DoorFeed raises another €7M for its platform allowing large-scale investors to hoover-up family homes
Institutional real estate investors have historically struggled to buy up tonnes of family homes (the so-called ‘Single Family rental sector’) so they can turn us all into rental slaves and lock millions to a rentier economy. A few startups are trying to ease the ‘pain’ of these rapacious harbingers of
Read moreHow can you safeguard your Black November shopping from cyber threats?
Black Friday sales have become extremely popular in South Africa, so much so that many retailers have extended their sales to last the entire month. It is now a retail extravaganza known as Black November, where both retailers and consumers get to enjoy some serious bargains. Last year, South African
Read moreInstagram now allows anyone to download public Reels
Instagram head Adam Mosseri said Wednesday that the app now allows all users across the world to download public Reels to their devices. Prior to this rollout, you could only save Reels to the Instagram app for viewing them later. Mosseri said on his broadcast channel on Instagram that downloaded
Read moreSAP’s Youth Skills Program Takes Root in South Africa
SAP has reaffirmed its dedication to youth skills development through its SAP Educate to Employ initiative, a partnership with UNICEF and the government. This launch in South Africa coincides with a critical period of high youth unemployment in the country with an initiative focusing on educating 16–24-year-olds in soft skills,
Read moreHow and why is CCM the linchpin that holds together this customer-centric approach in the digital age?
Take a moment to reflect on the transformations in your interactions with banks and insurers. The paradigm shift towards online services and the demand for speed and flexibility in customer interactions are pressuring financial institutions. Adopting a modern Customer Communications Management (CCM) platform is crucial. Modern customers expect seamless online
Read morerain and MediaTek Transform 5G Landscape
MediaTek collaborates with rain, South Africa’s 5G pioneer, to provide fast and reliable 5G network access to more households across the country. The advanced MediaTek T750 platform drives rain’s 101 5G smart router, offering superior speeds and AX3600 Wi-Fi for efficient fixed wireless broadband. “Fixed wireless broadband via 5G brings
Read moreIndia seeks to regulate deepfakes amid ethical concerns
India is drafting rules to detect and limit the spread of deepfake content and other harmful AI media, a senior lawmaker said Thursday, following reports of proliferation of such content on social media platforms in recent weeks. Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s IT Minister, said the ministry held meetings with all large
Read morePakistan-based BusCaro is providing safer transportation options, especially for women
When Maha Shazhad was 19, she was forced to drop out of university in Pakistan because she couldn’t find safe and reliable transportation. Shazhad explained to TechCrunch that 85% of working women in the country have faced sexual harassment at least once on public transport. Then when she started working,
Read moreElon Musk says X will show headlines on the platform again
Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URLs on the platform again after removing titles last month. In a post on X, Musk said in an upcoming update, the company will overlay the title in the upper portion of the image of
Read moreDatabase reconstruction attacks
In 2018, three researchers from the US Census Bureau published a paper entitled “Understanding Database Reconstruction Attacks on Public Data.” [1] The article showed that private data on many individuals could be reverse engineered from public data. As I wrote about a few days ago, census blocks are at the
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