Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden's nominee to head the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, was skewered from both the right and left at a second confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
The UK government on Wednesday welcomed new measures introduced by Instagram to tackle online abuse in the wake of racist messages aimed at soccer players, but called for more action to be taken to stamp out the problem.
Cyber-security laws floated by Myanmar's new junta to allow it to ban content it dislikes, restrict internet providers and intercept data would violate human rights, a group of civil society organisations said on Wednesday.
The UK government on Wednesday welcomed new measures introduced by Instagram to tackle online abuse in the wake of racist messages aimed at soccer players, but called for more action to be taken to stamp out the problem.
WASHINGTON: There is not a specific timetable for the Biden administration's review of TikTok and other issues related to Chinese technology companies, and there are no proactive new steps being enacted now, the White House said on Wednesday. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki's comments to ...
BOSTON: A federal appeals court ruled that U.S. border agents do not need warrants to search travelers' smartphones and laptops at airports and other U.S. ports of entry, a practice that grew during the Trump administration. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston late on Tuesday ruled...
The COVID-19 pandemic has added urgency to the Bank of Canada's development of a digital currency and decision could come sooner than previously thought, a senior policymaker said on Wednesday, though he noted that a launch was not a "foregone conclusion."
Twitter Inc has thought about whether to hold bitcoin on its balance sheet, but it has not made any changes yet, the social media platform's Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal told CNBC on Wednesday.
Executives from Robinhood, Melvin Capital and Citadel Securities are expected to testify before a House panel at a Feb. 18 hearing exploring trading turmoil in GameStop Corp and related stocks, said two sources familiar with the matter.
Credit Suisse has lost its final bid to block the auditor chosen by Swiss financial supervisor FINMA to scrutinise the bank's activities in a spying scandal, according to a Supreme Court ruling published on Wednesday.
