Mon 25 September 2023: Each day, you leave digital traces of what you did, where you went, who you communicated with, what you bought, what you’re thinking of buying, and much more. This mass of data serves as a library of clues for personalized ads, which are sent to you by a sophisticated network – an […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: Spam might not have brought an end to the internet or email, as some dire predictions in the early 2000s claimed it could – but it’s still a massive pain. Despite all the spam being removed by spam-filtering technologies, most people still receive spam every day. How do these messages end up flooding […]
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Sun 24 September 2023: After a thrilling seven-year, four-billion-mile journey, a saucer-shaped capsule carrying asteroid fragments that may contain information about the formation of the solar system slammed into Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday. The capsule then dropped to an on-target parachute-assisted descent in Utah. Only minutes away from landing! The #OSIRISREx main parachute has deployed […]
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Fri 22 September 2023: Gauteng MEC for Community Safety, Faith Mazibuko, has called on the public to be wary of cybercriminals targeting unsuspecting individuals on various social media platforms. “The public must be aware of cybercriminals, who target unsuspecting individuals on various social media platforms with the purpose of causing harm, demanding ransoms and scamming,” […]
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Fri 22 September 2023: After many years of designing and selling a variety of different cables to power and charge its devices, Apple has slowly switched to USB-C chargers for all of its products. The last device to swap is the iPhone, and it happened against Apple’s will. In October last year, the European Commission requested all phones and laptop […]
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Thu 21 September 2023: San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned brain computer interface company Neuralink is now recruiting its first test subjects for human trials to help those with paralysis control devices. The company said it has received approval from the reviewing independent institutional review board and the first hospital site to begin recruitment for our first-in-human clinical […]
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Wed 20 September 2023: An Israeli tech firm has unleashed a potent cyberweapon that leverages the advertising system to penetrate phones and computers, letting civilians be monitored on an unprecedented scale, a Haaretz investigation has found. The investigation included interviews with sources from Israel’s offensive cyber and security systems, and defence industries. The new spyware exploits the […]
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Tue 19 September 2023: Elon Musk has said that X, previously known as Twitter, is moving to introduce a “small monthly payment” for users of the social media platform in a bid to “combat vast armies of bots.” In a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday broadcast live on X at the […]
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Mon 18 September 2023: There is no convincing evidence, according to a study that was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, that YouTube encouraged anti-vaccine sentiment during the Covid-19 outbreak. Researchers looked at whether YouTube’s recommendation engine directed users who were looking for information on vaccines toward anti-vaccine content. The study involved participants […]
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Sun 17 September 2023: A government-ID based verification mechanism for premium users has been introduced by Elon Musk-led X (Formerly Twitter) in an effort to combat impersonation on the site and offer extra privileges, such as “prioritised support.” This ID verification service, which is now accessible in a number of countries, will soon be extended […]
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