The sheer scale of the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on South African internet infrastructure in recent days does not make sense considering the relatively small amounts the attackers are trying to extort. A senior South African network security specialist, who asked for anonymity given the nature of his work, told TechCentral on Tuesday that the…
She travelled with him constantly, she told investigators. And emails, both in their tone and content, suggest they rapidly became a couple. Ghislaine Maxwell was still Epstein’s close friend, and was finding other women for him, but their sexual relationship was coming to an end, our research suggests. Marcinko was now his main girlfriend, the…
Questions arise over Chinese firm’s Sh50 Billion Lamu Port dredging as container ship runs aground The MV Baltimore Express at the Port of Lamu. PHOTO/KPA. By MARITIME CORRESPONDENT [email protected] Questions have arisen over the dredging of the Lamu Port channel after a ship ran aground before it was lightened and subsequently managed to berth on…
The US president finds himself under growing pressure at home to avoid a protracted conflict.
Apollo Global Management signage in New York on Dec. 5, 2023. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apollo’s John Zito had a blunt assessment of how private equity firms are valuing their software holdings as shares of comparable public tech companies have plunged: They’re not, he said. Zito, co-president of the firm’s giant asset…
The UN chief on Tuesday applauded civil society groups for “shaking the foundations of privilege” in a male-dominated world, addressing a range of questions during a townhall meeting on the margins of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) at UN Headquarters. “You are foundation-shakers,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told…
Khusela Sangoni-Diko, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Khusela Sangoni-Diko, chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies, has written to communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi, seeking detailed clarity on the recommendation to approve Dell Technologies’ Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) renewal for…
Dating is full of tiny money moments: choosing a restaurant, talking about travel, splitting a check, and deciding whether a gift is “too much.” You don’t need to ask someone how much they make, what their net worth is, or how much student loan debt they carry to learn how they approach money and what…
Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, invoked her Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination.
“We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his speech at Davos on Monday. “Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.” “You cannot live within the lie of mutual…
