India’s competition watchdog on Wednesday ordered a probe into a WhatsApp privacy policy update, saying the Facebook Inc-owned messaging service had breached antitrust laws. The update announced in January, which will take effect in May, allows WhatsApp to share some user data with Facebook and its units, prompting a global backlash including in India, its...
Day: <span>25 March 2021</span>
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You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin – Elon Musk
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has announced that people in the United States can now buy a Tesla using Bitcoin. Musk said on Twitter that Tesla is using only internal and open-source software and operates Bitcoin nodes directly. The Bitcoin paid to Tesla to purchase a vehicle will be retained as Bitcoin, and not...
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New Features on Spotify’s Home Hub Make Navigation and Discovery Even Simpler
About a year ago, we reworked the Spotify mobile experience to refresh our Home interface. Since then, Spotify users have been able to access the content they love more quickly and easily—and maybe even discover something new straight from their home screen. But the ease and discovery don’t stop there. This month, we’re announcing a series...
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UJ creative writing competition expand its language categories with Sepedi and isiZulu
This year, the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Prize for South African Writing is expanding its language categories for creative writing submissions to include entries written in Sesotho sa Leboa and isiZulu. Instituted in 2006, the UJ Prize has, over the years, seen some exciting names in South African literature shortlisted and awarded for their English...
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Re-imagining Quality Education in the African Context
The rapid changes associated with technological developments have informed the way that we work and where we work; they have also necessitated a higher level of creativity and innovation, which calls for a change in the type of education that we offer Africa’s youth. Institutions such as Nova Pioneer are playing their part in preparing...