Congress

A bipartisan group in Congress is working on legislation that could regulate the use of facial recognition by the private sector, federal government, and law enforcement. “We have a responsibility to not only encourage innovation, but to…

SAN FRANCISCO: Four Democratic leaders on the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce committee on Monday wrote Alphabet Inc’s Google and Ascension Health demanding briefings by Dec. 6 on how patient data the hospital chain is…

According to Zarandi, Congress considers cryptocurrency a tool for evading sanctions and money laundering, and is therefore trying to legislate against Iran’s access to it, complicating Iran’s legislation. Commenting that the issue of…

The newly installed US Congress is expected to see a fresh effort to develop new regulations for big technology firms, with a focus on tougher enforcement of privacy and data protection. The wave of data scandals that have hit Facebook and…

In April, Mark Zuckerberg was called before the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees to take responsibility for Cambridge Analytica. It was a brutal hearing, and lawmakers seemed ready for new regulation. “This should be a wake-up call…

Reliance Jio is expected to showcase a live demo of 5G services at the India Mobile Congress in Aerocity and simultaneously at IIT Delhi and Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai, according to sources at the company and vendors. “Jio will…

Apple’s vice president of information security, George Stathakopoulos,   has denied that the company was hacked by China following news reports of interference in the electronics supply chain of many major U.S. companies. Although Apple…

Some 80 representatives from the cryptocurrency and traditional finance industries trekked to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday with a singular message for U.S. lawmakers: we need regulatory clarity on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings…

The phone makers are aiming to fill a gap in the market left by Samsung, still licking its wounds from a costly recall of its flagship Note 7 and with no key device of its own to launch at the telecom industry’s biggest annual fair. WATCH:…

The winner of Mobile World Congress day 0: nostalgia. pic.twitter.com/trkTVukSm8 — Vlad Savov (@vladsavov) February 26, 2017 But the show is not just about mobile phones anymore. Technologies which are set to become part of our daily lives…