute Over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam?
03/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

Ethiopia’s hydropower dam on the Blue Nile River has angered downstream neighbors, especially Sudan, where people rely on the river for farming and other livelihoods. To reduce the risk of conflict, a group of scientists has used artificial intelligence, AI, to show how all could benefit. But getting Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt to agree on

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Biden Administration Grilled Over $23B in Licenses for Blacklisted Chinese Firms
03/01/2023 iNews,iTechnology iMaster

The Biden administration approved more than $23 billion worth of licenses for companies to ship U.S. goods and technology to blacklisted Chinese companies in the first quarter of 2022, a Republican lawmaker said Tuesday. The data comes amid growing pressure on the administration of Democratic President Joe Biden to further expand a broad crackdown on

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