CIA sought revenge against Julian Assange over hacking tool leaks, court hears

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ISSUE DATE: 31 October 2021 TOP STORIES CIA sought revenge against Julian Assange over hacking tool leaks, court hears The CIA discussed kidnapping Julian Assange after WikiLeaks published thousands of documents revealing its arsenal of hacking tools, defence lawyers tell a London court. READ MORE → UK government launches consultation on AI in patents and copyright Evidence and views will be sought by UK government on how inventions and creative work made by AI should be protected. READ MORE → Benioffs and Salesforce put $300m into combating climate change on eve of COP26 $200m committed to reforestation and restoration efforts, and $100m for non-profits over the next 10 years. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

IN DEPTH Illegal state surveillance in Africa ‘carried out with impunity’ Analysis of surveillance laws and practices in six African countries finds that existing privacy laws are failing to protect citizens from illegal digital surveillance, which is being facilitated and enabled by global tech companies. READ MORE → UK government to drive gigabit broadband to half a million more rural UK homes Project Gigabit quarterly update Autumn 2021 reveals the estimated sequencing, scope and dates for the English Phase 3 rural projects which will see 570,000 more rural premises in line for full-fibre broadband. READ MORE → Cisco supports hybrid workforce augmented reality meeting solutions IT giant evolves collaboration suite to combine Webex meeting functionality with real-time, photorealistic holographic experience. READ MORE → Social media conglomerate Facebook on streamlining its hyperscale datacentre buildouts Facebook offers a look at how its approach to designing and building its datacentres has evolved to keep pace with the growing demands of its growing user base. READ MORE →

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