Tag Archives: Countries

oneM2M specifications approved by more than 190 ITU member countries as ITU standard to simplify IoT adoption

More than 190 ITU-T member countries have approved oneM2M specifications as ITU standard, simplifying the IoT ecosystem lifecycle by minimizing development, deployment, and maintenance costs. The ITU-T’s SG20 Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities and communities (SC&C) approved oneM2M’s security specifications for IoT systems as part of the ITU-T Y.4500.3 series, making the entire… Read More »

Biden to support waiving COVID-19 vaccine patent protections to aid other countries

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the United States would support a global effort to lift intellectual property protections temporarily on coronavirus vaccines in an effort to help countries struggling with the weight of the pandemic to develop the shots more quickly. “The administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections but in service of ending… Read More »

Low-cost solar-powered hearing aids fill a need in developing countries

Howard Weinstein will tell you he has two daughters named Sarah, both born on the same day of the same year a world apart. One would die unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm during the night when she was only 10 years old. He would meet the other years later, a deaf girl living in Botswana… Read More »

Countries where coronavirus has been confirmed

Coronavirus is jumping borders, with more than 100 countries having now confirmed at least one case of infection. Stock markets around the world have been savaged, millions of people quarantined, and countries are scrambling to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, implementing emergency plans and travel restrictions on the worst-affected places. “The WHO has… Read More »

Why is the UK approach to coronavirus so different to other countries?

By Adam Vaughan UK prime minister Boris Johnson laid out new measures to tackle coronavirus yesterdaySimon Dawson-WPA Pool/Getty Images Why is the UK not taking action as drastic and quickly as other countries to tackle the coronavirus? Yesterday, the UK government issued new guidance, telling people with a cough to stay home. But it stopped… Read More »