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Old trick to keep Starlink out of South Africa

Wednesday at 18:56 PM, via MyBroadband

South African telecommunications operators are using techniques from an old bag of tricks to indefinitely delay Starlink’s ability to enter the country without going through middlemen.

Fake IT Support Calls Hit 20 Orgs, End in Stolen Salesforce Data and Extortion, Google Warns

Wednesday at 18:54 PM, via Slashdot

A group of financially motivated cyberscammers who specialize in Scattered-Spider-like fake IT support phone calls managed to trick employees at about 20 organizations into installing a modified version of Salesforce’s Data Loader that allows the criminals to steal sensitive data. From a report: Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracks this crew as UNC6040, and in research published today...

The Classic Story Comes To Life Disney’s Snow White Debuts On Disney+

Wednesday at 17:49 PM, via Tech Financials

Whether from the comfort of their living room or an enchanted forest, audiences of all ages can experience the magic and music of Disney’s Snow White when the film streams exclusively on Disney+ from 11 June. The live-action retelling of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs invites families and friends on a thrilling new cinematic adventure, one that also offers […]

ChatGPT Adds Enterprise Cloud Integrations For Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, Google Drive, Meeting Transcription

Wednesday at 17:43 PM, via Slashdot

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT’s enterprise capabilities with new integrations that connect the chatbot directly to business cloud services and productivity tools. The Microsoft-backed startup announced connectors for Dropbox, Box, SharePoint, OneDrive and Google Drive that allow ChatGPT to search across users’ organizational documents and files to answer questions, such as helping analysts build...

Africa’s Most Influential Mining Gathering To Calls For Unified Action

Wednesday at 17:36 PM, via Tech Financials

The Investing in African Mining Indaba (MI26), Africa’s most influential and transformative platform for mining leadership, investment, and innovation, has announced its 2026 theme, “Stronger together: Progress through partnerships.” This bold direction reflects the urgent need for collaboration across the continent to fast-track untapped growth opportunities across the entire mining...

Africa’s Most Influential Mining Gathering To Call For Unified Action

Wednesday at 17:36 PM, via Tech Financials

The Investing in African Mining Indaba (MI26), Africa’s most influential and transformative platform for mining leadership, investment, and innovation, has announced its 2026 theme, “Stronger together: Progress through partnerships.” This bold direction reflects the urgent need for collaboration across the continent to fast-track untapped growth opportunities across the entire mining...

McDonald’s South Africa Appoints Max Oliva As CEO

Wednesday at 17:24 PM, via Tech Financials

McDonald’s South Africa today announced the appointment of Max Oliva as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 July 2025.  Oliva brings more than three decades of executive experience in retail and supply chain management, with a strong track record of delivering operational excellence, building high-performing teams, and driving sustainable growth. He was selected following […]

Hollywood Already Uses Generative AI (And Is Hiding It)

Wednesday at 17:22 PM, via Slashdot

Major Hollywood studios are extensively using AI tools while avoiding public disclosure, according to industry sources interviewed by New York Magazine. Nearly 100 AI studios now operate in Hollywood with every major studio reportedly experimenting with generative AI despite legal uncertainties surrounding copyright training data, the report said. Lionsgate has partnered with AI company Runway...

The IRS Tax Filing Software TurboTax Is Trying To Kill Just Got Open Sourced

Wednesday at 16:46 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader shares a report: The IRS open sourced much of its incredibly popular Direct File software as the future of the free tax filing program is at risk of being killed by Intuit’s lobbyists and Donald Trump’s megabill. Meanwhile, several top developers who worked on the software have left the government and joined a project to explore the “future of tax filing” in the private...

Warning for people sideloading apps on Chinese cars

Wednesday at 16:03 PM, via MyBroadband

Users of South Africa’s most powerful bakkie are sideloading video streaming and social media apps that can be used on its main display while the vehicle is in motion.

Code.org Changes Mission To ‘Make CS and AI a Core Part of K-12 Education’

Wednesday at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

theodp writes: Way back in 2010, Microsoft and Google teamed with nonprofit partners to launch Computing in the Core, an advocacy coalition whose mission was “to strengthen computing education and ensure that it is a core subject for students in the 21st century.” In 2013, Computing in the Core was merged into Code.org, a new tech-backed-and-directed nonprofit. And in 2015, Code.org declared...

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