Emerging technologies can change the African financial landscape
Africa is the home to 1.2 billion people and what has been described as the world’s largest trade area — the African Continental Free Trade...
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Russia spreading lies about Covid vaccines, says UK military chief
Russia is seeking to destabilise countries around the world by sowing disinformation about coronavirus vaccines that is shared rapidly across social media, the head of...
Trade unions urge EU to investigate Amazon effort to spy on workers
European trade union leaders, including three UK unions, have called on the European commission to open an investigation into Amazon’s “potentially illegal” effort to spy...
Blockchain will stay a buzzword until everyone unites behind one chain
Despite being, perhaps, the biggest tech buzzword of the last decade, blockchain technology has largely remained just that: a buzzword. While its best-known implementation, Bitcoin...
What is QAnon and why is it so dangerous? – video explainer
Donald Trump has referred to QAnon followers as ‘people who love our country‘ – while to the FBI considers them a potential domestic terror threat. The...
Global Microsoft outage brings down Office 365, Outlook and Teams
Microsoft has said it is investigating an outage that brought down Microsoft’s cloud-based office services including the meetings software, Teams, worldwide. Microsoft reported issues with...
Britain has offensive cyberwar capability, top general admits
Britain’s most senior cyber general has said the UK possesses the capacity to “degrade, disrupt and destroy” its enemies’ critical infrastructure in a future cyber...
Russia’s telecom regulator blacklists Binance website
Authorities in Russia appear to be going after Binance — the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange — as its domain is now in the list of...
The data economy is a dystopian nightmare
Smart speakers have become part of our daily lives. With a single word, we are able to command a device to answer our inquiries and...
Suffering John Lewis stands at a crossroads on the high street
Twinkling lights are just visible behind screens where staff are putting the finishing touches to this year’s Christmas displays, but in other parts of the...