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Twitter’s flawed notion of news and public interest could kill us all [Opinion]

In September this year, North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho claimed that the US had declared war on the country because of something…

South Africa responds to Charles Manson’s death on Twitter

Charles Manson, one of the US’s most notorious murderers in living memory, died of natural causes on Sunday at the age of 83 —…

Facebook Creator app launches on iOS

Facebook has taken a leaf out of YouTube’s book and launched an app and website specifically geared towards “creators” (people who post videos to…

Twitter updates verification process after verifying Nazi

Twitter landed itself in hot water last week after verifying a known US white supremacist — and now it’s trying (again) to allay criticisms…

150k Russian Twitter accounts targeted Brexit referendum

More than 150 000 Twitter accounts — previously only tweeting about the conflict in Ukraine — turned their focus to Brexit in the days…

#ZimbabweCoup: follow the developing ‘bloodless transition’ on Twitter

#Zimbabwe, #ZimbabweCoup and “Mugabe” were all trending topics on Twitter across the world this morning. And there’s no real surprise as to why. The…

Facebook Stories and Messenger Day are now the same thing

Messenger Day — the Facebook Messenger version of WhatsApp Status and Instagram Stories — is no more. Instead, the feature has been rehashed and…

Facebook introduces Notify, an iOS app that pushes notifications to locked screens from publishers

Facebook has released yet another app, this time aimed at pushing notifications from a user’s preferred content sources to their mobile screen. Notify is…

Facebook Results: social network crushes Q3 as WhatsApp nears a billion users

Facebook on Wednesday announced its Q3 results and while they were financially impressive — revenue for the quarter was up 45% on the same…

Facebook thinks its AI could do amazing things for blind people

There are plenty of very clever people out there, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking among them, who think that artificial intelligence could be a…

Adele’s new single hits 1m plays…an hour

Adele’s latest single “Hello” is blowing up. But you probably knew that. It’s everywhere right now, but is showing especially big growth on YouTube….

19 hilarious things people are wearing #forhalloween this year

Whether you see Halloween as “just a bit of fun”, a marketing gimmick indicative of US imperialism, or an ancient tradition, or the beginning…

Heunis: Mxit could have been a ‘major success’ story, but I was burnt out

Mxit founder Herman Heunis on Tuesday took to Twitter to express regret that he “was so burntout[sic]” when he made the decision to sell…

Mxit: how did Alan Knott-Craig Jr’s R500m bet go so badly wrong?

Mxit as we know it is dead. The company announced on Friday that it had shut down its commercial operations and would be transferring…

Facebook revamps notification tab, makes it more Google Now card-ish

Facebook has announced that starting today, Android and iOS users in the US will see an updated Notifications tab. The new notification tab has…

South African Shoppers Tempted With Free Tablets As Windows 10 Deadline Nears

Why Some Apps Feel Like a Digital Comfort Zone

Female tech founders in South Africa can win up to R1.9 million to scale their innovations

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

REdimension Capital closes R250m property tech and sustainability fund

Why the ‘Ego Tax’ is Costing Your Business

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel

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Twitter’s flawed notion of news and public interest could kill us all [Opinion]

South Africa responds to Charles Manson’s death on Twitter

Facebook Creator app launches on iOS

Twitter updates verification process after verifying Nazi

150k Russian Twitter accounts targeted Brexit referendum

#ZimbabweCoup: follow the developing ‘bloodless transition’ on Twitter

Facebook Stories and Messenger Day are now the same thing

Facebook introduces Notify, an iOS app that pushes notifications to locked screens from publishers

Facebook Results: social network crushes Q3 as WhatsApp nears a billion users

Facebook thinks its AI could do amazing things for blind people

Adele’s new single hits 1m plays…an hour

19 hilarious things people are wearing #forhalloween this year

Heunis: Mxit could have been a ‘major success’ story, but I was burnt out

Mxit: how did Alan Knott-Craig Jr’s R500m bet go so badly wrong?

Facebook revamps notification tab, makes it more Google Now card-ish

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