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Red Hat unveils digital sovereignty readiness assessment tool

Red Hat said on Feb. 17 it launched the Digital Sovereignty Readiness Assessment, a self-assessment tool that measures companies' digital sovereignty maturity. The tool evaluates seven areas such as data, technology, operational, assurance sovereignty, open source awareness, executive oversight and managed services. Companies receive a maturity score classified into four stages. The tool also provides improvement tasks, review questions and a step-by-step action plan, and Red Hat has released the source code.

Telecommunications & Media

YouTube outage restored during Lunar New Year holiday as recommendation system issue

YouTube’s mobile and web services were restored on Feb. 18 after an outage that disrupted video playback. Industry sources said normal viewing was not possible from about 10 a.m. on the app and website in both mobile and PC environments, with an error message limiting access to content. Google said the issue stemmed from a recommendation system problem affecting several YouTube services. Reports on Downdetector also surged, including more than 350,000 in the United States.

Crypto

Animoca Brands obtains digital asset services licence in Dubai

Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based digital asset venture capital firm, has obtained a virtual asset service provider (VASP) licence in Dubai, CoinDesk reported on Feb. 16 local time. The approval allows Animoca Brands to operate broker-dealer services as well as digital asset management and investment services in Dubai. Dubai set up the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in 2022, and major exchanges including Binance and OKX have also won regulatory approval there.