Government

EU lawmakers' body agrees on safeguards against illegal data transfers

EU lawmakers' body agrees on safeguards against illegal data transfers

Consumer group welcomes proposed "dark pattern" ban.
Feb 10 2023 2:09PM
Germany seizes on Silicon Valley's woes

Germany seizes on Silicon Valley's woes

'They fire, we hire'.
Jan 31 2023 4:36PM
Shopee parent Sea commits to investments in Malaysia

Shopee parent Sea commits to investments in Malaysia

To create 2,000 jobs with warehouse, and cloud computing projects.
Jan 31 2023 9:08AM
SMSes from non-registered firms to be labelled as "likely scam" from Jan 31

SMSes from non-registered firms to be labelled as "likely scam" from Jan 31

Part of Singapore's scam prevention measures announced by IMDA.
Jan 30 2023 10:37AM
Thailand cabinet approves decree to combat online fraud

Thailand cabinet approves decree to combat online fraud

And supervise financial transactions.
Jan 30 2023 9:00AM
Japan, Netherlands likely to agree to restrict chip equipment sales to China

Japan, Netherlands likely to agree to restrict chip equipment sales to China

To be major diplomatic win for US administration.
Jan 27 2023 2:24PM
Philippines to speed up digital national ID rollout

Philippines to speed up digital national ID rollout

For seamless public-private transactions.
Jan 18 2023 9:30AM
US lawmakers call FAA outage last week as "unacceptable"

US lawmakers call FAA outage last week as "unacceptable"

Plan to conduct "vigorous oversight" to prevent future disruptions.
Jan 16 2023 11:56AM
Singapore, South Korea digital partnership comes into effect

Singapore, South Korea digital partnership comes into effect

To promote secure cross-border payments, document exchange.
Jan 16 2023 11:48AM
Japan, Netherlands on board in China sanctions, says US

Japan, Netherlands on board in China sanctions, says US

Chip-making machinery export rules to be tightened.
Dec 13 2022 3:08PM
Broadcom faces EU antitrust probe into VMware deal

Broadcom faces EU antitrust probe into VMware deal

Setback for the second biggest deal this year.
Dec 12 2022 10:47AM
Pentagon awards huge cloud contracts

Pentagon awards huge cloud contracts

US$9 billion each to Google, AWS, Microsoft and Oracle.
Dec 8 2022 11:40AM
EU position on AI rules draws criticism from lawmaker, consumer group

EU position on AI rules draws criticism from lawmaker, consumer group

Worried that all privacy issues not addressed.
Dec 7 2022 10:19AM
EU set to bar Meta from showing ads based on personal data

EU set to bar Meta from showing ads based on personal data

Ruling expected within a month.
Dec 7 2022 10:19AM
US lawmakers ease proposed curbs on Chinese chips

US lawmakers ease proposed curbs on Chinese chips

Due to corporate pushback.
Dec 7 2022 10:19AM
Republicans press TikTok on Chinese data sharing allegations

Republicans press TikTok on Chinese data sharing allegations

Likely to put pressure on ByteDance in Congress from next year.
Nov 23 2022 10:57AM
India proposes guidelines to combat fake online reviews, ratings

India proposes guidelines to combat fake online reviews, ratings

Initially to be voluntary but could become mandatory.
Nov 22 2022 10:11AM
Singapore updates food services industry digital plan

Singapore updates food services industry digital plan

Part of effort to refresh all 20 IDPs with more digital solutions.
Nov 22 2022 9:00AM
Senators push to ban US government deals with Chinese chipmakers

Senators push to ban US government deals with Chinese chipmakers

Seeks to block access to Chinese semicon products and services.
Nov 18 2022 9:45AM
IMDA to collaborate with Microsoft to address climate-related issues

IMDA to collaborate with Microsoft to address climate-related issues

To measure carbon emissions from software applications.
Nov 17 2022 4:46PM