Sat 02 March 2024: Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is now letting all users make video and phone calls without needing to pay for a premium subscription. This move is seen as a direct challenge to competitors like Meta’s WhatsApp. Once reserved for X Premium subscribers, the feature is now […]
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Sat 02 March 2024: A US judge has ordered NSO Group, the creator of one of the most advanced cyberweapons in the world, to give WhatsApp the code for Pegasus and other spyware products, the Guardian reported. The judge Phyllis Hamilton’s ruling represents a significant legal win for WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta, […]
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Fri 01 March 2024: Meta has said that it will no longer offer new Facebook products designed only for news publishers and will not be entering into new commercial agreements for conventional news content in Australia, France, or Germany. Facebook News, a specific tab for news content, will be terminated by the company in the […]
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Wed 27 February 2024: The Association of African Election Authorities (AAEA) has launched a set of principles and guidelines aimed at getting the most out of digital and social media, while mitigating its potential harms. The guidelines, launched on Tuesday, emphasise the dangers of social media abuse, and call for responsible use and accountability from both […]
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Wed 27 February 2024: After ten years of investment, US tech giant Apple is apparently abandoning its electric car project to focus more of its resources on artificial intelligence (AI). Markets reacted positively to the announcement on Tuesday that the ten-year project was halted, with employees shifted to the company’s AI division. Apple is not […]
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Wed 27 February 2024: A proposed law in Canada would compel digital platforms to take down any harming online content—such as hateful and child-sexing content—as soon as it was discovered. The bill, referred to as Bill C-63, attempts to address a number of harmful sources, such as hate speech, terrorist content, child exploitation, sharing of […]
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Tue 26 February 2024: Tech companies showcased countless connected gadgets at the world’s biggest wireless telecom fair, the four-day Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which wraps up on Thursday. Here is a selection of highlights: ‘World’s first’ flying car US firm Alef Aeronautics displayed to the public for the first time the working model of what it says is the […]
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Tue 26 February 2024: Bitcoin retook the $57,000 level for the first time since late 2021, supported by investor demand through exchange-traded funds as well as further purchases by MicroStrategy Inc. The digital asset added as much as 4.4% to reach $57,039 before paring some of the jump to trade at $56,534 as of 6 […]
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Tue 26 February 2024: Google is under fire from followers of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “biased” responses by its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) tool, sparking calls for tough control of the new technology’s drawbacks. A response from Google’s AI platform suggesting that some experts believe the policies of the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, […]
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Mon 26 February 2024: Leanne Manas is a familiar face on South African televisions. Towards the end of 2023 the morning news presenter’s face showed up somewhere else: in bogus news stories and fake advertisements in which “she” appeared to promote various products or get-rich-quick schemes. It quickly emerged that Manas had fallen victim to “deepfaking”. Deepfakes involve […]
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