Japan
Copyright takedowns on Twitter have more than doubled in the first part of 2019
Copyright takedowns are being used as a censorship tool.
Privacy-focused browser Brave reaches top of Google Play store in Japan
The privacy-focused browser has been gaining steady popularity and user-base over time.
Fortigate & Pulse VPNs hit by hackers
This isn’t the first time these VPNs have faced the issue of security flaws.
Japan outlines rules to rein in big tech monopolies
The push for more regulation comes down to preventing Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon from abusing user data they collect, and the market position this data gives them.
Many Twitter users want to opt out of the new redesign
Twitter’s recent design changes haven’t gone over well with all users.
2 billion smart home records left exposed on the internet
The Orvibo website claims that the company supports millions of IoT devices and it can guarantee that data are safe and secured. However, researchers discovered otherwise.
Yahoo! Japan’s new system looks suspiciously like a social credit score
Yahoo! may be all but dead everywhere else, but it’s still big in Japan.