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South Africa bars WhatsApp from sharing private user data with Facebook

South Africa’s Information Regulator (IR) barred Facebook Inc. from sharing any information it collects from WhatsApp users in the country without prior authorization from the regulator, Reuters reported on Thursday. “WhatsApp cannot, without obtaining prior authorization from the IR, process any contact information of its users for a purpose other than the one for which […]

MTN faces rocky situation in Syria, hampering Middle East exit

South African operator MTN is facing a rocky situation in Syria, as the company was placed under a judicial guardianship following a court battle that went in favor of the country’s telecoms regulator. The Syrian Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority had previously accused the provider of mismanagement and violations of its licensing contract. According to […]

AI-enhanced measurements company acquired by MindMed

MindMed, an innovative psychedelic drug developer, has bought HealthMode, a machine-learning digital medicine company. MindMed, the psychedelic medicine biotech company, announced in a release that it closed its acquisition of HealthMode, a digital medicine and therapeutics startup that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled digital measurement to increase the precision and speed of clinical research and patient […]

5G smartphones top choice of buyers in India: Oppo survey

Smartphones enabled with 5G features are becoming the top choice of buyers in India much ahead of fifth-generation’s rollout, a recent survey by leading smartphone brand Oppo revealed. According to Oppo, 5G smartphones are gaining traction in tier-II and tier-III cities and towns like Halol, Raiganj, Chikhli, Ongole, Rajula. Although all efforts were focused on […]

Beeline Telecom to become 4th provider in Zambia

Beeline Telecom has become Zambia’s fourth provider earlier this week after receiving its license to commence mobile phone operations from the country’s ICT regulator ZICTA. Beeline, a Zambian wholly owned company, has been granted a period of 6 months to kick start its operations, unless determined by the authority, or the license will be revoked. […]

Chronic heart and kidney failure to be treated by implantable device

While all sectors in our lives are being updated with the recent technological trends and ways to facilitate people’s lives, new technologies are being created to help people with their health amongst other issues. As such, Paragate Medical, an NGT3 VC portfolio company, has developed a remote, implantable device solution for heart and kidney failure […]

Google funds Linux kernel developers to focus exclusively on security

Google and the Linux Foundation said Wednesday they are prioritizing funds to underwrite two full-time maintainers for Linux kernel security development, Gustavo Silva, and Nathan Chancellor. Silva and Chancellor’s exclusive focus is to maintain and improve kernel security and associated initiatives to ensure the world’s most pervasive open-source software project is sustainable for decades to […]