by admin | Oct 24, 2023 | 23andMe, data, data breach, News, Other Tech News, Security, Security News, The Conversation
On Oct. 6, news broke that 23andMe, the Google-owned company that collects genetic material from thousands of people for ancestry and genetic predisposition tests, had a massive data breach. But as it turns out, the company’s servers were not hacked. Rather, hackers... by admin | Oct 21, 2023 | Big EU, big tech, Column, Columns, data, News, privacy, Toby Shapshak
The uncontrolled power of US Big Tech firms has finally met its match with the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA). The wide-ranging Digital Services Act was promulgated last year and took effect on 25 August 2023. History will show this is when the Old World... by admin | Oct 6, 2023 | AI, App News, data, Fitbit, Google, News, Wearables News
We haven’t gone a day in 2023 without some product or service having AI crowbarred into it. Statistics demand that eventually there will be a list of the worst AI implementations but we’re willing to bet that Fitbit’s upcoming generative system won’t be on that list.... by admin | Sep 4, 2023 | AI, data, News, Other Tech News, Science, The Conversation
Every time a scientist runs an experiment, or a social scientist does a survey, or a humanities scholar analyzes a text, they generate data. Science runs on data – without it, we wouldn’t have the James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning images,... by admin | Jul 22, 2023 | Anton Badenhorst, cyber attacks, cyber-security, data, data breach, Itec, Security, Technology
A little known fact when it comes to printers and multifunction printers (MFPs) is that they’re just as vulnerable to threats as any other connected device. Read more on Bandwidth Blog by admin | Apr 6, 2023 | data, Internet News, Motoring News, NetStar, News, taxis, Vodacom, WiFi, WiTaxi
Polyamory isn’t for everybody. Well… by definition it could be, but in this case we’re specifically talking about the new relationship between Vodacom Business, WiTaxi and Netstar. The end goal of this partnership is to bring free WiFi to South Africa’s taxi industry....