VPN downloads have jumped 14-fold in Russia, and even loyal officials now juggle phones to stay private.
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Cybersecurity leaders have urged the Trump administration to lift restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced public model.
The $22-billion cash-and-stock deal will hand Fox direct access to more than 100 million streaming households.
Opaque exchange-rate markups and transfer fees can swallow thousands a year – TechCentral has a look at how to keep more.
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Google has committed R688-million to support South Africa’s under-pressure media industry.
The ZAR Supercoin stablecoin is “purpose-built” for South Africa and is backed by the same company that owns Betway.
The new digital visa platform aims to position South Africa as a top global film production destination.
A dispute between WhatsApp and the Information Regulator of South Africa has been settled out of court.
Vodacom Group has announced what it has described as a “pivotal” agreement with Elon Musk’s Starlink.
Amazon has partnered with Vanu to deploy cellular towers in rural parts of Southern Africa using Kuiper satellites.
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For German luxury car makers, being first to fail is proving valuable when it comes to electric vehicles.
Adobe is in the early stages of allowing third-party generative AI tools inside its widely used video editing software.
The attempt to insert a secret backdoor into XZ Utils “may not be an isolated incident”.
Half of the world’s poorest countries are seeing a widening income gap with the wealthiest for the first time this century.
As Covid-19 vaccination rates allow for more of a return to normal, an obvious question is, what’s next for Zoom? The answer could be a lot more than video chat.
Herd immunity is no longer a discussion the world – or South Africa – should be having. We should start to avoid using that term in the context of Sars-CoV-2, because it’s unlikely to materialise in our lifetimes. By Shabir A Madhi.
