‘Like many cybercriminal schemes, numbers are crucial — bigger victim pools equate to potentially bigger profits‘, researchers say According to THE INDEPENDENT TECH, Cybercriminals are using Facebook Messenger to infect computers with malware that mines cryptocurrency. Security researchers the Trend Micro cyber security firm said “Digmine” is targeting as many…
A new mobile network operator(MNO) in Kenya, faiba4G has just been announced by jamii telecommunications, which is going to highly favour comrades who spend a lot of time browsing. This is after a long journey that started early this year when JTL was awarded a license to use the 700MHz…
You know that the employment landscape is undergoing fundamental upheavals, right? You appreciate that the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence is going to give automation a big push, I hope? You realise that some studies suggest nearly half of all today’s jobs could be lost to automation – yes?…
2017 Call for Applications to a Training Workshop on Mobile Apps Development for Sustainable Development The Kenya National Commission for UNESCO (KNATCOM) will host a Training Workshop on Mobile Apps Development for Sustainable Development in late November or early December 2017. The objective of the proposed initiative is to promote…
Research by targetevolution.org shows that 72% of Generation Z wants to start their own business. There is a hidden secret behind starting a business at a younger age. So let’s try to look at some of these secrets: Investors and the market trust young people more than “older” people. When a young person, that…
SoundCloud will soon collapse if investors don’t vote for a rescue funding round tomorrow. The stumbling music streaming community site had to suddenly lay off 40 percent of its staff last month. Now it’s asking investors for $169.5 million at a pre-money enterprise valuation of just $150 million, according to Axios‘ reliable business…
Messaging giant WhatsApp is experimenting with giving businesses verified accounts on its platform. In an FAQ on its website, the company notes that some business accounts will be displayed with a green tick badge next to them — which denotes that WhatsApp has “confirmed” their phone number belongs to a business account,…
Billionaire entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban has been advising chat app Dust for the past few years. And now, Radical App, the group that oversees Dust, is adding two more properties. The team will be releasing its Mercury Protocol blockchain messaging technology by the end of next month. The business also will be…
Facebook has switched on its low-cost Internet in more than 600 hotspots across the country since the launch of the service in March, the US tech giant has disclosed. Surf Kenya, Facebook’s local partner, says it has so far rolled out the Express Wi-Fi service in Eldoret, Naivasha, Nakuru, Mtwapa,…
Can computers be creative? That’s a question bordering on the philosophical, but artificial intelligence (AI) can certainly make music and artwork that people find pleasing. Last year, Google launched Magenta, a research project aimed at pushing the limits of what AI can do in the arts. Science spoke with Douglas Eck, the team’s lead…