What is 3G and why is it being shut down? An electrical engineer explains
Feb 23, 2022 22:41 pm UTC| Technology
On Feb. 22, 2022, ATT is scheduled to turn off its 3G cellular network. T-Mobile is scheduled to turn its off on July 1, 2022, and Verizon is slated to follow suit on Dec. 31, 2022. The vast majority of cellphones in...
Considering buying a smart device? To protect your security, ask yourself these five questions
Feb 23, 2022 22:35 pm UTC| Technology Life
Houses are getting smarter: smart thermostats manage our heating, while smart fridges can monitor our food consumption and help us order groceries. Some houses even have smart doorbells that tell us who is on our doorstep....
How tech is driving new forms of domestic abuse
Feb 23, 2022 22:35 pm UTC| Technology
Perpetrators of domestic abuse are increasingly exploiting digital tools to coerce and control their victims. Where there is abuse in a relationship, technology will also feature in how that abuse is conducted. Police...
Twitter for the right: a look at Truth Social
Feb 23, 2022 22:33 pm UTC| Technology
Few people in recent times have created as much controversy as Donald Trump. A year after his utterances got him banned from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, his new enterprise, Truth Social, has made its debut on Apples App...
For workers in Africa, the digital economy isn't all it's made out to be
Feb 23, 2022 22:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Today more than half of the worlds population is connected to the internet. In Africa, there are over 590 million internet users and over 800 million mobile phone subscribers. Some observers note that such diffusion of...
Feb 23, 2022 10:32 am UTC| Technology
The widely popular toy brand Lego is reportedly expanding its video game business by licensing its IPs to another major video game publisher, 2K Games. The company, popular for publishing a host of sports video games every...
‘Elden Ring’ release date: FromSoftware details exact times when the game will go live worldwide
Feb 23, 2022 10:07 am UTC| Technology
Elden Ring is one of the most anticipated games launching this year, and it is going live in a few days. To help fans prepare for its arrival, developer FromSoftware has released a guide to the exact times when the game...
Electricity from farm waste: how biogas could help Malawians with no power
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IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects