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The US Senate voted to ban the hugely popular TikTok video-sharing app from all government-issued phones and other devices as the Biden administration considers restrictions on the Chinese-owned platform. The …
Apple recently fixed a zero-day security vulnerability affecting the iPhone 8 and later that the company said was actively exploited, TechCrunch reports. The company rolled out iOS 16.1.2 on 30 …
Major electronics manufacturers in Apple Inc’s supply chain are expected to speed up shifting their production lines out of China after the country’s COVID-19 restrictions caused frequent disruptions, Yuanta Securities …
Equinix plans to invest $160 million to build its first data centre in South Africa, as part of the firm’s African expansion push.The US data centre company will build its …
The world’s longest undersea cable, 2Africa, has made landfall at Yzerfontein and is linked to its cable landing station at Duynefontein near Cape Town. MTN GlobalConnect officially announced the landing …
China Telecom has launched its premium IP transit service, CTGNET, in several new African cities – including Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Mombasa, and Djibouti. CTGNET is the latest global …
Twitter and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, is no longer the richest person in the world, Forbes announced on Thursday. Forbes listed Mr Musk as occupying the second position in its latest …
Dubai, UAE: du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), today announced a partnership with Nokia to enhance skillsets of employees and accelerate efforts to drive talent development in the UAE. …
A SpaceX rocket has launched the UAE’s Rashid lunar rover to space after several delays. Now, one of the most challenging parts of the Arab world’s first mission to the …
The Advertising Regulatory Board has ruled against MTN regarding a complaint about misleading advertising for the Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 smartphone. Complainant Dianne Barnard upgraded two of her contracts telephonically, …
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