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Biden tells Putin Russia needs to crack down on cybercriminals

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Friday phone call that he must “take action” against cybercriminals acting in...

REvil – the hacking group that extorted hundreds of companies – in one minute or less

REvil, one of the most notorious and ambitious hacking groups today, has launched attacks against hundreds of companies worldwide, often demanding and receiving millions...

US sanctions a Chinese facial recognition company with Silicon Valley funding

The US Department of Commerce has sanctioned 14 Chinese tech companies over links to human rights abuses against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, including one backed by a top Silicon Valley investment firm. DeepGlint, also known as Beijing Geling Shentong Information Technology Co., Ltd., is a facial recognition company with deep ties to Chinese police surveillance, [...]

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he’s ‘totally supportive’ of tech users right to fix their gadgets, which Apple has been lobbying against

Steve Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs, says he's fully in support of the movement to make it easier for users to fix their tech gadget themselves or through a third-party. "It's time to recognize the right to repair more fully," he said in a recent video message on Cameo . That stance puts [...]

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Apple’s 5G dominance with the iPhone 12 shows connectivity alone doesn’t sell

The iPhone 12 series lands at the top of the smartphone price range. With its debut, Apple somewhat arrogantly announced on stage along with Verizon that “5G just got real.: It was right. The iPhone 12 may have come later than 5G phones from Xiaomi, OnePlus, and even Samsung — and it definitely costs a [...]

Pentagon Scraps $10 Bn Cloud Contract Amid Amazon-Microsoft Dispute

The Pentagon said Tuesday it was scrapping a $10 billion cloud computing contract which sparked a heated dispute between Amazon and Microsoft. A Defense Department statement said the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract would be canceled because it no longer meets current needs and that it would start a process for a "multi-cloud/multi-vendor" computing [...]

KPMG Private Enterprise crowns Khula! as Africa’s top tech innovator

KPMG South Africa has announced the winners of its four-month-long KPMG Private Enterprise Tech Innovator in Africa competition, which sought to recognise Africa’s most successful technology innovators across the continent, with Khula! coming out as the leading tech innovator. This global competition, which was created to include 16 countries across most major regions of the [...]

Windows 11: Microsoft reaffirms the importance of PCs

Practically speaking, as with virtually every other Windows OS update, Windows 11 provides a good reason for people to look at upgrading...

Huawei pens deal with African Telecommunications Union

The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with tech giant Huawei that will see African countries and organizations build capacity for ICT transformation.

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