Leong Sze Hian defamation suit to be heard in open court in early July
The defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong against veteran blogger and financial advisor Leong Sze Hian will ...
Day: 9 June 2020
Lawrence Wong explains why no safe distancing on buses and trains: Journeys aren’t long and risks are transient
During a virtual news conference yesterday (8 Jun), Minister for National Development Lawrence Wong responded to questions on perceived inconsistency ...
Thailand: UN Human Rights Office welcomes acquittal of two human rights defenders
On Monday (8 June), the UN Human Rights Office for Southeast Asia welcomed the acquittal of two human rights defenders ...
IBM turns away from facial recognition business
IBM said Monday it is no longer selling general purpose facial recognition software and is opposed to using such technology ...
Sensitive data of ST Engineering’s US subsidiary was breached by group of cybercriminals
Recently, it has been discovered that a "sophisticated" group of cybercriminals, known as the Maze Ransomware, had gained unauthorised access ...
Permanent secretaries to be given powers to issue POFMA orders during election
The permanent secretaries for all 16 ministries will be given the authority to issue orders under the Protection from Online ...
回乡马国公民新措施 明日起无需批准信通行证
马来西亚首相宣布将步入修复式行管令，6月10日起自外国回乡的国民不必再向马国使馆或马国高级专员公署申请批准信或通行证了。 马国首相于周日（6月7日）宣布，将从明天起开始实施修复式行管令（PKPP）至8月31日。马国外交部配合有关调整，于今天在脸书帖文，指自外国回乡的国人无需再向相关当局申请批准信或通行证。 当局也表示，回乡的马国人可以改为在居家强制隔离，无需呆在隔离中心。该国国防部长依斯迈沙比利日前曾指出，明日起返回国家的人们，都必须在机场进行病毒拭子测试，结果呈阴性反应人士可在家中进行强制隔离。 回乡的人们在接受测试后，必须下载手机追踪应用程序（My Sejahtera）及戴上隔离手环，以方便当局跟进他们的行踪。
Portable Wearable Device to track movement creates an atmosphere of “Big Brother is watching”
"The Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative, Vivian Balakrishnan has just announced that a wearable device might soon be issued ...
SPP raises concerns over use of wearable contact tracing devices, Minister Vivian Balakrishnan issues clarification
Last Friday (5 June), Minister Vivian Balakrishnan announced in Parliament that a wearable device for contract tracing may be issued ...
【冠状病毒19】哈佛研究称 冠病19或去年8月已在武汉传播
哈佛医学院，根据据到医院就诊的卫星图像和搜索引擎数据进行研究，认为冠状病毒19（COVID-19）最早可能在去年8月，就已在中国传播。 该研究指，早在去年12月，有正式相关冠病疫情记录前，武汉民众前往医院就诊、相关症状网络搜索就已增加。 尽管无法证明上述迹象，与冠病传播有直接关联，惟也支持其他研究，表明在华南海鲜市场之前，病毒已出现。