Twitter will label all links from state-backed Russian media: Twitter says it will begin labelling all links from state-backed Russian outlets shared on its platform. – MyBroadband
Cryptocurrency exchanges resist pressure to block all Russian users: The Biden administration is asking crypto exchanges to help ensure that Russian individuals and organisations aren’t using virtual currencies to avoid sanctions leveled on them. – MyBroadband
Bitcoin surges as volumes spike in Russia and Ukraine: Bitcoin jumped as much as 10% amid speculation cryptocurrencies will gain favour in the wake of sanctions against Russia. – MyBroadband
South Africa gets Interpol red notices for Gupta brothers: South Africa has obtained red notices against two Gupta brothers, placing them on Interpol’s most-wanted list. – MyBroadband
Mobile number porting alerts tested — with poor results: Testing by MyBroadband revealed that mobile operators do not always alert users when they phone a ported number, as required by Icasa regulations. – MyBroadband
MTN buys digital land in metaverse: MTN has bought 144 plots of land in an Africa-centric virtual reality world. – MyBroadband
Vumacam expands to Durban: Vumacam announced that the City of eThekwini will be rolling out its surveillance technology in the municipality. – MyBroadband
South African tech manufacturers hammered by Covid-19 and July riots: MyBroadband spoke to Mustek’s managing director, Hein Engelbrecht, regarding the impacts of the Covid-19 lockdowns and July riots on tech manufacturing in South Africa. – MyBroadband
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