Egypt to host Huawei's first MENA cloud platform: Cairo
Egypt will host Chinese telecom company Huawei's first cloud data platform in the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt's telecom ministry said in a statement.
Telecom
Feb 26, 2019
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News tagged with human rights groups
Report: US company to stop sales of genetic tech in Xinjiang
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. says it will no longer sell or service genetic sequencers in China's mostly Muslim region of Xinjiang following criticism that they were used for surveillance that enabled human rights abuses, ...
Business
Feb 21, 2019
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EU court advisor sides with Google on 'right to be forgotten'
An EU rule forcing search engines to comply with requests to remove links should be limited to Europe, the senior legal advisor to the bloc's top court said Thursday in a boost for web giant Google.
Internet
Jan 10, 2019
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Sinking Greek village highlights nation's addiction to coal
If earthquakes struck in slow motion, the results might be visible in a place like the Greek village of Anargyri, a hardscrabble enclave in a black landscape gutted by coal mining.
Environment
Dec 19, 2018
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Who am I? Hunt for heritage drives Chinese to DNA tests
Chinese executive Miao Qing spits into a specially designed container, destined for a lab where her saliva will be analysed and sequenced, offering an insight into her genetic make-up and—more importantly—her ancestry.
Biotechnology
Oct 26, 2018
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Journalists slam pending Bangladesh digital security law
Journalists and human rights groups are demanding major amendments to a bill recently passed in Bangladesh's Parliament, saying it will further choke constitutionally protected freedom of speech.
Internet
Sep 28, 2018
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Google fights French 'right to be forgotten' in EU court
Google clashed with France in a top EU court on Tuesday arguing it feared for freedom of speech if forced to apply Europe's "right to be forgotten" principle worldwide.
Internet
Sep 11, 2018
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Rights groups urge Google not to bend to China censors
Human rights groups and other advocacy organizations Tuesday urged Google to abandon any plans to craft a censored version of its search engine that could pass muster with regulators in China.
Business
Aug 28, 2018
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Chinese police don high-tech glasses to nab suspects
Chinese police are sporting high-tech sunglasses that can spot suspects in a crowded train station, the newest use of facial recognition technology that has drawn concerns among human rights groups.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 7, 2018
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Opinion: Brazil must protect its remaining 'uncontacted' indigenous Amazonians
In a remote corner of far-western Brazil lies the Vale do Javari, home to one of the greatest concentrations of isolated or entirely "uncontacted" tribes in the Amazon. Unlike indigenous lands elsewhere in the country, which ...
Environment
Sep 19, 2017
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