In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
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The high-profile disciplinary hearing of ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has so far reached an astonishing 8 419 565 individuals, “costing” South Africa…
Facebook, RIM, & Twitter to discuss ‘social media ban’ with UK government
Following statements by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, in the wake of riots which rocked England, suggesting that social networking sites and services should…
The Big Data revolution: 5 startups mining the trend
Big Data is, well, big. In the information age, companies are literally drowning in vast oceans of data. Petabytes of data are being gathered…
7 insights from the future we live in
Nick Bilton’s new book I live in the future & here’s how it works is well-written with lots of examples and scientific research. Bilton…