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India set to move forward with a sweeping ban on cryptocurrency
India wants to put a ban on cryptocurrencies. According to Reuters, the country’s legislature will introduce a bill that criminalizes trading, mining, issuing, transferring, or possessing cryptocurrency. The bill is likely to pass if it’s introduced, giving India some of the world’s strictest digital currency laws. Under the plan, people who own these digital assets
Exxaro’s climate change efforts have received a 4/4 TPI ranking
Tuesday, 16 March, Johannesburg – Exxaro Resources has received a Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) ranking of 4/4. This high score reflects the company’s commitment to managing greenhouse gas emissions and indicates to stakeholders and investors that Exxaro is in an excellent position to benefit from opportunities presented by the low-carbon transition. What is the TPI ranking? Started in
IoT solutions set to significantly improve water infrastructure challenges
A suite of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are being rolled out and others are under development to address the many issues facing existing water supply infrastructure around the world. A critical issue that can be improved with the use of the technology is mitigating water loss, delivering enhanced water storage solutions, as well as
Motsepe Foundation's agricultural development project working towards sustainable land reform
Sustainable agricultural development and land reform is hobbled because of the challenge in acquiring and providing title deeds and other land security, which makes it difficult for banking and other financial institutions to partner, co-fund and finance agriculture and land reform projects, the Motsepe Foundation says. The Motsepe Foundation has provided more than R600-million in
MTN Nigeria acquires an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum
MTN Nigeria said on Friday that it had acquired an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 800MHz band from Intercellular Nigeria. The Nigerian Communications Commission had approved the transaction and reassigned the frequency, it said. The extra spectrum will help underpin its data network and telecoms coverage in the country as it continues growing
Google to face lawsuit for collecting personal data even if users put privacy controls in place
A judge in California ruled Friday that Google has to face a class action lawsuit that claims the search giant secretly collects data from users even when they’re using its private “Incognito” mode, Bloomberg reported. Three users filed a complaint last June alleging Google has a “pervasive data tracking business,” and its tracking persists even
Vodacom Business enables businesses to digitize their Supply Chain Network
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create significant challenges for the manufacturing and retail industry globally, the need for a resilient and agile supply chain network has never been greater. Vodacom Business has developed various digital solutions to help businesses achieve a true connected supply chain network to help improve efficiencies and withstand disruption and
South Africa introduces new R2 & R5 coins
The South African mint has announced that it will introduce a new R2 coin into circulation. The coin forms part of the mint’s celebration of 25 years of constitutional democracy, with a number of other coins featuring prominent post-1994 events and rights. “The new R2 coin represents the ‘Freedom and Security of the Person’ right
Record new home loans for Standard Bank
Standard Bank Group says new home loans granted “reached record levels” in 2020, “fuelled by low interest rates”. In South Africa, the bank disbursed R56.5 billion in mortgage loans in the year, a 13% increase on the year before. Given that new disbursements saw a one-third contraction in the first half (to R15 billion) due
Google Maps will soon let you draw on a map to fix it
If you’ve ever been frustrated by a road simply not existing on Google Maps, the company’s now making it easier than ever to add it. Google will be updating its map editing experience to allow users to add missing roads and realign, rename or delete incorrect ones. It calls the experience “drawing,” but it’s closer
Apple sues 11-year veteran MacBook designer for allegedly stealing trade secrets for a journalist
Apple is suing Simon Lancaster, a former product design architect at the company, accusing him of selling trade secrets and details on unreleased Apple products to an unnamed media correspondent. Lancaster apparently did this in hopes of gaining publicity for his next venture after leaving Apple. AppleInsider first reported on the legal filing. “Tens of
Latest Windows 10 update could cause your printer to crash your PC
The latest Windows update has been causing problems for some printer owners, according to a report from Windows Latest(via Gizmodo). Users are reporting that they’re getting a blue screen when they try to open the print dialogue from Notepad, Office, or other programs. (You know that annoyingly ambiguous error message that’s like “Your PC ran into a problem
New iPhone feature will alert you if you're being stalked
A new feature, discovered in the iOS 14.5 beta, will warn Apple users when an unknown item traveling with them is being tracked through the Find My app. The Find My app is available through iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac devices. The setting, known as Item Safety Alerts, appears to be an attempt to
Warren Buffett's fortune tops $100B as his stock soars
Investor Warren Buffett's fortune surged above $100 billion Wednesday when shares of his company hit a record high at over $400,000 apiece. Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares climbed to $407,750 Wednesday before giving up some ground to close the day at $398,840. The Class B shares of the Omaha, Nebraska, based conglomerate were selling for
MTN suspends dividends as it struggles to sweep out debts
The mobile network operator plans to resume dividend payments this year and may declare special dividends too. MTN has suspended its final dividend for 2020 as it pushes ahead with plans to reduce debt. That's despite the group reporting strong results for the year as it grew its subscriber base by 11%. Releasing its annual
Real-time Artificial Intelligence monitoring to boost ESG scoring
AI is a means to enhance human well-being and freedom and in the global drive to bring sustainable development in line with the UN Agenda 2030, AI might just be the tool to do so. Globally there is a rapidly growing divestment movement that is seeing more businesses moving away from investing and engaging with
YouTube’s search bar was spacing out in many web browsers yesterday
So this was a weird one: depending on the browser you’re using, your space bar may not have worked in the YouTube.com search bar for a little while yesterday. Pressing it would make absolutely nothing happen, so your YouTube searches ended up being one long string of words. The bug seemed to be around for
Support for Microsoft’s Edge browser ends
Support for Microsoft’s Edge browser is ending today — not the new Chromium-based one, but the original Edge that was built as a replacement for Internet Explorer 11. Microsoft now calls it Legacy Edge, and the company announced it would be discontinuing the product back in August. That day has finally come: Legacy Edge will
Samsung to host another Unpacked event on March 17th
Samsung has just announced an Unpacked event coming up on March 17th, 2021, its second for the year so far. The invitation calls the event “Galaxy Awesome Unpacked.” Between recent A-series leaks and the chaotic, “awesome”-themed promotional video for last year’s models, it seems safe to assume that we’ll see the Galaxy A52 and A72
FNB grows affordable housing lending to help first time home buyers
10 March 2021 – FNB has grown its affordable housing property lending book by 24% (R6.3 billion) year on year to help entry-level first-time buyers with owning a home. Of the concluded mortgage deals in the income range R3,501 to R22,000, we estimate that 57% of FNB Retail customers qualified for the government’s Finance Linked Individual Subsidy