Google is Building a Massive Undersea Cable Connecting UK, US and Spain Google announced Tuesday it intends to set up a new Grace Hopper undersea fiber-optic cable between the U.S., the U.K., and Spain as part of an effort to improve its services. The cable — named Grace Hopper after the American computer programming pioneer …
Report: African mobile users pay 3 times more for data and voice The recurring theme of mobile internet prices is that while they are dropping globally, they are not dropping fast enough in Africa. The resulting reality is internet users across the continent pay the highest prices for mobile data relative to average monthly income. …
How to reset Africa’s e-health systems after Covid-19 As COVID-19 rages on, it gives Africa multiple reasons to turn to mobile innovations in order to leapfrog the continent’s e-health services. Externally, the overwhelming of healthcare systems in G7 countries suggests a catastrophe is simmering in Africa, while the resurgence of the pandemic across the world …
Trends: Cyber-attacks Spiked by 34% globally in June compared to March and April At the start of 2020, very few people would have predicted the events that unfolded. The COVID-19 global pandemic caused unprecedented changes to all of our lives, and has reshaped our entire working culture. From the accelerated pace of digital transformation and …
AMD’s launches 7nm Ryzen 4000 desktop chips bring the fight to Intel This morning, AMD announced the next big thing for its Ryzen desktop CPU line—the Ryzen 4000 series, slated to arrive in Q3 2020. Those of you who have been waiting breathlessly for Zen 3 architecture will need to keep waiting—Ryzen 4000 desktop CPUs are …
Nokia today announced global commercial availability of new 5G SA industrial-grade private wireless networking solutions, providing a roadmap to fulfilling the needs of the most demanding industrial and manufacturing use cases. With the introduction of 5G SA, Nokia gives its customers the most comprehensive end-to-end portfolio of high-performance 4.9G/LTE and 5G private wireless networking solutions …
User data of seven Hong Kong based VPN providers leaked online It seems VPN services aren’t as secure as you may imagine. Well, at least some of them. It turns out that the user data of seven Hong Kong based VPN providers has been leaked online. The VPN services include UFO VPN, FAST VPN, Free …
GitHub buries 21 TB of open-source code in Arctic Code vault for 1,000 years Github, the world’s leading software development platform last year at Github Universe 2019 revealed its plan to store all of its open-source software data in an Arctic vault as part of its Archive Program. Now the code-hosting platform is done making …
Twitter Hacked, now is a good time to turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) In case you haven’t heard, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Apple, and other public figures and companies were victims of a major hack by scammers asking for bitcoin. This would be the perfect opportunity to remind you to turn …
Obama, Biden, Musk and Gates Twitter accounts reportedly hacked by Bitcoin Scammers Twitter suffered a major security breach on Wednesday that saw hackers take control of the accounts of major public figures and corporations, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Apple. The company confirmed the breach Wednesday evening, more …