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India's Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy urged Facebook to expand its operations to tier-two cities at a Facebook India party yesterday.

The upcoming CMA Tower in Riyadh is said to be tallest hi-tech tower in the world and will host the CMA headquarters, the government organization responsible for regulating Saudi Arabia's capital markets. Check it out…

Currently, four services on the GOV.UK website are supported by Apple Pay and Google Pay. These include the Global Entry Service, which supports quick entry to the US for UK citizens. Payments for online basic DBS checks, which are conducted prior to allowing one to work in certain sectors, also accepts the two mobile payment services.

The UK government has said it will allocate £250m for a National Artificial Intelligence Lab for the National Health Service (NHS) to improve patient care

Southeast China's Shenzhen city Nanshan district government has announced an agreement with the multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics giant Huawei to promote the adoption of blockchain, among other technologies, in the region.

IBM and Deloitte are renowned for creating customized blockchain solutions for their customers and clients. Today, millions of innovators are using prestigious IBM and Deloitte blockchain platforms to build, operate, govern, and grow a solution. These companies aim to bring revolutionary trust and transparency to various use cases such as supply chains, trade, cross-border payments, food supply, and much more.

As most of us might be aware, the Indian Government is still uncertain about using cryptocurrencies. NPCI or the National Payment Corporation of India announced the launch of Vajra, the permissioned blockchain platform. This has been developed primarily for making payments faster, easier, and transparent.

According to the recent announcement, the China government is ambitious to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to "dominate the digital commerce landscape and make the economy future-ready."

T-Block Accelerator, the accelerator program under the aegis of the Telangana Blockchain District, announced its partnership with Aeternity, Harmony, and Matic Network to ramp up blockchain growth.

Brazil Video Surveillance Market (2011-2016): Market Forecast By: Cameras (Analog and IP), DVR/NVR, Encoders/Decoders, Software, Verticals (Government & Public Infrastructure, Industrial, Commercial and Residential), Regions (Northern, Southern, North-Eastern, South-Eastern and Middle-Western) Increasing security related issues in the entire gamut of the society have alarmed every nation of the globe, especially when we commonly see thefts, crimes and terrorists attacks. With the crime system getting intelligent it has become a basic necessity for every nation to deploy intelligent and smart security systems. Incapability of physical security to provide 24x7 monitoring has opened the opportunities for smart and intelligent based video surveillance systems.

France Information Technology Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, IT associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on the IT industry in France.

From tapping phone lines to taking down governments, we present the pioneers of hacking

The US Office of Personnel Management falls victim to massive data breach - but what can be learnt from this latest cyberattack? The US Office of Personnel Management has confirmed reports of a massive data breach hitting its systems, with the personal information of over 4 million government employees compromised.

A selection of cities around the world which could be housing the next big thing. There's no doubt that the world as we know it is becoming an ever-more connected place as technology increasingly covers and governs much of our everyday lives.

by Joe Curtis| 02 September 2014 Could councils get a helping hand going digital? A proposed local Government Digital Service (GDS) would help councils digitally transform, according to a public sector IT body.

CBR lists 7 reasons why you should care about net neutrality. Net neutrality is the principle that ISP's and governments should treat all data on the internet as equal. This means that there should be no discrimination or charging of separate rates to different users, content, sites, platforms or applications.

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