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      Court bid could open the door to Starlink without new law

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    How AI is being deployed in the fight against cybercriminals

    By Mark Nasila8 April 2022

    New technologies like artificial intelligence have made it easier for cybercriminals to scale up their attacks and make them more effective, writes FNB’s Mark Nasila.

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    Icasa’s data expiry rules could penalise the poor: Vodacom

    By Lungile Msomi7 April 2022

    Icasa’s draft amendments to regulations governing the expiry of data bundles, if implemented, could undermine product innovation that has made it more affordable for the poor to get online, Vodacom said.

    Seacom to acquire EOH telecoms assets for R145-million

    By Duncan McLeod7 April 2022

    Seacom has agreed to buy two businesses from JSE-listed EOH Holdings, Network Solutions (EOH-NS) and Hymax, for R144.9-million.

    Spam phone calls in South Africa: how to stop (some of) them (maybe)

    By Lungile Msomi7 April 2022

    The Protection of Personal Information Act came into full force last year, yet spam calls have not stopped plaguing South Africans. There is a way to fight back.

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    By Agency Staff7 April 2022

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    South Africa’s neighbourhood WhatsApp groups fuel surveillance, racism

    By Agency Staff7 April 2022

    Growing disillusionment with the police has contributed to a rise in community WhatsApp groups where residents engage in amateur surveillance.

    ‘Zuck Bucks’: Meta plans virtual currency, creator coins

    By Agency Staff7 April 2022

    Meta Platforms is readying plans to introduce virtual tokens and cryptocurrencies to its family of apps, the Financial Times reported.

    BlackBerry to settle lawsuit over defunct smartphone OS

    By Agency Staff7 April 2022

    BlackBerry plans to settle a more than eight-year-old lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by inflating the success of its long-discontinued BlackBerry 10 smartphones.

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