America’s technology giants will not face heavy-handed regulations in Europe’s digital rule overhaul, sources said.
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Silicon is transforming battery and charging technology, leading to thinner devices, larger capacities and faster charging.
Physical AI dominated CES this week, yet questions persist over affordability, usefulness and mass market demand.
Google is rolling out a wave of AI features in Gmail, aiming to turn the e-mail service into a proactive “inbox assistant”.
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Protesters clashed with police in several areas of South Africa and looters ransacked shopping malls on Tuesday as frustrations over poverty and inequality boiled over into the country’s worst unrest in years.
Violent protests have dealt a body blow to South Africa’s efforts to rebuild the economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and pose the sternest test yet to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s authority.
President Cyril Ramaphosa pleaded for calm following days of protests that were triggered by last week’s incarceration of his predecessor and have claimed 10 lives, forced businesses to shut and weakened the rand.
Some of South Africa’s largest companies were forced to halt operations as violence erupted in parts of the country, with rioters torching trucks and looting stores.
South Africa will deploy soldiers to quell violence that erupted in the wake of former president Jacob Zuma’s jailing, the military said on Monday, after days of riots and looting left at least six people dead.
The World Bank has warned that here is a risk that most of the potential economically active population could be left behind, with the pandemic permanently impairing the country’s long-term prospects.
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New Zealand’s official privacy watchdog has described Facebook as “morally bankrupt” and suggested his country follow Australia’s lead by making laws that could jail executives over streamed violence.
Netflix has ended its support for Apple’s AirPlay wireless casting feature, claiming “technical limitations” are behind the policy change.
Technology companies such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter are set to face a statutory duty to protect UK users against a broad range of harmful content or risk “heavy” fines.
Pinterest plans to raise about US$1.5-billion dollars in its initial public offering of shares. The digital scrapbooking site will put about 86.3 million shares up for sale at a price between $15 and $17 each.
Stationery retail chain CNA has revamped its website to allow for online shopping, with functionality that allows Edgars and Jet account holders to make purchases on credit using their store cards. Edgars, Jet and CNA are all part of the Edcon group
SA universities have welcomed the establishment of the world’s most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Following the SKA Organisation’s announcement late last month that SA, Australia and New Zealand would share the R26bn project, local academics have spoken enthusiastically about
