State Dept denies deleting data on halted program tracking abducted Ukrainian children
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday denied that data collected in a government-funded program that helps track thousands of abducted Ukrainian children had been deleted, but acknowledged that the effort had been terminated as part of Washington's sweeping freeze on almost all foreign aid.
Telegram, Musk-owned xAI partner to distribute Grok to messaging app's users
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's AI startup xAI will pay Telegram $300 million to deploy its Grok chatbot on the messaging app, aiming to tap the platform's more than one billion users and sharpen its competitive edge in the booming artificial intelligence market.
Data hoarders are rushing to save vanishing US health records
Computer science professor Niema Moshiri was watching TV last Thursday evening when his phone lit up with frantic messages from a virologist in Canada. The warning was urgent: back up the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website – immediately.
GitHub, Microsoft join Anthropic's MCP steering committee
SAN FRANCISCO, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft and GitHub announced they are joining the steering committee for MCP, the open standard developed by Anthropic to enable artificial intelligence (AI) models to connect with external data systems, at the Microsoft Build 2025 conference on Monday.
Kenya launches cloud-based portal to improve vaccine delivery
NAIROBI, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Ministry of Health launched a cloud-based portal on Wednesday to ensure that vaccines are delivered across the country seamlessly.
Volunteers on 'right side of history' fight Trump data purge
US volunteers restore health and climate data deleted by Trump administration - for everyone to use.
128,000 borrowers’ data stolen after breach of third-party system used by S’pore licensed lenders
SINGAPORE: The data of about 128,000 borrowers linked to a dozen licensed moneylenders was compromised after hackers breached the system of third-party IT vendor Ezynetic that hosted the information.
Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed big cache of data
Microsoft Corp’s AI research team accidentally exposed a large cache of private data on the software development platform GitHub, according to new research from a cybersecurity firm.
Balancing between data’s potential and its security
IN an era where data is king, the launch of Malaysia’s Central Database Hub (Padu) marks a significant milestone.
Trump administration halts program to track abducted Ukrainian children, lawmakers say
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers will call on President Donald Trump's administration to restore a program that helps track thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and to use sanctions to punish those responsible for the rights violation.
World's first-ever Muslim family law online repository is launched
Advocacy group launches world’s first online repository of Muslim family laws.
‘Collection of metadata poses risks’
PETALING JAYA: Like puzzle pieces scattered across a table, bits of digital data may appear meaningless on their own.
IBM: Strong data fabric strategies key to digitisation
PETALING JAYA: IBM Malaysia is recommending local organisations to base their existing business models on “data fabric” strategies to reap the benefits of digitisation while realising greater productivity and operational efficiencies.
Act swiftly to prevent further data breaches
THE allegation that the personal data of 22.5 million Malaysians born between 1940 and 2004, purportedly from the National Registration Department (NRD), have been stolen and sold on the dark web is a serious concern.
AI chatbots need more books - these libraries are opening their stacks
Harvard is releasing nearly one million books - dating back to the 15th century and in 254 languages - to AI researchers
Sabah could use a legal repository on its history, says Ongkili
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah needs a legal repository that keeps track of its historical data, says Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili.
US senators: CIA has secret programme that collects American data
The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Feb 10.
A wake-up call for data protection
From DR SODIQ OMOOLA Ahmad Ibrahim, Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia.
Privacy of biometric data in US govt agency’s hands in doubt, official says
An inspector general’s report is casting doubt on the US Department of Homeland Security’s ability to protect its massive repository of personal data from hackers amid a push by the Trump administration to vastly expand its collection of biometrics through the use of facial recognition and other tools.
Amazon.com joins push for nuclear power to meet data center demand
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon.com said on Wednesday it has signed three agreements on developing the nuclear power technology called small modular reactors, becoming the latest big tech company to push for new sources to meet surging electricity demand from data centers.
