Cyber Security

The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing to file a consumer protection lawsuit against ByteDance’s TikTok later this year on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. The justice department will not pursue allegations that TikTok misled U.S. consumers about their data security in the forthcoming suit, but will instead …

US DOJ Plans to Sue TikTok Over Children’s Privacy Violations, Bloomberg News Reports. Read More »

China’s Huawei Technologies said on Friday it had made breakthroughs in fields from operating systems to artificial intelligence, and that it had taken the company 10 years to do what the United States and Europe took 30 years to achieve. Richard Yu, chairman of Huawei’s Consumer Business Group, was speaking at the opening of a …

Huawei Says It Has Made Huge Strides, From Operating Systems to AI. Read More »

Tiktok and Chinese parent Bytedance on Thursday urged a U.S. court to strike down a law they say will ban the popular short video app in the United States on Jan. 19, saying the U.S. government refused to engage in any serious settlement talks after 2022. Legislation signed in April by President Joe Biden gives …

TikTok Says US Ban Is Inevitable Without A Court Order Blocking Law. Read More »

A judge on Brazil’s top court decided on Thursday to close an investigation into Alphabet’s Google and Telegram for allegedly coordinating their opposition to a bill aimed at cracking down on fake news. The bill, which is still pending, would require that internet companies’ search engines and social messaging services find and report illegal material, …

Brazil Judge Closes Coordination Probe Into Google, Telegram. Read More »

African ICT and communications ministers last week approved the Continental Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy and African Digital Compact, which aim to accelerate Africa’s digital transformation by unlocking the potential of the new digital technologies. From June 11 to 13, 2024, more than 130 African ministers and experts virtually convened for the 2nd extraordinary session of …

African Ministers Adopt Landmark Continental AI Strategy, African Digital Compact to Accelerate Africa’s Digital Transformation. Read More »

Kaspersky has discovered a new phishing scheme targeting Facebook business accounts, using legitimate Facebook infrastructure to send deceptive emails with threats of account suspension. Cybercriminals have devised a method to use authentic Facebook functions to send fake suspension warnings to business accounts. These emails, originating from Facebook, contain alarming messages such as “24 Hours Left …

Scammers Target Facebook Business Accounts. Read More »

Air taxi start-up Joby Aviation has gained regulatory clearance to deploy a suite of in-house software products designed to manage future air taxi operations and to enable the type of high-frequency, on-demand flights the company envisions. Permission to use the ElevateOS system was granted by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has now been received, …

Joby Gains FAA Nod To Deploy Software For Planned Large-Scale Air Taxi Network. Read More »

Nvidia shares gained 3% before the bell on Thursday, set to extend the semiconductor bellwether’s lead as the world’s most valuable company, after partners Dell and Super Micro Computer received server orders for Elon Musk’s AI startup. Nvidia, whose market capitalization surpassed that of Microsoft on Tuesday, was set to add more than $92 billion …

Nvidia Set To Solidify Position As World’s Most Valuable Company. Read More »

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) has hired one of Walmart (NYSE:WMT)’s top tech executives Srini Venkatesan to head up the company’s push into artificial intelligence as its new chief technology officer, the company told Reuters on Thursday. Venkatesan will oversee technology across the payments giant, including AI and machine learning, information security and product engineering, the company said. …

PayPal Hires Walmart Exec As Chief Technology Officer In AI Push. Read More »

Africa Data Centres, a business of the Cassava Technologies group, has unlocked funding that will allow them to expand data centre capacity and meet the growing demand for cloud computing services in South Africa. This was facilitated through a bespoke financing solution arranged by RMB. The financing agreement demonstrates the strong financial position of Africa …

Africa Data Centres Positions for Growth with ZAR2 Billion Funding Arranged by RMB. Read More »