Wed 07 September 2022: Researchers in cyber security have successfully used charging cables to remotely access Android and iOS cellphones and swipe touch screens without touching them. They remotely cracked the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE, the Apple iPhone SE (2020), and cellphones made by Huawei, LG, and Xiaomi. The first wired attack on those smartphones […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Instagram was penalized €405 million by Irish authorities for violating children’s privacy. The ongoing issue centered on children’s data, notably their email and phone numbers. Some reportedly upgraded to business accounts to access analytics tools such as profile visits, without realising this made more of their data public. The company that […]
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Tue 06 September 2022: Apple Watch’s ECG heart sensor has once again saved a man’s life by sending him alerts for a low resting heart rate on almost 3,000 occasions. After his heart stopped an incredible 138 times over a 48-hour testing period at the hospital, David Last, 54, from the UK, hailed Apple Watch […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: Following the release of a number of new features, WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is probably developing a new feature for businesses that will allow them to manage chats from their connected devices in an upcoming subscription service from WhatsApp for businesses. According to WABetaInfo, users will be able to […]
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Mon 05 September 2022: The Information Regulator has established online portals for public and private bodies to use to submit their Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) section 32 reports and to register their Information Officers (IO’s). In a statement released on Friday, the regulator said the online portals intend to […]
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Sun 04 September 2022: Following years of controversy, Microsoft’s HoloLens project recently received its first order from the United States military. According to Bloomberg’s report on Thursday, Following the “encouraging results” obtained from the field testing, the tech-giant company is anticipated to deliver the initial unit of the goggles to the military. The Integrated Visual […]
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Sat 03 September 2022: The James Webb space telescope has revealed dazzling new detail of a previously known slice of the cosmos 32 million light-years away, in a new picture released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA). The infrared technology of the telescope, launched in December 2021, has allowed for an even clearer […]
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Fri 02 September 2022: Microblogging network Twitter planned to monetize adult content on its platform this year by enabling adult content producers selling memberships on the platform, according to reports. By enabling adult creators to use its platform in the spring of 2022, Twitter was reportedly going to challenge adult creator website OnlyFans. Since publishing […]
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Thu 01 September 2022: South Africa intends to enhance the teaching of robotics and coding in public schools through the establishment of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute. Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the AI Institute is being established in partnership with institutions of higher learning, in particular the Johannesburg Business School […]
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Thu 01 September 2022: A manager with Google in the US has resigned due to what she described as retaliation, a hostile environment and illegal measures by the company following her support for a letter from Google and Amazon employees protesting against the companies’ $1.2 billion collaboration with the Israeli military on a programme called […]
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