Instagram’s IGTV Is a Genuine Threat to YouTube
Jun 25, 2018 00:59 am UTC| Technology
YouTube might be the de facto video streaming platform right now, but as Yahoo painfully learned, those at the top are never guaranteed to hold that position forever. The most recent to challenge the Google services...
Epic Is Suing a ‘Fortnite Battle Royale’ Tester for Leaking Season 4 Details Before Official Reveal
Jun 25, 2018 00:46 am UTC| Technology
Epic Games is no stranger to lawsuits. The company has been suing everyone from cheaters to the creators of cheating tools since launching Fortnite Battle Royale. Now, the company has a new target in the form of a tester...
‘Fortnite' Playground Gives Players Their Own Private Island to Go Wild On
Jun 25, 2018 00:38 am UTC| Technology
In the beginning, players of Fortnite Battle Royale could only enter the game with 99 other characters and try to survive or kill as many as they can. Such a chaotic environment hardly fostered creativity in all players....
Hacker Retracts Claim of Bypassing iPhone’s Passcode Security
Jun 25, 2018 00:32 am UTC| Technology
Apples products have a reputation for being among the most secure devices in the world. The Cupertino firm has been working hard to protect that image, which a security researcher recently threatened. In a test, the hacker...
Google Play Store Apps to Come with DRM for Extra Protection
Jun 25, 2018 00:25 am UTC| Technology
Conversations around digital rights management (DRM) more commonly revolve around major software products such as video games and entertainment properties. However, this extra protection will soon be applied to apps as...
Driverless cars offer new forms of control – no wonder governments are keen
Jun 24, 2018 02:22 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Imagine a state-of-the-art driverless car is zipping along a road with a disabled 90-year-old-passenger. A young mother with a toddler steps into the road. The car must make a decision: drive into the mother and child and...
Ukrainian Authorities Arrest 4 Programmers Operating Bogus Crypto Exchanges
Jun 22, 2018 10:31 am UTC| Technology
Ukrainian authorities arrested four men who were tagged in six fraudulent virtual currency exchanges that eventually resulted in the financial losses of their victims. According to Cointelegraph, the men promoted the bogus...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight