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As Twitter grapples with the worst security breach in its 14-year history, it must now uncover whether its employees were victims of sophisticated phishing schemes or if they deliberately allowed hackers to access high-profile accounts.
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TechCentral put MTN's new 5G network through its paces and achieved significant speeds in all locations visited while network latency never breached 10ms.
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A widely anticipated meeting on Tuesday between the social media giant and the civil rights groups behind the recent Facebook ad boycott did not go well.
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Inside the new space race to connect everything on Earth - TechCentral
In a world divided between digital haves and have-nots, billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are trying to close the gap. The two entrepreneurs separately aim to launch thousands of small satellites to zip around the globe in what’s known as low-Earth orbit, or LEO. Their plan is to offer high-end
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Eskom bumps up load shedding as electricity demand climbs - TechCentral
Eskom will escalate the load shedding level from 1 to 2 at 2pm on Wednesday after it blamed high demand for the need to ramp up the rolling nationwide blackouts.
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Verizon joins growing Facebook advertising boycott - TechCentral
Verizon Communications said on Thursday it was pausing advertising on Facebook in July, in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms.
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Trump administration says Huawei, Hikvision backed by Chinese military - TechCentral
The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including Huawei and Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new financial sanctions.
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MTN will launch its 5G network next week - TechCentral
MTN South Africa will take the wraps off its plans for its 5G network next week, becoming the first of the telecoms group's 22 operations to launch the next-generation broadband technology.
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(BPRW) HBCU Buzz Presents: 2020 HBCU Top 30 Under 30 - The Black Chronicle
(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. ⁠ For the sixth year, HBCU Buzz presents the HBCU Top 30 Under 30, honoring the achievements of alumni of historically Black colleges and universities.
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IoT.nxt executives on tackling the skills crisis - TechCentral
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The era of free news for Facebook and Google may soon be over - TechCentral
Facebook and Google have for years operated like shop windows for news stories, plying their billions of visitors with free snippets and information from articles across the Web. An antitrust tussle that’s coming to a head in Australia is set to change that.
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US in major escalation of hostilities with Chinese tech firms - TechCentral
The Trump administration plans to finalise regulations this week that will bar the US government from buying goods or services from any company that uses products from five Chinese companies including Huawei.
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TechCentrals CxO Insights: Meet Standard Banks Emmerentia du Plooy - TechCentral
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Global population to peak in 2064 - and then go into sharp decline - TechCentral
The global population may peak at around 9.7 billion in 2064 before falling to 8.8 billion by the end of the century, a new study suggests.
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China is winning the trillion-dollar 5G war - TechCentral
China is building tens of thousands of 5G base stations every week. Whether it wins technological dominance or not, domestic supply chains may be revived and allow the country to maintain – and advance — its position as the factory floor of the world, even as Covid-19 forces a rethink in how
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China launches Mars mission in latest space challenge to US - TechCentral
China embarked on its most ambitious space mission yet, launching a probe to Mars on Thursday that ramps up the nation’s challenge to Nasa’s dominance in space.
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Jobs axe to fall at Primedia - TechCentral
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Telkom wants you off DSL - and as fast as possible - TechCentral
Telkom is stepping up plans to remove copper from its network and will no longer offer copper-based digital subscriber line (DSL) services in areas where it has deployed fibre.
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Tesla appears poised to electrify S&P 500 - TechCentral
Tesla appears on the verge of joining the SP 500, a major accomplishment for CEO Elon Musk that would unleash a flood of new demand for the electric car maker's shares.
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US urges coalition to counter China's 'disgraceful' menace: Pompeo - TechCentral
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday the US wants to build a global coalition to counter China as he accused Beijing of exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to further its own interests.
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Eskom plunges South Africa back into darkness - TechCentral
Eskom will implement load shedding for the first time in nearly four months, the state-owned utility said on Friday, as plant breakdowns reduced its ability to meet demand.
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Naspers loses out to Adevinta in $9.2-billion eBay deal - TechCentral
eBay has agreed to sell its online classifieds business to Norway’s Adevinta for US$9.2-billion (R152-billion), ending one of the largest auctions of the year.
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It’s one thing for stocks to bounce violently after losing a quarter of their value in a month, as they did in March. It’s another thing entirely to keep doing it after soaring back to record highs. And yet that is what’s happening with the biggest US tech shares, which just notched one of their
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Cell C says recap talks still happening despite delays - TechCentral
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