Civilian Allowed To Fly A Jetpack In Historic Demo
Mar 30, 2017 07:23 am UTC| Technology
After decades of broken promises, it seems the time has finally come. Jetpack Aviation just mad industry news by allowing a minimally trained civilian to try out its innovative mode of transport and nobody died. This marks...
Trump Gets A China-Made iPhone Despite Calling For An Apple Boycott And Anti-China Stance
Mar 30, 2017 05:45 am UTC| Technology
The American people have been given plenty of reasons to doubt anything that President Trump has to say since his inauguration, with so many of his promises coming to nothing. Now, they can add his call to boycott Apple...
Internet Privacy Is Dead, VPN Or Otherwise
Mar 30, 2017 05:44 am UTC| Technology
Now that Congress has officially killed privacy for internet users, a new day is dawning over the World Wide Web. For starters, people are going to have to get used to the fact that every single thing they do over the...
How to make an Internet of Intelligent Things work for Africa
Mar 30, 2017 04:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Late in 2016 Senegals Banque Regionale De Marches announced the launch of the eCFA Franc; a cryptocurrency for the countries of the West African Monetary Union Senegal, Cote dIvoire, Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Togo...
Amazon Kills Competitor’s Baby In Grudge Match After Paying $545M For It
Mar 30, 2017 04:06 am UTC| Technology
Quidsi is one of Amazons most expensive acquisitions at $545 million and the retail giant just announced that it is killing it off. Although failed ventures happen in the business world all the time, what the media find...
How WhatsApp encryption works – and why there shouldn't be a backdoor
Mar 28, 2017 13:56 pm UTC| Technology
A battle between national security and privacy is brewing. Governments and secret services are asking encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp to allow them access to users data. Most recently, in the wake of the...
How Facebook – the Wal-Mart of the internet – dismantled online subcultures
Mar 28, 2017 11:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Before the internet, people interested in body modification not just tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, but those drawn to more unusual practices like ear pointing, tongue splitting, suspension, scarification and the...
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