What is Passport Verification and How Does it Work?
Passport verification is a crucial process aimed at confirming the authenticity and validity of a passport. This verification involves a meticulous examination of the...
Accelerated by COVID and AI, Global Digital Landscape Remains Uneven
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented acceleration of digital transformation across the globe – with spikes in data traffic, app usage, IT sector growth,...
Smart Africa’s Digital Academy receives a $20mn grant from the World Bank to expand across Africa
The World Bank (WB) is partnering with Smart Africa to scale up the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) initiative from a national to a...
Universal connectivity gets a $9 billion private sector boost
The mobile phone industry has pledged over $9 billion towards the goal of connecting the world, said the chief of the UN International Telecommunication...
‘Robot cars’ are coming. How can we make sure they’re safe?
The concept of “autonomous” cars, moving us all around in an orderly, congestion-free fashion has been around, in various forms, for decades. But, despite...
Global Cybercrime Treaty: A delicate balance between security and human rights
Cybercrime is a multi-trillion-dollar business. Drugs and weapons are being bought on the “dark web”, fraudsters are fleecing members of the public in elaborate...
Sora: OpenAI unveils A.I. that instantly generates eye-popping videos
In April, a New York start-up called Runway AI unveiled technology that let people generate videos, like a cow at a birthday party or...
How to develop ‘ethical AI’ and avoid potential dangers
After a year of hype surrounding the latest version of ChatGPT and other new AI tools, governments are starting to make concerted efforts to...
Researchers and small businesses join forces against hackers
Improved cybersecurity defences for electronic commerce have emerged from EU-funded projects.
By Tom Cassauwers
What do a Greek pharmacy, a Spanish multinational bank, a German foundation specialised...
World Economic Forum to Advance Improved Trade through Technology at MC13
The World Economic Forum will convene 300 ministers, business leaders, trade leaders and experts, as well as civil society, to examine the use of...