Thu 13 January 2022: In a first for the African continent, South Africa is expected to launch three maritime-focussed nanosatellites into orbit on Thursday afternoon. The three nanosatellites – the first to be entirely developed on the African continent – will be launched from Cape Canaveral in the United States at about 5.25pm. The three […]
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Thu 13 January 2022: Over 80 fact-checking organizations from around the world have urged YouTube to do more to combat disinformation and prevent its online video platform from being “weaponized by unscrupulous actors.” In an open letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, organizations as diverse as Africa Check in Kenya and Politifact and the Washington […]
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Thu 13 January 2022: A senior government official of Nigeria said on Wednesday that a ban on Twitter will be lifted from midnight (23:00 GMT) onwards after the social media platform pledged to open a local office, among other agreements made with authorities in the West African country. On June 4, the Nigerian government suspended […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: A mother in the United States was shocked when Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa “challenged” her 10-year-old daughter to place a penny on a partially exposed live electric plug. Kristin Livdahl, the girl’s mother, said the dangerous suggestion came after her daughter asked Alexa for “a challenge to do.” “Plug in a […]
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Wed 29 December 2021: According to Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, director of the state-run Iran Grid Management Co. and a spokesman for Iran’s power industry, Iran has ordered the shutdown of authorized cryptocurrency mining centers for the second time this year as part of efforts to ease the strain on the country’s power plants and avoid […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: The United States auto safety agency has stepped up its probe into engine fires that have plagued some Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Motors Corp vehicles for more than six years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it had opened an “engineering analysis” covering about 3 million vehicles to […]
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Tue 28 December 2021: On Tuesday, Chinese internet users slammed Elon Musk after Beijing said its space station took evasive action to avoid colliding with two of his SpaceX satellites, a blow to the tycoon’s reputation in a country that has embraced his Tesla electric cars. According to a document submitted to the UN’s space […]
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Sat 25 December 2021: The world’s largest and most powerful space telescope has launched on a high-stakes mission to see light from the very earliest stars and galaxies, as well as search the universe for signs of life. On Saturday, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope launched into the morning sky from French Guiana on South […]
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Sat 25 December 2021: Athens says a new surveillance system will boost security, but critics raise alarm over its implications for privacy. Athens, Greece – “Let’s go see something that looks really nice,” says Anastasios Salis, head of information and communications technology at the Greek Migration and Asylum Ministry in Athens, before entering an airtight […]
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Fri 24 December 2021: A Moscow court smacked Google with a hefty fine on Friday. This was done because the tech giant failed to remove content that was considered illegal. The court’s press service announced on Telegram that Google has been fined $98 million. The fine was estimated as a percentage of Google’s annual earnings, […]
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