Heriot-Watt University begins work on new £2.5m cyber attack station

Work has begun on the development of a new optical ground station at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. The £2.5m facility will demonstrate and test satellite quantum secure communications and is scheduled to be fully operational by late autumn this year. Read More …

Pakistan to launch home-grown messaging app amid internet disruptions

The Pakistani government is set to roll out “Beep Pakistan”, a communication application designed for federal officials and employees. Shaza Fatima Khwaja, the state minister for information technology and telecommunication, said that the application was currently undergoing trial runs within Read More …