SINGAPORE – Airwaves for 3G mobile services in Singapore will be going on the auction block under a proposal by the sector’s regulator to boost 5G services, currently limited by the scarcity of 5G airwaves for islandwide reach. The auction, slated to take place towards the end of this year, comes as rights to the … Read more
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Think about the future of transportation, and you might envision the old animated show The Jetsons, with everyone flying around in personal spaceships. Not only did that never happen, but we are still piling into creaky old subways and buses.
PARIS (AFP) – Israeli’s NSO Group is in the eye of a storm over its Pegasus spyware – but it is far from the only company helping governments with their covert surveillance operations. Explosive claims that Pegasus was used to spy on activists and even heads of state have shone a spotlight on the software, which allows … Read more
SINGAPORE – Public officers reported 108 cases of data leaks by the Singapore Government last year, up 44 per cent from 75 cases in 2019. All of the incidents were assessed to be of “medium” or “low” severity, according to the second annual report on the Government’s personal data protection efforts released on Tuesday (July … Read more
SINGAPORE – Even before the Covid-19 pandemic hit and contact tracing became the norm in Singapore, Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) was already on the trail of people who came in close contact with those who had infectious diseases such as chicken pox and tuberculosis. But instead of using Bluetooth tech like the Government’s TraceTogether tool, SKH has … Read more
NEW YORK (NYTIMES, BLOOMBERG) – More than 1,500 workers for video game maker Activision Blizzard walked out from their jobs this week. Thousands signed a letter rebuking their employer. And even as the chief executive officer apologised, current and former employees said they would not stop raising a ruckus. Ms Shay Stein, who used … Read more