Companies The Continent: Africa’s ambitious newspaper, designed for WhatsApp Johannesburg – Late one night, South African journalist Simon Allison woke up his wife with an idea: a weekly... Read more 14 Jan, 2022
Countries Nigeria government ends Twitter ban Abuja – Nigeria’s government on Wednesday said it had ended its suspension of Twitter, seven months after banning the... Read more 13 Jan, 2022
Technology Chinese man jailed for setting ‘slow’ internet cables on fire Beijing – A man in China has been sentenced to seven years in jail for setting internet equipment ablaze... Read more 12 Jan, 2022
Countries Arrests in Egypt after girl’s suicide over internet shaming Cairo – Two youths were arrested on Thursday over the suicide of a schoolgirl whom they were allegedly blackmailing with... Read more 7 Jan, 2022
World Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty in fraud trial San Francisco – Fallen US biotech star Elizabeth Holmes was convicted on Monday of defrauding investors in her blood-testing... Read more 4 Jan, 2022
Technology Trump media group plans subscription video service San Francisco – Trump media group on Tuesday announced it is negotiating with Canadian online video platform Rumble to provide... Read more 15 Dec, 2021
Technology Indian PM’s Twitter hacked again by crypto scammers New Delhi – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter account was hacked on Sunday with a message declaring his country... Read more 14 Dec, 2021
Technology Internet guardians want to break web’s language barriers Paris – When website addresses using writing systems like Chinese and Arabic were introduced back in 2009, it was... Read more 10 Dec, 2021
Technology Twitter shuts propaganda accounts in six countries San Francisco – Twitter on Thursday said it had shut down nearly 3,500 accounts that were posting pro-government propaganda in... Read more 3 Dec, 2021
Technology Facebook hits anti-vaccine campaign harassing doctors San Francisco – Facebook’s parent company Meta said on Wednesday it had derailed an anti-vaccine campaign that harassed medical... Read more 2 Dec, 2021