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Prepaid electricity meter warning

Today at 08:00 AM, via MyBroadband

Eskom has warned about prepaid electricity scams circulating on social media through which South Africans risk losing their money.

Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds

Today at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment

Scientists have issued an urgent warning that some of the synthetic chemicals that help underpin the current food system are driving increased rates of cancer, neurodevelopmental conditions and infertility, while degrading the foundations of global agriculture.

The health burden...

Digitap vs. Remittix: Which Payment Token Claims the Best Crypto Presale Crown in 2025?

Today at 07:00 AM, via Tech Financials

The crypto presale market is heating up as two payment-focused projects compete for investor attention. Remittix has built momentum around its crypto-to-fiat remittance solution, raising funds with a promise to simplify cross-border transfers.  At the same time, Digitap ($TAP) crosses $2.3 million in presale funding and delivers something far more ambitious: a live, working omni-banking […]

FSCA Slaps Relocations Group With R12.6M Fine, 15-Year Debarment

Today at 06:54 AM, via Tech Financials

In a significant enforcement action, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has imposed a R12.6 million administrative penalty and a 15-year industry debarment on a company and its director for running an unlicensed insurance operation and obstructing a regulatory investigation. The penalty has been levied jointly and severally against The Relocations Group (Pty) Ltd and its director, […]

FSCA Debarment & R9M Fine For Bhaca Green’s ‘Forex’ Scheme

Today at 06:46 AM, via Tech Financials

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has come down hard on Bhaca Green (Pty) Ltd, issuing a massive R9 million fine and a 20-year industry debarment against its director for running an unauthorised forex trading scheme that misused investor money. The case has been escalated to the police for potential criminal prosecution. The regulatory action […]

FSCA Revokes Afrimarkets Licence Over Client Fund Misappropriation

Today at 06:37 AM, via Tech Financials

The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has made a decisive final move against Afrimarkets Capital (Pty) Ltd, permanently withdrawing its financial services provider (FSP) licence. This action concludes a regulatory process initiated in July 2025, stemming from an investigation that uncovered severe misconduct, including the misappropriation of client funds. The FSCA provisionally...

FSCA Levies R197M Fine, 30-Year Debarment in Massive Medbond Fraud

Today at 06:31 AM, via Tech Financials

In a decisive crackdown on a complex financial fraud, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has slammed the Medbond Group with a massive R197 million administrative penalty and issued a 30-year industry debarment against its key figure. The landmark action, totaling over R212 million in fines, targets a scheme where clients were advised to invest […]

FSCA Fines Banxso A Staggering R2Bln, Debar Directors

Today at 06:16 AM, via Tech Financials

In a landmark enforcement action that sends a shockwave through South Africa’s financial sector, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) has levied a staggering R2 billion penalty against Banxso (Pty) Ltd and its directors. This unprecedented move, part of a total penalty package exceeding R2.16 billion, comes alongside the multi-decade debarment of key individuals for what the […]

‘Food and Fossil Fuel Production Causing $5 Billion of Environmental Damage an Hour’

Today at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Guardian: The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels causes $5 billion of environmental damage per hour, according to a major UN report. Ending this harm was a key part of the global transformation of governance, economics and finance required “before collapse becomes inevitable,” the experts said. The Global Environment Outlook (GEO)...

OpenAI Joins the Linux Foundation’s New Agentic AI Foundation

Today at 04:02 AM, via Slashdot

OpenAI, alongside Anthropic and Block, have launched the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation, describing it as a neutral home for standards as agentic systems move into real production. It may sound well-meaning, but Slashdot reader and NERDS.xyz founder BrianFagioli isn’t buying the narrative. In a report for NERDS.xyz, Fagioli writes: Instead of opening models, training data, or...

Netflix Faces Consumer Class Action Over $72 Billion Warner Bros Deal

Today at 03:25 AM, via Slashdot

Netflix’s $72 billion bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery has triggered a consumer class action claiming the merger would crush competition, erase HBO Max as a rival, and hand Netflix control over major franchises. Reuters reports: The proposed class action (PDF) was filed on Monday by a subscriber to Warner Bros-owned HBO Max who said the proposed deal threatened to reduce competition in the U.S....

Ask Slashdot: What Are the Best Locally-Hosted Wireless Security Cameras?

Today at 02:45 AM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader Randseed writes: With the likes of Google Nest, Ring, and others cooperating with law enforcement, I started to look for affordable wireless IP security cameras that I can put around my house. Unfortunately, it looks like almost every thing now incorporates some kind of cloud-based slop. All I really want is to put up some cameras, hook them up to my LAN, and install...

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