Stuck at home with no visitors and not much else to do, a pair of pandas in Hong Kong finally decided to give mating a go after a decade of dodging the issue
The employee health and wellness specialist is using social media to combat misinformation about Covid-19
With everyone settling into an indoors routine or starting to lose it because of cabin fever, this guide should remind you that creativity and beauty still exist, virtually represented but there, nonetheless.
This is no time to snigger at the high rates of coronavirus in the Global North. We could be just as hard hit — and it is poor people who will suffer the most
Online battle over the ‘white genocide’ narrative on social media has dangerous real-world consequences
We are in deep shit, but there’s some good news – and, of course, another missed opportunity to do the right thing
Sexuality education is a UN plot to take over SA, claims pro-parent social media group
Top court says that electoral irregularities were ‘widespread, systematic and grave’
COMMENT We live in a divided political environment and amid radical economic disparities. But there is one thing on which virtually everyone in Botswana agrees: most of the news and information we are fed is biased. There are constant complaints about bias, from readers and politicians alike. These complaints are not groundless. As director of […]
Eskom’s negotiators in a R100-million maintenance contract came back with a proposal to push up the costs
‘The Laundromat’ is a film about corporates and the superrich using tax havens, something the streaming service itself allegedly excels at
The political harms caused by large scale are critical issues as well, and ought to be considered in antitrust enforcement
American parents are no longer satisfied with traditional gender reveal methods
The strategy seems to be a middle ground between Facebook’s controversial tolerance of proven lies in ads and Twitter’s decision to ban them
We know now that before embracing new technology, we need to ask the difficult questions
Software that allows governments access to the electronic communications of its citizens is a gross violation of the right to privacy
Liza Anokhina was 11 when people started recognising her in the street. Now a year older, she is one of Russia’s most popular child bloggers with 2.3 million followers on Instagram. In a Moscow park, her producer jogs backwards, using his phone to film as Liza runs and blows raspberries. Tall and slim and wearing […]
Algorithms and big data could improve social well-being; currently they serve personal gain
Libra is reportedly being probed by the European Union’s competition authorities
As social media use rises in Nigeria, so does abuse of these platforms
Trafficking in endangered species is increasingly moving online. Roxanne Joseph investigates the networks that facilitate these transactions
The regulators demanded Facebook provide guarantees that user information, such as transaction histories, will not be shared without explicit consent
Government regulators are scrambling to collar the online giants
Facebook’s planned virtual unit Libra faces scepticism among the wider cryptocurrency community
Only a few days since Facebook’s announcement, libra has faced strong pushback from regulators and policymakers around the world.
"I’ve been using a company name and have played with the idea of talking to clients about “us here at the office”… but I’ve realised it’s just me. "
A group of mountaineers from the paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police found the seven bodies near an unnamed peak on Nanda Devi East.
The brand new digital currency championed by Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook has serious implications for data privacy and regulation
Unlike other digital or cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, the Libra is intended to be backed by real assets
South Africa is among the 45 countries where suspected spyware infections using a tool developed by NSO Group were identified
Christian groups attacked Muslim-owned shops in the northwestern town of Chilaw on Sunday in anger at a Facebook post by a shopkeeper, police said
Our hearts belong with the revolution at home, say Sudanese exiles based in South Africa