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Microsoft Co-Founder, Bill Gates Steps Down from Board
Microsoft announced that co-founder and tech advisor Bill Gates is stepped down from the company’s board of directors to dedicate more time to his philanthropic priorities, including global health in the age of COVID-19, as well as development, education, and…
University of Johannesburg Develops New E-Device to Monitor Health Stats
The University of Johannesburg (UJ)’s Institute for Intelligent Systems has developed a tech-driven toolkit to assist healthcare practitioners to monitor and diagnose patients, reports IT Web. The device is named e-mutakalo, the Tshivenda word for “Health”. The new smart toolkit…
TikTok Moderators Allegedly Told to Censor Posts by ‘Ugly, Poor and Disabled’ People
TikTok, the Chinese app on which hundreds of millions of users from all corners of the world share music videos, has allegedly instructed moderators to suppress posts created by users that are deemed too ugly, poor, or disabled for the…
Steam Hits All-Time Player Record as Users Self-Quarantine
The world’s top PC gaming platform, Steam, has surpassed its all-time concurrent user record with a 24-hour peak at 20,313,451, according to The Verge. [Tweet “The world’s top PC gaming platform, Steam, has surpassed its all-time concurrent user record with…
Beware: Hackers are Using the Coronavirus to Lure in Victims
The global panic about COVID-19 has everyone desperately searching for any morsel of new information about the virus. Adding to the chaos, cybercriminals are now using fake news about the outbreak to attract victims to infect with their malware, via…
Top 5 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the articles that resonated most with our readers. From the #DataMustFall backlash involving the likes of Vodacom and MTN to a set of new details of the Nedbank…
HPE Unveils Open 5G Portfolio to Speed Path of Telecoms to Revenue
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced a new portfolio of as-a-service offerings to help telecommunications companies build and deploy open 5G networks. The portfolio is for accelerating telecoms on the path to revenue growth with 5G and enables them to rapidly…
Social Media Addicts Can’t Multitask, reports Researcher
Doug Parry, an information scientist at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, says that humans “…can’t multitask. What we’re doing is rapid task switching”. So, the next time you’re checking social media during a meeting and think you’re paying attention,…
MTN Data Price Cut Announcement Expected Soon
MTN CEO, Rob Shuter says South Africans can expect an announcement from the telecom giant in regards to data price cuts shortly, according to My Broadband. This comes after Vodacom made a similar announcement after it had reached an agreement…
World’s Largest Gaming Event E3 2020 Officially Cancelled
IT News Africa previously reported on the supposed cancellation of the Electronic Entertainment Expo – E3 – for 2020, with many publications stating that companies close to the event were in the process of pulling out as the cancellation announcements…
Facebook Launches Community Accelerator Initiative in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
Facebook has announced the launch of the Community Accelerator programme, available in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. The Accelerator will be a six-month programme that aims to provide training, mentorship and funding to help community leaders grow their communities. Selected…
Dimension Data to Incorporate 3 of its Brands Under One Umbrella
Dimension Data says that it will retire its brands Britehouse, Internet Solutions and ContinuitySA in a move that will result in the group operating under one name. This will reduce the duplication it is experiencing within its subsidiaries, via Business…
E3 Event Reportedly Cancelled with Official Announcement Soon
The world’s largest gaming convention, the Electronic Entertainment Expo – E3 – will be cancelled this year, according to Ars Technica who were informed by multiple sources. The massive gaming event where the grandest developers and publishers in the world…
Leaked Code Unveils New Features for iOS 14
Improved mouse cursor support, gesture controls and a new home screen layout are coming to iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, via My Broadband. This is according to a piece of iOS code that was leaked. 9to5Mac says that the next…
Cybercriminals Find A New Way to Take Control of Your Devices
African Internet users, be they on their smartphones or desktops, are constantly at heightened risks for online attacks by cybercriminals. Cybercriminals are a desperate and innovative sort. For all of their faults, it can never be said that those that…
Vodacom Agrees to Drop Data Prices by as much as 40%
South African telecoms giant, Vodacom has agreed to reduce the cost of its data offerings by as much as 40%. This is following a finding that the country’s mobile data prices were the highest on the continent, according to a…
