Technology

States are starting to make good on their promises to fight for net neutrality in the wake of the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to jettison rules that banned broadband providers from blocking or discriminating against internet content. On Monday, Montana Governor Steve Bullock signed an executive order effectively barring state …

Technological developments in improving road safety are leading to newer and better methods of road monitoring. SANRAL is piloting a panoramic CCTV camera at the N2/ R300 Swartklip Interchange, in Cape Town, which is notorious for high rates of incidents. The introduction of a panoramic camera and other new technological …

Mark Zuckerberg promised to spend 2018 fixing Facebook. Last week, he addressed Facebook making you feel bad. Now he’s onto fake news. Late Friday, Facebook buried another major announcement at the end of the week: How to make sure that users see high-quality news on Facebook. Facebook’s solution? Let its …

“South Africa, especially Johannesburg might look quiet at night, but actually, beneath it there is so much energy, color and life,” said Bleda. “For me, the freedom iPhone photography gives is quite amazing. It offers the photographer access to so many apps like Slow Shutter Cam, one of my favorites. …

OpenWeb has announced that it is now rewarding its clients with Avios on their LTE-A mobile data purchases. As part of the launch, OpenWeb is also giving away 2500 Avios to the first 50 clients that take up this offer. Clients will also collect 1 Avios for every R6 spend …

The international intelligence agency always has a keen interest in Iran’s hacking activity. And new research published by the security firm FireEye on Thursday indicates the country’s efforts show no signs of slowing. In fact, a new network reconnaissance group— FireEye calls them Advanced Persistent Threat 34—has spent the last …

Leading artificial-intelligence researchers gathered this week for the prestigious Neural Information Processing Systems conference have a new topic on their agenda. Alongside the usual cutting-edge research, panel discussions, and socializing: concern about AI’s power. The issue was crystallized in a keynote from Microsoft researcher Kate Crawford Tuesday. The conference, which …

Security researchers have raised the alarm for years about the Intel remote administration feature known as the Management Engine. The platform has a lot of useful features for IT managers, but it requires deep system access that offers a tempting target for attackers; compromising the Management Engine could lead to …

Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) SOC Ltd and the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) have signed a Letter of Procedure on the coordination of aircraft and reviewed an existing Joint Bilateral Agreement on Search and Rescue between South Africa (SA) and Zimbabwe. The letter entails coordination procedures for …

The world’s most valuable company crammed a lot into the tablespoon-sized volume of an Apple Watch. There’s GPS, a heart-rate sensor, cellular connectivity, and computing resources that not long ago would have filled a desk-dwelling beige box. The wonder gadget doesn’t have a sphygmomanometer for measuring blood pressure or polysomnographic …