SA’s E-Hailing Industry: Advocating for Security and Reform
Teksi Ride, South Africa’s premier e-hailing app, sheds light on the pressing security concerns experienced by both e-hailing drivers and passengers in the country. By exploring the risks, incidents, regulatory hurdles, and potential solutions, Teksi Ride delves into the complexities surrounding safety in the e-hailing sector, ultimately advocating for enhanced
Read moreHere’s why deleted iPhone photos returned to some iOS devices
Turns out the “deleted” files may have been on devices this entire time. | Photo: Wes Davis / The Verge We finally have a better understanding of why devices running iOS 17.5 started resurfacing long-deleted photos, courtesy of Apple and some third-party researchers. While Apple released the iOS 17.5.1 iPhone
Read moreHow Does Your AI Assistant Manipulate Your Choices?
“AI doesn’t just predict your behavior; it shapes it!” says Erich Hugo, Systems Analyst at Xps. That’s right, your charming AI assistant, always ready to answer your queries, might be manipulating you subtly, and you may not even realize it! So, what’s the secret behind this? Let’s delve into the
Read moreMastercard, Payment24 Partner to Promote EMV Adoption: EEMEA
Mastercard and Payment24 are expanding their collaboration across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa- EEMEA to enhance security and foster innovation within the fleet and fuel payment industry throughout the region. Minimise card fraud The EMV standard Europay, MasterCard® and Visa® – Europay, now implemented in over 80 markets,
Read moreWould you board a plane safety-tested by GenAI?
Ben and Ryan are joined by Robin Gupta for a conversation about benchmarking and testing AI systems. They talk through the lack of trust and confidence in AI, the inherent challenges of nondeterministic systems, the role of human verification, and whether we can (or should) expect an AI to be
Read moreIEC Opens 2024 NPE Results Center: South African Elections
Launch of National Results Operations Centre- ROC for 2024 NPE- National and Provincial Elections, Midrand, South Africa. The Electoral Commission has officially inaugurated the National Results Operations Centre- ROC in anticipation of the forthcoming 2024 National and Provincial Elections. Principal command center, central point for Political parties, Media Situated at the Gallagher Convention Centre
Read moreJio Financial unit to buy $4.32B of telecom gear from Reliance Retail
A Jio Financial unit plans to purchase customer premises equipment and telecom gear worth $4.32 billion from Reliance Retail. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreFoursquare just laid off 105 employees
Foursquare, the location-focused outfit that in 2020 merged with Factual, another location-focused outfit, is joining the parade of companies to make cuts to one of its biggest cost centers – employees – in 2024. Per an email sent out to staffers Thursday afternoon by current CEO Gary Little and viewed
Read moreUsing memes, social media users have become red teams for half-baked AI features
“Running with scissors is a cardio exercise that can increase your heart rate and require concentration and focus,” says Google’s new AI search feature. “Some say it can also improve your pores and give you strength.” Google’s AI feature pulled this response from a website called Little Old Lady Comedy,
Read moreYou can now share passwords within your Google family group
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google is now letting users securely share passwords with members of their own family group over the internet, making it easier for everyone in the household to access passwords for shared services like Netflix. The new ability is included in the Google Play
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