Revival of Blackberry nostalgia and keyboard fuels smartphone startups

Revival of Blackberry nostalgia and keyboard fuels smartphone startups

The Clicks Communicater smartphone on display. Startup Clicks Technology makes a Blackberry phone. Clicks When Apple launched the iPhone in 2007, physical keyboards quickly lost ground to touchscreens and faded from mainstream smartphones. Now, a new wave of startups, including U.K.-based Clicks Technology and Chinese firm Unihertz, is bringing them back and carving out a…

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68% of passwords can be cracked within a day

68% of passwords can be cracked within a day

AI-driven cracking tools expose weaknesses in modern password practices. (Image source: 123RF) More than 50% of leaked passwords end with a number, and the “@” symbol appears in 10% of cases, according to Kaspersky research. This highlights persistent weaknesses and predictability in user password behaviour, particularly as AI is increasingly being used by hackers to…

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A 12-year-old competition case lands on Canal+’s desk

A 12-year-old competition case lands on Canal+’s desk

The Competition Commission has signalled it is open to settlement talks with MultiChoice over its allegation that the pay-TV operator entered into a 2014 market-division pact with set-top box manufacturer Altech UEC. The regulator’s head of cartels has explicitly invited MultiChoice’s new French parent, Canal+, to negotiate rather than face full prosecution at the Competition…

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E-hailing overtakes vehicle ownership, outpaces fuel spend

E-hailing overtakes vehicle ownership, outpaces fuel spend

Discovery Bank and Visa data shows ride-hailing growth is now outpacing fuel spend, especially among younger urban consumers. South Africans are increasingly turning to ride-hailing services, as convenience, shifting economics and changing mobility habits reshape urban transport behaviour. This is according to the latest edition of the SpendTrend26 report, compiled by Discovery Bank and Visa, which…

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Your databases are being watched

Your databases are being watched

The title of this piece is not a metaphor. When a database is compromised and goes unmonitored, an attacker is inside – querying, extracting, mapping access over weeks and months before anyone notices. The monitoring that would catch them, in most environments, does not exist. What makes this pattern consistent across sectors and incident types…

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