Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law BBC UK to impose 48-hour online takedown rule for nonconsensual intimate images Reuters Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer The Guardian Ofcom to speed up decision on rules enforcing tech companies to block illegal images online The … Read more
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage may have started at a data centre in Virginia, but its effects were felt by millions worldwide. Apps for banking, e-commerce, smart home devices and social media slowed, glitched or completely shut down. With so much of our lives dependent on cloud services from Amazon, Google and Microsoft, do … Read more
The Trump administration on Tuesday added 80 companies and organizations to a list of companies that are barred from buying American technology and other exports because of national security concerns. The move, which targeted primarily Chinese firms, cracks down on companies that have been big buyers of American chips from Nvidia, Intel and AMD. It … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump is expected to reshape tech industry policy. Donald Trump had promised to curb the influence of Silicon Valley during his first presidency, which began in 2017. His relationship with tech leaders was marked by tension back then. He’s now won the United States presidential election for a second time, and those … Read more