Google celebrates 25 years

Google, everyone’s favourite search engine, turned 25 years old on Wednesday and is celebrating its birthday with a doodle. Taking a “walk down memory lane”, the company showcased different doodles on its birthday over the years. The latest one comes with a GIF which turns ‘Google’ into ‘G25gle’ – marking the 25 years. Once you…

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FIRST INTERNATIONAL AWS SKILLS CENTER OPENS IN CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Amazon Web Services (AWS) opened its first international AWS Skills Center in Cape Town, South Africa, continuing on a mission to remove the barriers of access to cloud skills training. AWS Skills Centers are Amazon’s dedicated, in-person cloud learning spaces designed for anyone who is curious about cloud computing, career possibilities in the industry, and…

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Microsoft criticises proposed UN cybercrime treaty.

Microsoft’s main concerns are that the treaty should not provide an avenue for authoritarian states to criminalise online content, introduce new surveillance powers, expand cross-border government access to personal data, or potentially criminalise common security practices because of ambiguity in the text. UN treaty (drafted by UN Cybercrime Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime) released in…

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KENYA SUSPENDS EYEBALL-SCANNING CRYPTO WORLD COIN

Kenya has suspended a controversial cryptocurrency launched by the creator of ChatGPT over concerns for public safety. Worldcoin, founded by OpenAI boss Sam Altman, requires users to scan their eyeballs in order to receive a free share of the crypto token WLD. More than 350,000 people have already signed up in Kenya, according to local reports, representing a significant portion…

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