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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday formally announced the establishment of a new cyber bureau at the State Department to help tackle cyber and emerging technology diplomatic issues.

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Indias Co-WIN technological platform which is spearheading its COVID-19 vaccination drive can be customised and scaled up for health interventions across the globe, a senior Ministry of External Affairs official said on Wednesday, noting that New Delhi is working on sharing this platform with partner countries. India News | Co-WIN Can Be Customised, Scaled Up for Health Interventions Across Globe: MEA Official.

Christopher Painter, a former coordinator for cyber issues at the State Department under both the Obama and Trump administrations, says greater international engagement is required to face down m

Two more countries have expressed support for a global minimum tax, cutting the total number of holdouts down to just seven. Peru and the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines have now signed on to the global minimum tax agreement, joining 130 other countries, including the G-20, representing the worlds 20 largest economies. The two countries had not signed on to the plan when it was first announced earlier this month. The two additional countries joined in recent days before the G...

The -- the -- sort of the hint of talks on cyberissues, obviously, russia -- the russian government is well aware, i assume, and correct me if im wrong, on the hacking groups. which exist in their territory. and i mean, nobody -- none of those groups could exist, i assume, without the permission of vladimir putin. so, is having talks -- does that really -- does it matter if they are willing to have talks? as long as they are willing to continue to support hacking groups? >> well, thats what we a...

President biden agreeing that the relationship between the u.s. and russia is indeed frayed. its at a low point. what do you believe needs to come from their meeting to perhaps bring some promise between relations? i mean, putin put it this way, he said a deterioration between the u.s. and russia. what could potentially come out of this meeting to solidify things better? >> its really at a low point. youve seen russian aggression and expansion of their ambitions. i think the fact that he met wit...

By Justin Katz   Rep. Michael McCaul on Thursday said the House next week will again vote on a bipartisan bill to establish a new Office of Cyber Issues at the State Department as well as an ambassador position for cyberspace. “I believe that setting up an ambassador at large is very important so that we have international norms and standards when it comes to cyberspace,” McCaul said at an event hosted by the McCrary Institute of Auburn University. The bill, the Cyber Diplomacy Act, which ...

“5G will certainly be in there.” – Peter Stuckmann, head of unit at the European Commission in charge of future connectivity systems, speaking about the EU’s upcoming ‘Digital Decade’ targets.    Story of the week: The Commission’s ‘Digital Decade’ objectives for 2030 will be presented on 9 March. We look at what could be in store for next-generation telecommunications. Podcast: This week, we take a look at what’s in store for the future of 5G in the EU, with a particular...

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