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TikTok founder races to save hit app as Trump threatens ban - TechCentral

Zhang Yiming is the little-known Chinese entrepreneur who built TikTok into one of the most promising franchises on the Internet. Now the brainy, combative founder is under pressure to save the business.

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Another South African makes it big in the US - TechCentral

Another South African is making headlines in the US. Pierre Naudé is the CEO of the global fintech company nCino, which listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Tuesday.

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Samsungs surprise leaves more confusion over tech - TechCentral

Samsung Electronics’ second quarter earnings seem like good news. But it’s really not as simple as that.

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Vodacom boosted capex by R500-million as pandemic hit - TechCentral

Vodacom pumped an additional R500-million into its network in the first quarter of its 2021 financial year to help cater for surging demand for voice and data services during the Covid-19 lockdown.

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Minnesota Omega Psi Phi Brothers Raise Over $20,000 in Less Than 24 Hours for Brother Hospitalized From ATV Accident - Watch The Yard

The brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. in Minnesota have sprung to action to raise money for their brother, Lawrence “Low” Walker, who was injured in a horrific motor vehicle accident on Monday. In under 24 hours, the chapter has raised over 20,000 dollars. Low, who is a Spring 2014

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Dell Technologies' Tony Bartlett on the rise of edge computing - TechCentral

Promoted | In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral is joined by Dell Technologies South Africa director of data centre compute Tony Bartlett for a discussion on some of the major trends affecting the IT industry.

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Verizon joins growing Facebook advertising boycott - TechCentral

Verizon Communications said on Thursday it was pausing advertising on Facebook in July, in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms.

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Mark Zuckerberg $7-billion poorer amid Facebook ad boycott - TechCentral

Mark Zuckerberg just became $7.2-billion poorer after a flurry of companies pulled advertising from Facebook’s network - but he's still the fourth richest person in the world.

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Facebook boycott organisers see no commitment to action from Zuckerberg - TechCentral

Organisers of a growing Facebook advertising boycott said they saw "no commitment to action" after meeting with CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday.

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Asias richest man takes on Zoom - TechCentral

Zoom, one of the few success stories of the Covid-19 pandemic, now faces a new competitor in an app backed by Asia’s wealthiest person Mukesh Ambani.

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(BPRW) HBCU Buzz Presents: 2020 HBCU Top 30 Under 30 | Press releases

(BPRW) HBCU Buzz Presents: 2020 HBCU Top 30 Under 30 30 Leaders from 18 Historically Black Colleges, Honored (Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. ⁠— For the sixth year, HBCU Buzz

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Coming soon to a 3D printer near you: Plant-based steaks - TechCentral

A chef cuts a piece of uncooked 3D-printed plant-based steak mimicking real beef and produced by Israeli start-up Redefine Meat during a demonstration at its facility in Rehovot, Israel. Image: Amir Cohen/Reuters

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Tesla appears poised to electrify S&P 500 - TechCentral

Tesla appears on the verge of joining the SP 500, a major accomplishment for CEO Elon Musk that would unleash a flood of new demand for the electric car maker's shares.

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China is winning the trillion-dollar 5G war - TechCentral

China is building tens of thousands of 5G base stations every week. Whether it wins technological dominance or not, domestic supply chains may be revived and allow the country to maintain – and advance — its position as the factory floor of the world, even as Covid-19 forces a rethink in how

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IoT.nxts Nico Steyn and André Jacobs on the value of innovation - TechCentral

Promoted In the third of a series of podcasts with IoT.nxt, the company's CEO, Nico Steyn, and chief of product engineering, André Jacobs, join TechCentral for a discussion on innovation.

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Revamped SAA could borrow Telkom model: Gordhan - TechCentral

South Africa is considering an independent board for its ailing national airline, with a shareholder structure similar to that of part state-owned telecoms firm Telkom, a senior government minister said.

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Hasso Plattner donates R100-million to South Africa in Covid fight - TechCentral

Hasso Plattner, the co-founder of German enterprise software giant SAP, has donated R100-million to South Africa's Solidarity Fund.

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Sony doubles production of PS5 to meet surging demand - TechCentral

Sony is roughly doubling its PlayStation 5 production to 10 million units this year as it sees the prolonged effects of the Covid-19 pandemic boosting demand for gaming, according to people familiar with its plans.

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Interview: Seacom CIO Marius Burger on cloud in the time of Covid - TechCentral

Promoted Seacom CIO and head of Seacom Cloud Marius Burger joins the TechCentral podcast for a discussion on cloud computing and the company's approach to market.

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The era of free news for Facebook and Google may soon be over - TechCentral

Facebook and Google have for years operated like shop windows for news stories, plying their billions of visitors with free snippets and information from articles across the Web. An antitrust tussle that’s coming to a head in Australia is set to change that.

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Inside Britain's audacious bid to rescue a satellite constellation - TechCentral

Britain is betting that satellite operator OneWeb will help it boldly go into a post-Brexit era. But it faces formidable challenges to complete a working constellation and rebuild a collapsed venture that has proved a money pit for investors.

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Naspers, gold push JSE shares to best quarter since 2001 - TechCentral

South African shares are about to round off their strongest quarter in almost two decades, and the influence of the coronavirus pandemic is clear to see in the shares most responsible for driving the market higher.

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Is it safe to use TikTok? - TechCentral

TikTok has become one of the world’s most popular apps by serving up a steady beat of lip-syncing videos and viral memes. But behind the scenes the company, owned by one of China’s biggest tech firms, is also scooping up massive amounts of data on its users and tracking their every move.

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NCOP approves Cybercrimes Bill - TechCentral

The National Council of Provinces (NCOP) passed the Cybercrimes Bill and the Science and Technology Laws Amendment Bill during its sitting on Wednesday.

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Eskom can't say when power cuts will end - TechCentral

State-owned power monopoly Eskom cannot say how long a new round of power cuts that began on Friday will last, its spokesman Sikonathi Mantshantsha said.

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(BPRW) HBCU Buzz Presents: 2020 HBCU Top 30 Under 30 - The Black Chronicle

(Black PR Wire) WASHINGTON, D.C. ⁠ For the sixth year, HBCU Buzz presents the HBCU Top 30 Under 30, honoring the achievements of alumni of historically Black colleges and universities.

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6 distinct types of Covid-19 infection, tracking app reveals - TechCentral

British scientists analysing data from a widely-used Covid-19 symptom-tracking app have found there are six distinct types of the disease, each distinguished by a cluster of symptoms.

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US tech stocks are behaving like its 1999 - will it end in tears again? - TechCentral

It’s one thing for stocks to bounce violently after losing a quarter of their value in a month, as they did in March. It’s another thing entirely to keep doing it after soaring back to record highs. And yet that is what’s happening with the biggest US tech shares, which just notched one of their

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Jobs axe to fall at Primedia - TechCentral

Primedia will retrench an unspecified number of employees as it struggles to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, the challenging economic environment and rapid technological change.

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Tesla mocks short-sellers with sale of red satin shorts - TechCentral

After surpassing Toyota as the world’s most valuable automaker and stunning with forecast-beating deliveries, Tesla has taken time out to poke fun at the company’s naysayers — with sales of red satin shorts.

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