LanDynamix highlights growing scourge of payment fraud in SA
LanDynamix Founder and CEO, Peter Clarke. Payment fraud is a critical and growing crisis in South Africa. It is costing billions of rands annually and showing massive spikes in digital banking and mobile app fraud. Criminals are increasingly utilising advanced social engineering, AI deepfakes and bank impersonation scams to manipulate victims into authorising transactions. This…
Africa: ‘Science is Not the Problem’ – UNAIDS Says Political Choices Now Threaten HIV Response
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — The global HIV response stands at a defining moment, with health leaders warning that decades of progress are at risk as international funding declines and prevention programmes are scaled back across some of the world’s hardest-hit countries. Although new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have fallen to their lowest levels…
Mamdani tackles cost of living crisis in New York with 30% discounts | Newsfeed
NewsFeed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a new plan to sell grocery baskets at city-run stores at 30% below retail prices. The baskets will be sold at five city-run stores and are his latest effort to offer savings to New Yorkers. Published On 28 Jul 202628 Jul 2026 Click here to share…
Beijing warns of retaliation over US threats to Chinese AI firms
China’s commerce ministry has accused the US of “AI hegemonism” and threatened countermeasures after senior US officials said Chinese AI companies could face investigations, sanctions and trade restrictions over the alleged theft of US technology. The ministry said on Monday that Washington was threatening Chinese companies with punishment based on allegations they used “distillation” to…
SK Hynix plunges as semiconductor selloff deepens; Samsung, Softbank
SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Semiconductor shares tumbled Tuesday in Asia, extending a rout in chipmakers after another weak session on Wall Street. SK Hynix plunged more than 13%, while Samsung Electronics fell over 12%. Other…
Standard Bank’s BCB unit CIO unpacks key priorities
Fezile Dali, CIO for business and commercial banking at Standard Bank Group. (Image: supplied) Data and artificial intelligence (AI) are key priorities for Standard Bank’s business and commercial banking (BCB) unit, as it looks to unlock the promise of AI and generative AI. So said Fezile Dali, CIO for BCB at Standard Bank Group, in…
The second of two red panda cubs born at a California zoo dies
The second of two red panda cubs born at a Santa Barbara Zoo in California earlier this summer died over the weekend, the zoo said Monday. Another cub born to a red panda named Ruby died earlier this month, the zoo said in a statement. That cub was found dead by zoo staff on July…
Prime spectrum lies idle as the Woan’s ghost lingers
Spectrum that communications regulator Icasa set aside for a wholesale open-access network remains unassigned more than four years after cabinet moved to scrap the scheme – and the regulator has now said it will not discuss the Woan in its long-term spectrum planning at all. Icasa’s position is set out in the International Mobile Telecommunications…
Three promising business opportunities in Somalia
Somalia has the longest coastline in mainland Africa, but its waters remain underfished. For many people, Somalia is synonymous with war and political instability. However, Jon Bellish, the executive director of Shuraako Capital – a firm that finances Somali companies says the country offers several business opportunities. In a recent interview with How we made…
Number of suspects in fatal Bite of Seattle food festival shooting rises to three
Seattle police say they now believe at least three people were involved in a fatal shooting at a food festival on Sunday. Police initially said two suspects were thought to have been shooting at each other at the annual Bite of Seattle food festival at the Space Needle – one of the city’s most popular…
