MultiChoice has dismissed industry speculation that it is considering moving its headquarters to Dubai, where many of its top management now reside and work. These rumours gained momentum after MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela joined the company’s chairman Imtiaz Patel in their Dubai office. Other top MultiChoice executives who are based in Dubai include Yolisa Phahle...
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Reaches Space for the First Time
Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit project on Sunday successfully flew a rocket into space from the wing of a 747 plane, paving the way for a new method of launching low-cost satellites. It was the company’s second attempt at the feat after a failed test in May. The plane took off from Mojave Air and Space...
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin aims to fly first Passengers to Space as early as April
After years in development, Jeff Bezos’ private space company Blue Origin aims to carry its first passengers on a ride to the edge of space in a few months. Blue Origin on Thursday completed the fourteenth test flight of its New Shepard rocket booster and capsule. Called NS-14, the successful test flight featured the debut of a new...
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Apple TV Plus Trials Postponed to July 2021
According to 9to5Mac, Apple will be extending its free year-long trials of its TV Plus service to customers until July 2021. The trials were originally included with the purchase of any Apple device (e.g., an iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV) and were initially set to last until November 1st, 2020. This is the second extension, with the...
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YouTube Suspends Trump’s account and Disables Comments
Google has suspended President Donald Trump’s account on YouTube, which is the world’s largest video platform. The Google-owned company said Tuesday night that Trump uploaded content that violated its policies, giving it an automatic one-strike, which leads to a minimum seven-day suspension from uploading new content. It said it is also disabling the comments section. Donald J. Trump’s...
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Apple Let Go of Parler from the App Store for Promoting Riots
Apple has removed Parler from the App Store, following accusations that the social media app was fostering calls to violence ahead of, and following, the raid on the US Capitol, according to The Verge. “We have always supported diverse points of view being represented on the App Store, but there is no place on our...
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Michelle Obama calls Facebook & Other Social Media Platforms to ban Trump Permanently
Former first lady Michelle Obama called on social media platforms to ban him from their platforms permanently. “Now is the time for Silicon Valley companies to stop enabling this monstrous behavior-and go even further than they have by permanently banning this man from their platforms and putting in place policies to prevent their technology from...
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WhatsApp to Introduce 7 New Features on Its Platform
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has reportedly been working on several new features that may come in 2021. Wonder what those features are that the social messaging app is likely set to get this year? Here’s the list Audio and video calling for WhatsApp Web It is one of the most-awaited features of WhatsApp. It will allow users...
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Twitter Makes their API available for Developers
Twitter is rolling out new features to its developer community with an update to its recently rebuilt Twitter API. One addition to the now expanded collection of API v2 endpoints will allow app developers to eventually better support Twitter’s newer conversation controls — the feature that allows users to specify who can reply to their...
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Apple to Start Manufacturing Self-driving Cars in 2024
Apple is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The iPhone maker’s automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have proceeded unevenly since 2014 when it first started to design its own vehicle from...