Belarus Bans Most Citizens from Going Abroad
Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from leaving, including many foreign residency permit holders. From a report: There are some exceptions, such as for Belarusian civil servants on official trips and state transport staff. The State.....»»
Moscow Tells 13 Mostly US Tech Firms They Must Set Up in Russia by 2022
Russia has demanded that 13 foreign and mostly U.S. technology companies be officially represented on Russian soil by the end of 2021 or face possible restrictions or outright bans. From a report: The demand, from state communications regulator Rosko.....»»
Advisor To EU"s Top Court Suggests German Bulk Data Retention Law Isn"t Legal
The battle between the appetites of European Union Member States' governments to retain their citizens' data -- for fuzzy, catch-all 'security' purposes -- and the region's top court, the CJEU, which continues to defend fundamental rights by reiterat.....»»
"We thought he had COVID but it was smog": Life in polluted Pakistan
Red-eyed residents cough, everything smells of smoke, and cars shine their headlights in the middle of the day. Smog has again blanketed Pakistan's Lahore, and its citizens are becoming desperate......»»
France bans wild animals in circuses
French lawmakers voted on Thursday to end wild animals being used in live circus shows, spelling an end to performing tigers, lions or bears......»»
Call Of Duty Team Ricochet Update Warns You Could Be Banned From The Entire Series, Including Future Games
Team Ricochet, the anti-cheat department for Call of Duty, has posted an update warning users could face permanent franchise bans. The post Call Of Duty Team Ricochet Update Warns You Could Be Banned From The Entire Series, Including Future Games app.....»»
Delhi shuts schools as government considers "pollution lockdown"
New Delhi authorities announced Saturday a one-week closure of schools and said they would consider a "pollution lockdown" to protect citizens from toxic smog......»»
Portugal Bans Bosses Texting and Emailing Staff After-hours
Portugal has banned bosses from text messaging and emailing staff out of working hours as part of new laws dubbed "right to rest." From a report: The move is part of changes being introduced to improve work-life balance in response to an expansion of.....»»
Women"s participation is essential to achieve global climate targets
We are engineers and scientists. We happen to be women, but first and foremost we are citizens of this planet who believe that immediate action is imperative to address the climate emergency......»»
China Bans Flightradar24
China has decided to ban access to Flightradar24, a real-time commercial aircraft flight-tracking service that provides equipment to volunteers to collect aviation data. A Chinese national security agency in 2020 discovered that a citizen with the su.....»»
Google bans 151 Android apps linked to an SMS scam campaign from the Play Store
Avast's investigation uncovered 151 apps linked to the UltimaSMS campaign. The first was Ultima Keyboard 3D Pro, for which the campaign was named. You can check the complete list of apps on Avast's GitHub......»»
Privacy commission demands Clearview AI delete all facial recognition data collected in Australia
Australian regulators have demanded that facial-recognition firm Clearview AI cease scraping the biometric data of Australian citizens and destroy all information and images previously gathered on them. According to the Office of the Australian Infor.....»»
International group of citizens and scientists creates feasible visions of a resilient, net zero future
As part of COP26, we asked people in six regions to imagine a globally net zero, climate-resilient future. Here's what they came up with......»»
Southeast Asia roundup: Indonesia wants to impose more bans on exporting raw resources
After banning exporting raw nickel to protect and promote local industries, Indonesian president Joko Widodo hinted that he will ban other exports of raw materials next year. The Philippines are expecting to see a bigger salary hike next year while t.....»»
APIs: The first-class citizens of business
The importance of having an explicit enterprise API management strategy plus an internal API program that puts that strategy into action......»»
Industry watch: How to estimate added value of enterprises
GDP is an important criteria to measure a country's income and social structure. GDP is the concept of added value. The total amount of GDP is equivalent to the total added value created by all citizens of that country. We can roughly come up with co.....»»
Trump"s Truth App Bans Criticism of Itself - and Also "Excessive Use of Capital Letters"
Time magazine spotted three things in the terms of service for former U.S. president Trump's "Truth Social" site: - Despite advertising itself as a platform that will "give a voice to all," according to a press release, TRUTH Social's terms of servi.....»»
What COVID-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa
It's been over 20 months since the World Health Organization announced COVID-19 as a global health emergency and pandemic. It's estimated that the resulting reductions in travel in 2020 alone wiped US$4.5 trillion from the global tourism economy and.....»»
Epic Says It"s "Open" To Blockchain Games After Steam Bans Them
Epic tells The Verge that it's "open to games that support cryptocurrency or blockchain-based assets" on its game store, unlike its competitor Valve which has banned games that feature blockchain technology or NFTs from Steam. From the report: When w.....»»
Valve Bans Blockchain Games and NFTs On Steam
Games that use blockchain technology or let users exchange NFTs or cryptocurrencies won't be allowed on Steam, according to a rule added to Valve's "What you shouldn't publish on Steam" list. The Verge reports: The change was pointed out by SpacePira.....»»
A Newspaper Informed Missouri About a Website Flaw. The Governor Accused it of "Hacking"
On Thursday, Gov. Michael Parson (R) called a news conference to warn his state's citizens about a nefarious plot against a teachers' database by a reporter from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. From a report: "Through a multistep process," Parson said w.....»»