Elon Musk wants everyone on Twitter to get verified or leave the social media platform. Musk said on Monday that only verified Twitter accounts would be eligible to vote in polls starting April 15, a move that the social media company’s CEO believes will address advanced AI bot swarms. He Tweeted: “Starting April 15th, only...
Month: <span>March 2023</span>
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France joins the US and the United Kingdom to ban TikTok on government phones
France is the latest country to join a list of countries to ban the social media platform TikTok on government devices. These countries claim that the social media platform is posing a security threat to their people. The French government is saying that all recreational apps are now banned from work devices. “For the past...
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Naomi Osaka partner with Victoria Secrets to launch sleepwear collection and Morden Health for kids meditation
Naomi Osaka is a woman who’s always on the move, she joined forces with Victoria Secrets to launch a sleepwear collection for sisters across the world. The move comes after the tennis sensation has taken a hiatus from the sport and instead focused on the birth of her first born baby with rapper Cordae. Evolve,...
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Markets.com hosted a Meet and Greet event with its Partners and Clients at CliffCentral office
Markets.com, an online trading platform hosted an exclusive event with their partners and clients at Acornlane Estate (home of CliffCentral.com’s new studio) in Sandton. They shared news about their cool financial products and some of the activities the company has embarked on such as taking the brand to the people and informing them about trading, financial markets and how they can take advantage of...
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Qatar Airways is official sponsor of T20 Royal Challengers Bangalore – the deal worth US$9.15 million
Twenty20 cricket franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed a three-year main sponsorship agreement with Qatar Airways that sees the airline take up the Indian Premier League (IPL) team’s primary front-of-shirt inventory. If the reported fee is accurate, Qatar Airways’ deal to replace Muthoot FinCorp as RCB’s main sponsor is the second largest ever for an IPL team....
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Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) and Remgro partner to provide private electricity in Mzansi
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has acquired a 25% shareholding in Remgro’s Ubiquity energy platform, a strategic energy focused investment vehicle. Ubiquity is the holding company of Energy Exchange of Southern Africa (Energy Exchange). This transaction aligns with both business’ commitment to invest in the private power market to unlock the vast potential of South Africa’s...
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Liquid Intelligent Technologies acquires leading cloud and cyber security provider in Egypt
Liquid Intelligent Technologies announced that it has acquired Cysiv MEA, a technology company that was formerly SecureMisr, headquartered in Cairo. The business specialises in providing enterprise cloud and cyber security services to some of Egypt’s leading companies, particularly in the financial services sector. The acquisition allows the London-based group with operations in Africa, UK, the US...
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Google’s parent company Alphabet opens Italy’s second cloud region in Turin city
Alphabet Inc’s Google will set up its second cloud region in Italy, the company said on Thursday in a blog, underscoring the country’s efforts to turn into a global hub for cloud computing. The second cloud region opens in the northern Italian city of Turin, with an existing one in Milan. Cloud regions refer to clusters of...
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Annual consumer price inflation increased by 7.0% in February says Stats SA
Annual consumer price inflation increased for the first time in four months in February. It edged from to 7.0% from 6.9% in January 2023. Statistics SA says this is the biggest monthly hike since July 2022. The continuing rise in food inflation was a major contributor. In February, the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverage...
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Electricity Minister Sputla is getting his hands dirty to fix power issues
Almost two weeks into the new job, Sputla Ramokgopa is out and about trying to resolve the power crisis in the country. Ramokgopa visited one of the ailing power stations, Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga. While on site speaking to the media Sputla said, “We will move from the 25% energy availability factor, to 70%...