The core idea behind the Bitcoin system is to make all the participants in the system, collectively, the bank. To do this, blockchains are used. Blockchains are distributed, tamper-proof ledgers, which can record every transaction made within a network.
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The explosive popularity of YOLO has led to warnings of the same problem that led to Yik Yak’s shutdown, namely that its anonymity could lead to cyberbullying and hate speech. But in an age of online surveillance and self-censorship, proponents view anonymity as an essential component of privacy and free-speech. And our own research on anonymous online interactions among teenagers in the UK and Ireland has revealed a wider range of interactions that extend beyond the toxic to the benign and even beneficial.
The platform everyone heads to when Facebook or Instagram is down was down on Thursday night. Twitter went down around…
Africa’s burgeoning reputation as a source of programming talent got a major boost last month when Microsoft launched its Africa Development Centre (ADC) that will invest $100-milliion over the next five years.
Spotify’s Lite app has officially launched in 36 countries including South Africa. It’s designed to work on weak internet connections and is 10MB in size.
Amidst the US/China trade tensions, South Africa has pledged its support towards Huawei. Especially with the imminent rollout of 5G in the country.
It turns out the Kwesé Play streaming box has been disconnected from its partnered streaming service, Roku, without any prior warning.
After placing Huawei on the US ‘Entity List’, president Donald Trump said this weekend that he’ll lift some restrictions on trading with the company.
Social media has allowed conspiracy theories, disinformation and antivaxxers to spread because it brings more eyeballs, and therefore more advertising.…
While photographic fakes have been around since the dawn of photography, the more recent use of deep learning artificial intelligence techniques (the “deep” in deepfakes) is leading to the creation of increasingly credible computer simulations.