The Boston Global Forum (BGF) Is the Strategic Alliance to host a Summit on AI Governance, Big Data and Ethics, a special program of the AI World Government Conference in Washington DC, June 24, 2019. The rapid acceleration of AI has led to a global call for AI...
Agenda of United Nations Academic Impact Charter Day Lecture
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U.S., E.U. agree on data-transfer pact
The European Union and the United States have agreed on changes to an important data-transfer agreement. The pact includes stricter rules for companies holding information on Europeans and clearer limits on U.S. surveillance. E.U. member nations are expected...
China’s intense campaign to boost its international cyberpower
China is pressing ahead with efforts to make it easier for dictatorships like that of Chinese President Xi Jinping to censor information on the Internet under the guise of “cybersovereignty’’. Cybersovereignty is a concept used to try to maintain the power of...
Firm calls Europe a leader in cybersecurity enforcement
An ABI Research press release says: "Europe is emerging as a global leader in national cybersecurity enforcement. The European Union (EU) and countries connected to the Council of Europe and the European Economic Area, including Norway and Switzerland, have...
‘Anonymous’ launches more hack attacks on ISIS
The Guardian reports that "'Anonymous' has launched another wave of hacking attacks against Islamic State (ISIS), taking over social-media accounts associated with the group and giving them an LGBT-flavored makeover.'' "The loose hacking collective, which grew...
Clinton campaign: No sign that hackers got into its computers
(June 21st, 2016) Bloomberg News reported on June 17 that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign said, in Bloomberg's paraphrase, that "there’s no sign that hackers have broken into its computer systems, but it’s well aware that Russian cyber operatives may be...
U.S. emphasizes it will keep Black Sea military presence
U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said that the United States will maintain its military presence in the Black Sea despite, in Reuters's words, "a Russian warning that a U.S. destroyer patrolling there undermined regional security.'' The USS Porter entered the...