Month: April 2022
hack on eve of Ukraine invasion
China has always dismissed accusations that it is involved in cyber-espionage and has recently been pointing the finger at Western governments, and particularly the US, over hacking into its networks. So it is possible China was taking advantage of the conflict in order to spy, not just on Ukraine but also Russia, Belarus and other
Ronin Network bail out
A cryptocurrency and NFT games company which was hacked for $540m last month says its customers will now be reimbursed after a cash injection. Hackers emptied the company’s Ronin Network platform on 23 March after exploiting a security flaw. The company confirmed that all money would be safe after an injection from cryptocurrency giant Binance.
Bafta Games Awards 2022
Sci-fi horror game Returnal was the big winner at this year’s Bafta Games Awards, scooping four prizes. They included the top honour – best game – for the Playstation 5 shooter. Unpacking, a puzzle game in which a woman’s life unfolds as the player unboxes her possessions over a series of house moves, was conceived
Malicious apps on Google play store
Google has removed more than a dozen apps from its Play Store after learning they contained malicious code which was harvesting people’s locations, phone numbers, and email addresses. These include a QR code scanner, a weather app, and Muslim prayer apps. Google had previously warned app developers they needed to be clear with users about
Amazon broadband project
Over the next five years, three new heavy-lift rockets will put thousands of satellites into low earth orbit as part of Amazon’s Project Kuiper. The project aims to provide broadband connections using a constellation of 3,236 satellites. Amazon says Project Kuiper aims to provide high-speed, low-latency broadband to customers including households, businesses, government agencies, disaster
Sharing YouTube Videos as stickers on Snapchat
The video-sharing platform has added a ‘Snapchat’ button to the ‘Share’ menu that can be selected on YouTube videos to copy clips onto their snaps or story. Before, the user would have to copy the link from YouTube, open Snapchat, click on the paperclip and paste the link. The new feature is available on both
Uber Super App
Uber pivoted during the pandemic to change its model into a food delivery one to help cushion the blow to the decline in ride-hailing. The travel pilot, reports Washington Post, will significantly bolster Uber’s transportation offerings. Ride-hailing platform Uber is adding trains, buses, planes and car rentals to its UK app this year in the
Advanced Health Care
The advances in medical care continue to amaze—the swift development of the Covid-19 vaccines is the latest example. But as medical treatments become more effective, they also become more complex, making them harder to manage at scale. Reliable identity authentication is the foundation of better, more efficient healthcare that puts the patient at the centre.
Virtual tokens on Meta
Meta Platforms Inc is readying plans to introduce virtual tokens and cryptocurrencies to its family of apps with an aim to use such virtual tokens for rewarding creators and lending and other financial services. Meta’s cryptocurrencies, internally dubbed “Zuck Bucks”, are intended for the metaverse and may not be based on blockchain. If implemented, it
Google doodle pays tribute to Charlotte Maxeke
Technology company Google on Thursday honoured Charlotte Maxeke on her 151st birthday with a fitting doodle on the homepage of its website. Maxeke was often honoured as ‘Mother of Black Freedom in South Africa’ and had an ANC nursery school named after her in Tanzania, making her one of the first Black South Africans to