Editors and journalists jobs to go in the latest deployment of Artificial Intelligence Theverge.com is one of a number of news sites to report the job losses at Microsoft News and MSN as the company replaces editors and journalists with AI tools in areas like the curation of stories. Read more here.
June is Cybersecurity Month at the IIC
The coronavirus pandemic has had a dramatic effect on how we all live and work, with most of us now working from home and staying socially distant from friends and family. The increase in cybercrime seeking to exploit the situation has posed challenges for organisations and individuals alike. We have designated June as our Cybersecurity… [Read More]
Rumours of the death of the password are exaggerated, for now
Biometric authorisation is becoming more common, but it’s still underpinned by the traditional password Almost every day appears to be a ‘Day’ of some sort, but one you may have missed occurred on May 7th. ‘World Password Day’ is designed to remind us all of the importance of updating our important passwords on a regular… [Read More]
In Conversation: Kiat How Tan and Andrea Millwood Hargrave
In the week that Singapore will implement its second phase of reopening from the COVID-19 “circuit breaker”, the Chief Executive of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Kiat How Tan, discusses with Andrea Millwood Hargrave, IIC’s Director of Regulatory Fora, the measures taken by the IMDA to address the needs of citizens during the pandemic…. [Read More]
‘Big Tech’ deals accelerate amid the pandemic
Regulatory scrutiny is not affecting the appetite for acquisition Alphabet, Amazon, Google Facebook and Microsoft have announced 19 deals so far this year, reports the Financial Times, the highest rate since 2015. The companies are at or near record valuations, have huge amounts of cash, and are looking to position themselves as the ‘winners of Covid-19’, according to… [Read More]
European tech companies rush to create Covid immunity passports
‘Health passes’ are sought by governments and companies in spite of privacy and immunity concerns Digital identity systems are seen as a key tool in enabling individuals to re-integrate into normal life and start-ups are busy building them, reports the Financial Times. The idea is to link a person’s identity to their coronavirus test results, with those… [Read More]