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Android Users Beware: 40% of Smartphones Could Be At Risk
Which?, a consumer watchdog, has found that more than 1 billion Android devices are potentially vulnerable to attack – simply because they are running an older version of the OS. My Broadband reports that researchers found 40% of Android users…
New Wristband Buzzes When Your Hands Go Near Your Face
Nowadays we all really need to try our best to not touch our faces. It’s a society-wide effort in the face of COVID-19. Everyone from politicians and healthcare experts to content creators are warning against, but honestly – virus or…
INTERVIEW: Digital Payment Platform Offers Free Payment Processing for NGOs
The estimated 120,000 NGOs currently operating in South Africa play a vital role in and around our society. They provide services to millions of people in terms of health, education and poverty alleviation. On 27 February was World NGO day,…
Ultra-Rare Nintendo/PlayStation Hybrid Console Sells for $360,000 at Auction
The Verge reports via CNN that a prototype of the Nintendo Play Station, a console that would never reach the market, was auctioned for $360,000 over the weekend. The founder of Pets.com and Toys.com, Greg McLemore, had the winning bid.…
New Type of Nuclear Reactor Unveiled at the Africa Energy Indaba
Russian nuclear institution Rosatom presented a new type of small modular reactor (SMR) at the Africa Energy Indaba Forum in Cape Town last week, on the 3 and 4 March. Rosatom is currently the only company in the world to…
Nedbank Hack due to Poor Security at 3rd Party Facility, says Researcher
New information concerning the Nedbank data breach have emerged detailing the lax security at the 3rd party facility where the hack originated, reports My Broadband. Last month, IT News Africa covered the leak and the subsequent new information revealed by…
Game of Thrones Producers set to Adapt Highly Acclaimed Video Game
According to The Verge, HBO is working on adapting The Last of Us into a TV series. Since most video game adaptations to film are infamously poor, the writer and creative director of both The Last of Us video game and…
Top 4 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. This week’s articles cover topics from the app and social media sphere in WhatsApp’s new dark mode feature and Twitter…
Supercomputer in Kenya Helps Track Emerging Locust Swarms for Extermination
Just recently Kenya suffered the worst locust outbreak in 70 years. With fears of a second wave of the winged scourge blotting the sky over farmer’s crops, scientists are turning to a new tracking programme in the hopes of preventing…
SARS Working on Detection Tools to Find Cryptocurrency Tax Dodgers
It is a legal requirement to pay tax on your Bitcoin earnings, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) outlined in 2018. This requirement, however, is more difficult to enforce than conventional income or capital profit. As the name implies, it…
Microsoft Announces Global Entrepreneurship Programme to Help Startups Achieve New Heights
The Microsoft for Startups initiative has announced the launch of the new Global Social Entrepreneurship programme. Designed the make the world a better place, startups are creating new businesses built on powerful and innovative technologies. Innovators and entrepreneurs are finding…
PC Gamer? Volunteer your Rig to Find the Cure for Coronavirus
Folding@Home, a computing project that uses distributed processing power to find cures for dangerous diseases has announced that it is now working towards finding the answer to defeat the coronavirus. This information comes via My Broadband. The Stanford University project…
Twitter to Introduce a Stories Feature Called “Fleets”
Snapchat’s hugely popular “stories” format of sharing text, photos or videos that disappear every 24 hours has been copied and slightly altered by other massive social media websites – names like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have all adopted the feature.…
‘Chinese WhatsApp’ WeChat could be Censoring Keywords about Coronavirus
The most popular messaging app in China and counterpart to WhatsApp, WeChat – owned by the controversial megacorp, Tencent – has been censoring keywords about the coronavirus since as early as 1 January, reports The Verge citing an analysis. The…
All-Time Classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Released on Mobile
Video game and entertainment juggernaut Konami just released a mobile version of genre-defining side-scrolling action-RPG classic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night without no announcement of warning, reports The Verge. The game is currently available on both iOS and Android and…
Pay on Demand is Vital for Financial Inclusion in Africa, reports Mastercard
According to Mastercard, giving people the ability to pay only for what they use, as they need it, can lift millions of people across Africa out of poverty and make prosperity possible. A new white paper titled Pay on Demand:…
