Current Affairs Government Tech People’s rights infringed: Petition created to reject the use of wearable contact tracing device After reporting that the TraceTogether mobile application could not work well on… 003310 June 2020
Malaysia Tech M’sian COVID-19 tracking app crashed after gov’t announced RM50 to be distributed to those who download the app Back in April, the Malaysian government released several mobile applications to track… 00339 June 2020
International Tech IBM turns away from facial recognition business IBM said Monday it is no longer selling general purpose facial recognition… The Online Citizen9 June 2020
Tech 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… 00339 June 2020
China Tech China slams Facebook’s state media rules China said Facebook was unfairly targeting its biggest media companies on Friday… The Online Citizen5 June 2020
Current Affairs Parliament Tech Vivian Balakrishnan: Gov’t developing new “wearable” contact tracing device that will not require smartphones Since the Government introduced the contact tracing mobile application TraceTogether to facilitate… 00335 June 2020
Consumer Watch Finance Lifestyle Tech More than half of Singaporeans use mobile contactless payment, according to Visa study Mobile contactless payments are on the rise in Singapore with 56 per… The Online Citizen29 May 2020
ASEAN Tech Everything you need to know about privacy and data compliance on ASEAN contact-tracing apps This research on the ASEAN region’s newly launched contact tracing apps –… The Online Citizen26 May 2020
Tech Data privacy, ‘unexciting’ interface and battery-draining issue are reasons why Singaporeans are not downloading TraceTogether app On 20 March this year, the Government launched Singapore’s own contact-tracing app… The Online Citizen20 May 2020
Asia Tech Indonesia planning 10% tax on foreign digital services Indonesia will slap a 10 percent value-added tax on the digital offerings… The Online Citizen18 May 2020
