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Black Friday scam warning in South Africa

Today at 10:00 AM, via MyBroadband

South Africans nationwide have been falling victim to fake websites posing as popular e-commerce platforms. This is a major threat to the public leading up to Black Friday.

Trees and Land Absorbed Almost No CO2 Last Year

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

The Earth’s natural carbon sinks — oceans, forests, and soils — are increasingly struggling to absorb human carbon emissions as global temperatures rise, raising concerns that achieving net-zero targets may become impossible. “In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily...

Key to success for MVNOs, MVNEs

Today at 08:32 AM, via ITWeb

Minimise your capex, leverage managed services to reduce opex and build agile networks using flexible core network products.

Eskom shifts price-hike blame

Today at 08:29 AM, via MyBroadband

Eskom said it asked for price hikes because errors made by the regulator and government’s inability to rein in municipalities.

10× revenue in two years

Today at 07:02 AM, via MyBroadband

Increased activity in one particular segment has boosted a major energy company’s revenue despite a slump in solar demand.

Traces of meeting hall and houses found at bronze age site in Germany

Today at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Archaeologists say site near Seddin once had surprisingly densely populated community of farmers and traders

Archaeologists digging at the site of a bronze age kingdom in northern Germany have uncovered remains of what they say was a surprisingly densely populated community of farmers and traders whose lives were upended by climate change.

Traces of eight large houses have been laid bare in the...

What Milton and Helene reveal about the future of hurricanes – podcast

Today at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Ian Sample speaks to Bernadette Woods Placky, chief meteorologist at nonprofit Climate Central, about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season so far, and what it tells us about how hurricanes will behave in future

Clips: NBC News, ABC News, FOX weather

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Ward Christensen, BBS Inventor and Architect of Our Online Age, Dies At Age 78

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important cultural era of digital community-building that presaged much of our online world today. Friends and...

New Passkey Specifications Will Let Users Import and Export Them

Today at 03:10 AM, via Slashdot

9to5Mac’s Filipe Esposito reports: Passkeys were introduced two years ago, and they replace traditional passwords with more secure authentication using a security key or biometrics. To make the technology even better, the FIDO Alliance published on Monday new specifications for passkeys, which ensure a way to let users import and export them. Currently, there’s no secure way to move passkeys...

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