Science/Tech
Dear Joe Biden: Don’t Listen to Silicon Valley
Unlike 20 years ago, today’s Silicon Valley culture is elitist and authoritarian. Its leaders are part of the problem, not the solution.
DoNotPay Unsubscribes You From Spam—and Tries to Get You Paid
There’s finally a way to get off of email lists with your privacy intact.
New Study Detects Ringing of the Global Atmosphere
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: A ringing bell vibrates simultaneously at a low-pitched fundamental tone and at many higher-pitched overtones, producing a pleasant musical sound. A recent study, just published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences by scientists at Kyoto University and the University of Hawai’i at Mnoa, shows that the Earth’s entire atmosphere vibrates in...
Elon Musk says full self-driving Tesla tech ‘very close’
A future software update could activate full “level-five” autonomy in cars, the Tesla founder says.
‘UK faces mobile blackouts if Huawei 5G ban imposed by 2023’
BT and Vodafone warn that users will face days without a mobile signal if a 2023 ban is imposed.
COVID-19 storm hits South Africa – Latest figures and advice on how to stay safe
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned that the COVID-19 storm has arrived in South Africa.
Tesla could develop its first fully-autonomous cars in 2020 – Musk
Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk said the carmaker is on the verge of developing technology to render its vehicles fully capable of driving themselves, repeating a claim he’s made for years but been unable to achieve.
TikTok removed from Hong Kong app stores
ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok is no longer available to download for either iPhones or Android devices in Hong Kong.
From lockdown to upswing – Click & Collect surges in South Africa
Ecommerce and Click & Collect is experiencing exponential growth – Here’s why.
Alienware M15 R2 Review: A Powerful Gaming Laptop
Packed with powerful hardware, this second-gen gaming laptop runs circles around the competition—for a short while.
Covid Kills More Men Than Women. Experts Still Can’t Explain Why
A new tracker from Harvard’s GenderSci Lab is the first to consolidate sex-separated data from across the US. It may help researchers solve the mystery.
Facebook bans ‘Roger Stone disinformation network’
The ally of US President Donald Trump was convicted of lying to Congress.
South Africa’s lockdown regulations will lead to social disaster – Expert
Lockdown regulations have created a looming social disaster in South Africa, according to Justice Project South Africa chair Howard Dembovsky.
IoT.nxt’s Nico Steyn and André Jacobs on the value of innovation
Promoted | In the third of a series of podcasts with IoT.nxt, the company’s CEO, Nico Steyn, and chief of product engineering, André Jacobs, join TechCentral for a discussion on innovation.
SA’s top brands Vodacom, MTN see limited COVID-19 impact
While the country’s leading companies will report a combined drop of over R65 billion in brand value, the telcos have weathered the storm.
Uber Moves Stealthily to Gain Allies in a Fight With Cities
Nonprofits and advocacy groups signed on to an organization called Communities Against Rider Surveillance—without knowing that the ride-hail giant was involved.
Larry Brilliant on How Well We Are Fighting Covid-19
Three months ago, the epidemiologist weighed in on what we must do to defeat this new threat. We went back to ask: How are we doing, and what comes next?
How to Use Slack Without Driving Your Coworkers Crazy
Many of us use it at work, but here are some tips on how to make Slack work for you. (Stop. Hitting. Enter. So. Often.)
Linkin Park T-Shirts Are All the Rage in China
The band hasn’t been cool for years. But its Minutes to Midnight logo is everywhere in the most populous country in the world.
Vodacom, Cloudflare join forces to protect firms from DDoS
The telco teams up with Web security company Cloudflare to offer distributed denial of service protection services.