Hacked by your fridge: the Internet of Things could spark a new wave of cyber attacks
Oct 07, 2016 02:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The past few weeks have seen a remarkable and somewhat alarming development in cyber security. It comes in the wake of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that has forced a rethink of how we can deal with attacks...
Oct 07, 2016 01:35 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Its been a busy week for the easily offended. On Tuesday, it was reported the Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria banned local actress Rahama Sadau from making movies because of an offensive hug she had...
Mixed signals from the global economy
Oct 07, 2016 01:06 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy Central Banks
The first monetary policy statement from new RBA governor Philip Lowe, the International Monetary Fund cuts global growth forecasts and mixed signals from the global economy as the US election race runs on. It was...
Clinton and Trump need to address police violence in debate
Oct 06, 2016 15:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
On Oct. 9, 2016, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will come together for the second presidential debate taking the stage only eight miles from Ferguson, Missouri. Since the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson...
UK stock market dives into turbulent waters as FTSE approaches record high
Oct 06, 2016 14:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The UKs index of leading companies, the FTSE 100, has broken the 7,000 points barrier and is approaching all-time highs at what might look like a deeply fragile moment. Markets are placing higher and higher values on...
Trump or Clinton: who will be the best for our region?
Oct 06, 2016 14:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Everyone knows by now that the current, endlessly drawn-out electoral process in the US is remarkable, even by the standards of an increasingly weird political era. The consensus is that no matter who becomes the next...
Eager homebuyers still falling victim to shadowy rent-to-buy deals
Oct 06, 2016 14:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Real Estate
Those looking to get a piece of the Australian dream of buying a home are still falling victim to the shadow property market of rent-to-buy deals, a new report shows. In a typical rent-to-buy deal, the buyer agrees to...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects