The EU is seeking applicants for the next Registry of the .eu TLD, limited to non-profits, and is offering a five-year contract to manage 3.6M domain names
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UK's NHS contact tracing app won't work unless it's running in the foreground and the phone is kept awake and unlocked, and will also ask for users' location
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Sources: ICANN delays review period for selling .org registry to Ethos Capital until May 4, after California's AG raised concerns it would hurt non-profits
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Sources: ICANN delays review period for selling .org registry to Ethos Capital until May 4, after California's AG raised concerns it would hurt non-profits
Kieren McCarthy / The Register : Tweets: @anarchistdalek Tweets: @anarchistdalek : https://www.theregister.co.uk/ ... So the sale of the .org TLD was put on hold due to the fact that a massive shady ...
Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Akamai, and Netflix join MANRS, an Internet Society-supported initiative aimed at bolstering internet's routing security
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Apple has banned an app that lets people in Hong Kong keep track of protests and police activity, claiming it facilitates illegal activity
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Sources: Zuckerberg plans to add end-to-end encryption to Instagram and Messenger and integrate their messaging infrastructure and WhatsApp's by end of the year
Here's What To Do Reuters : Zuckerberg to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger: NYT Chief Chapree / Lowyat.NET : Facebook Reportedly Working On Cross-Messaging Feature for WhatsApp, In...
Senate report: Instagram dwarfs all social networks in Russia's IRA posts and engagements, yet Facebook execs have not been upfront about this
Body — New Reports Shed Light … Jason Parham / Wired : Targeting Black Americans, Russia's IRA Exploited Racial Wounds Wayne Rash / eWeek : Why Russian Social Media Activities Indicate Peril for Ent...
US Treasury sanctions three Russian individuals and five firms, saying they helped Russia conduct cyberattacks, including NotPetya, against US and its allies
Even as Trump was working hard … Alfred Ng / CNET : US announces more sanctions over Russian hacking Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : Founder of Cybersecurity Company Says His Firm Was Sa...
AT&T CEO pushes for an “Internet Bill of Rights”, a net neutrality law covering ISPs and tech firms, in a series of full-page ads in major newspapers
but why? Eric Johnson / Recode : How Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri finds humor in Trump's chaotic White House Debbie Emery / The Wrap : AT&T Calls for Congress to Pass Net Neutrality Law J...