The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or AP) has hit Uber with an €824.9 million ($966 million) fine for violating the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The regulatory watchdog concluded that the ride-hailing company systematically deactivated driver accounts between 2018 and 2022 using fully automated systems without human intervention, illegally stripping drivers…
Luanda — Angola will host the 21st Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) in Luanda on 30 August, focusing on strengthening mechanisms for conflict prevention and resolution in Africa. The meeting, which will be preceded by the 26th Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council,…
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Washington — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is holding a press conference Monday at the Treasury Department announcing Operation Economic Outcast, the Trump administration’s ramped up push to use economic tools to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end the war with Iran. “Today, at President Trump’s direction, the United States Treasury has begun Operation Economic…
The Centre of High Performance Computing’s Lengau supercomputer suffered a cyber security incident in late-May. (Image source: iStock) The cyber security breach on South Africa’s Lengau supercomputer was caused by “vulnerabilities associated with the legacy high-performance computing system”. This is based on insights contained in a written Parliamentary reply by the Department of Science, Technology…
Ahmed Krim spent 30 years teaching English in Algeria’s middle schools. Now retired, the 60-year-old watched the language he loved remain firmly behind French as the country’s second language. English was less valued than French, which might have been the language of Algeria’s coloniser, but continues to be present in every dialogue, six decades after…
For Ari, a six-year-old boy with learning difficulties in Jamaica, artificial intelligence (AI) opened the door to something many children take for granted: reading a book in his own language. Thousands of miles away, gold miners in Ethiopia are being screened more quickly for tuberculosis, while communities around the world are breathing cleaner air thanks…
Episode 8 of Watts & Wheels – TechCentral’s electric motoring show – opens with William Kelly on his soapbox, clipboard in hand, and a simple demand: keep left, pass right. Too many South African drivers, he argues, treat the left indicator as an invitation to be overtaken rather than a signal of intent, and lane…
Conflicts can expose civilians and detainees to grave abuses; the challenge is not only to document these crimes, but also to ensure all survivors are recognised, protected and able to access justice and care. When a Ukrainian prisoner of war was released in 2025 after three years in detention, he carried with him searing memories…
The Canadian dollar fell on Monday morning after trade talks between Ottawa and Washington fell apart, leaving both sides facing higher prices on a wide array of imported goods and threatening Canada’s economic growth. The U.S. on Saturday slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada, its second-biggest trading partner after…
