Jun 8, 2018
On Saturday 2 June, just before 19:00 SA Standard Time, a small asteroid approximately 2m across, entered and exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere above southern Africa. In this event, a seismometer called SUR detected the explosion at 0,3 to 0,5 kilotons. An...
Jun 8, 2018
New research from price comparison website PriceCheck has revealed what items top the list for South Africans when they go online shopping, as well as their most prominent habits. PriceCheck has about 2,5-million people a month using its services. “South...
Jun 8, 2018
The High Court has granted Cell C’s application for an interdict, and has suspended the implementation date of the End-User and Subscriber Services Charter Regulations. “It was unfortunate that we had to resort to launching the High Court application in...
Jun 8, 2018
Still reeling from the effects of its massive data privacy faux pas, Facebook has admitted that a new bug could have affected as many as 14-million users. Chief privacy officer Erin Egan reveals that a bug automatically suggested posting publicly when some people were...
Jun 8, 2018
There’s a new cyber threat on the block, and it’s sneakier than anything we’ve seen before – undoubtedly the reason why it’s the malware of choice for hackers across Africa right now. In fact, though crypto-mining malware is relatively...
Jun 8, 2018
An ASA Tribunal appeal in favour of MTN has provided much-needed clarity to consumers regarding who can claim to be the country’s best network. MTN has won its appeal to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Tribunal, which has ruled that Vodacom must...
