Security
This year’s summit brings together CISOs, CIOs, Heads of IT, tech leaders, government officials, regulators, and industry experts from across Africa to tackle the most pressing cybersecurity challenges facing businesses and critical infrastructure.
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Google has an illegal monopoly on search, US court rules
The ruling paves the way for a second trial to determine potential fixes, possibly including a breakup of Google parent Alphabet, which would change the landscape of the online advertising world that Google has dominated for years.
Meta to pay Ksh.182 billion in facial recognition data lawsuit
The terms of the settlement, disclosed on Tuesday, mark the largest accord ever by any single state, according to the lawyers for Texas, whose legal team included the plaintiffs firm Keller Postman.
Microsoft says about 8.5 million of its devices affected by CrowdStrike-related outage
A software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, one of the largest operators in the industry, triggered systems problems that grounded flights, forced broadcasters off air and left customers without access to services such as healthcare or banking.
Kenya drops probe into Worldcoin after 2023 suspension
The crypto project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was suspended in Kenya on August 2, 2023, over data security concerns amid a hysterical uptake in the capital Nairobi.
Microsoft Africa Development Centre and Cyber Shujaa to train 100 cybersecurity professionals
The three-month program will admit the first cohort of 70 undergraduate students and 30 graduate students with less than two years of work experience through eight cybersecurity modules.
CAK targets Big Tech with proposed competition law
In the Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2024, CAK seeks more powers from Parliament to expand its oversight in protecting local companies from dominance by technology giants, which were previously not expressly captured by the market share and market power threshold prov...
Cyberattacks now targeting high profile persons, businesses – Report
According to Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity platform, the online criminals are on the prowl in Kenya notwithstanding arrests and convictions that have been reported in the media.
Opera Mini introduces PIN-protected browsing
Dubbed Locked Mode, the privacy enhancement addresses the needs of users Opera says have requested increased password protection features, especially when sharing devices with family or friends.