April 17, 2025
US issues warning over new Zambian cyber-security law
The US embassy in Zambia has warned its citizens to be wary of a new "intrusive" cyber-security law introduced in the southern African country. The embassy issued an alert telling Americans "in or planning to visit Zambia of a new law that requires…
April 6, 2025
China hit brakes on TikTok deal after Trump announced wide-ranging tariffs, AP source says
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said he is signing an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 75 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American…
March 11, 2025
Thousands report outages of Musk’s X platform
Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced massive outages throughout Monday morning that impacted thousands of users in the US and UK. The outage came as platform monitor Downdetector said it had seen tens of…
March 2, 2025
Microsoft shutting down Skype in May
Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011, which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online. The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its…
February 18, 2025
DeepSeek ‘shared user data’ with TikTok owner ByteDance
South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China. "We confirmed DeepSeek communicating with ByteDance," the South Korean data protection regulator told Yonhap News Agency. The country had…
February 11, 2025
Musk-led group makes $97.4bn bid for ChatGPT maker OpenAI
A consortium of investors led by Elon Musk offered $97.4bn to take over OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.The billionaire's attorney, Marc Toberoff, confirmed he submitted the bid for "all assets" of the tech company to its board on Monday. The offer is…
January 17, 2025
TikTok ban upheld by Supreme Court days before law takes effect
The Supreme Court on Friday, January 17, 2025, upheld a law set to ban social media platform TikTok in less than 48 hours. "There is no doubt that, for more than 170 million Americans, TikTok offers a distinctive and expansive outlet for expression,…
January 12, 2025
Supreme Court seems likely to uphold a law that could ban TikTok in the U.S. on Jan. 19
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday seemed likely to uphold a law that would ban TikTok in the United States beginning Jan. 19 unless the popular social media program is sold by its China-based parent company. Hearing arguments in a…
December 27, 2024
S Korean crypto-boss Do Kwon to be extradited to US
South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon will be extradited to the United States from Montenegro over the collapse of two digital tokens - TerraUSD and Luna tokens. For months, the US and South Korea have been seeking Kwon's extradition,…
December 20, 2024
Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG) – Cyber Incident Notice #1
The Department of Digitization & E-Government Technology (DETI), under the remit of the Ministry of Finance, Investment and Trade has activated its critical management protocols to address a possible breach to segments of the TCIG network on…