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The UK retail arm of Apple paid just $7.7m in taxes last year despite raking in almost $1.7bn in sales, according to the company’s latest accounts. From a report: Revenue at Apple Retail UK, which operates 38 of the company’s stores in the UK, rose by more than 15% in the 12 months to 28 September. But after costs and expenses of around $1.7bn, the firm reported before-tax profits of just $47m,...
How Facebook’s most recent crisis started, and what it says about the company’s role in our lives.
Tesla’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. From a report: The chief executive officer has long offered exuberant takes on the capabilities of Tesla cars, even going so far as to start charging customers thousands of dollars for a “Full...
A quarter of the deleted videos contained adult nudity or sexual acts.
Media analyst William Bird says he has “no doubt” Showmax Pro will include live rugby and cricket when it launches in South Africa.
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.
Microsoft today published technical details about a new security feature that will soon be part of Windows 10. From a report: Named Kernel Data Protection (KDP), Microsoft says this feature will block malware or malicious threat actors from modifying (corrupting) the operating system’s memory. According to Microsoft, KDP works by giving developers access to programmatic APIs that will allow...
Canon has unveiled two new mirrorless cameras – the EOS R5 and EOS R6 – featuring its next-generation sensor technology, industry-leading image stabilisation, and the world’s fastest autofocus capability.
An estimated 14,000 people had infection over past two weeks, according to ONS data
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The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 has remained stable in England over the past two weeks, according to the Office for National Statistics, with an estimated 14,000 people having the infection.
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Promoted | Seacom CIO and head of Seacom Cloud Marius Burger joins the TechCentral podcast for a discussion on cloud computing and the company’s approach to market.
Windows can stay open say scientists behind speaker array that emits opposing pressure sound waves to counteract din
If the hum of passing cars and the clatter of trains drives you to slam windows shut on a hot day, a new noise cancelling system could be music to your ears.
Scientists have developed a sound control system that can be fitted on to an open window, allowing a breeze to waft in...
UK universities are testing a new online teaching link for students in China — which will require course materials to comply with Chinese restrictions on the internet. From a report: It enables students in China to keep studying UK degrees online, despite China’s limits on internet access. But it means students can only reach material on an “allowed” list. Universities UK said it was “not aware...
Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has thrown a spanner in the works over the appointment of six new councillors to Icasa at a critical juncture for the regulator as gears up to license new broadband spectrum.
The “Keeper” Magecart Group targeted at least six South African ecommerce websites as part of attacks conducted between 1 April 2017 and 7 July 2020, a report from Gemini Advisory has stated.
Security researchers say a smartwatch, popular with the elderly and dementia patients, could have been tricked into letting an attacker easily take control of the device. From a report: These watches are designed to help patients to easily call their carers and for carers to track the location of their patients. They come with their own cellular connection, so that they work anywhere. But...
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) will from August, begin to assess a significant number of taxpayers automatically, based on data received from employers, financial institutions, medical schemes, retirement annuity fund administrators and other third-party data providers.
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...
Unlike 20 years ago, today’s Silicon Valley culture is elitist and authoritarian. Its leaders are part of the problem, not the solution.
There’s finally a way to get off of email lists with your privacy intact.
A future software update could activate full “level-five” autonomy in cars, the Tesla founder says.