We’ve made it to level three of the South African lockdown schedule, which means we can move around and work.…
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Phishing, smishing (SMS phishing) and vishing (voice phishing) attacks are all on the rise. Our tendency to click on infected emails has increased with the correspondent increase in email traffic — a two-fold impact on the severity of the threat environment.
Earlier this week, you might have seen your social media taken over by a stream of posts showing simple images of a black square. These posts, often tagged with #BlackoutTuesday, were gestures of solidarity with protests against the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
We all believe in the power of social media — it’s a space that brings people and communities together and…
We’ve spent the last decade being anxious about the increasing amount of time young people spend in front of screens. However, in the last two months, children have been encouraged to dive into digital like never before. This has thrown up all kinds of questions about how to keep well online in a time where being outside and together in physical space has been impossible.
Can’t sleep? Is it a recent thing? Google Trends data suggests that your recent bout with insomnia might have more…
Mobile service provider MTN intends to launch its 5G network in South Africa from this month. The initial launch was…
Despite Skype being in the video call game for seventeen years now, it’s utterly baffling to us how badly it’s…
It’s tough to manage a walkout in protest of your place of employment at a time when everyone works from…
When it comes to fighting COVID-19 in Africa, the internet and social media have been a double-edged sword. Governments and public health officials have used Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media to reach large numbers of people, quickly and efficiently, with information on how to stay healthy and limit the virus’s spread. And digital networks have allowed people to stay in touch, and some businesses to operate, in the face of lockdowns and social-distancing guidelines.