US senate votes to curb Internet privacy

US senate votes to curb Internet privacy

Internet users will have less privacy protection if a resolution passed yesterday (23 March) in the US senate is passed into law. The Senate passed a resolution of disapproval to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s landmark broadband-privacy rules...
iCloud data safe, says Apple

iCloud data safe, says Apple

Apple has poured cold water on claims that up to 300-million iCloud accounts have been compromised. This follows reports that a group calling itself the Turkish Crime Family had gained information on 300-million Apple iCloud users. The group apparently demanded a...
Individual rights on the line

Individual rights on the line

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover – Don’t be lulled into a sense of false security because laws and behaviours in the US may be aimed at curtailing abuses pertaining to data collection about individuals. Edward Snowden, the world’s best-known...
Hubble discovers a runaway star

Hubble discovers a runaway star

As British royal families fought the War of the Roses for control of England’s throne in the 1400s, a grouping of stars in the Orion Nebula was waging its own contentious skirmish. The stars were battling each other in a gravitational tussle, which ended with...
ConCourt rules on CPS contract

ConCourt rules on CPS contract

The Constitutional Court has ensured that social security grants will be paid from 1 April, having extended the current contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) for 12 months, while the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) transitions to a new system. The...
Eskom in Coega nuclear deal

Eskom in Coega nuclear deal

Eskom is forging ahead with the nuclear build programme, and has signed a collaborative agreement with Coega Development Corporation (CDC). Signed on Tuesday, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will see the two state-owned companies work together to support...