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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Fri 15 September 2023: Journalists urge one-day boycott of Meta platforms against company’s decision to block news in Canada over contentious law. Montreal, Canada – Journalist and public relations federations in the Canadian province of Quebec are calling on the public to join a one-day boycott of Meta-owned social media platforms over the company’s ban on news-sharing in […]
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Fri 15 September 2023: Lawrence Page, 22, and Sergey Brin, 21, had never met before at Stanford University’s department of computer science, and they didn’t get along well at all. After graduating from Michigan University, Page had just started at Stanford for a PhD in computer science, and Brin, who was also enrolled in a […]
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Fri 15 September 2023: Despite great advances in Internet connectivity, around 33% of the global population remains offline in 2023, according to the most recent data from ITU, the UN technology agency. This is a slight improvement from 2022, when 2.7 billion people lacked Internet access. In 2023, an estimated 2.6 billion individuals would still […]
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