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Russia has threatened to block YouTube, as the Kremlin called for “zero tolerance” towards the video hosting giant. The move comes after YouTube removed Russian state-backed broadcaster RT’s German-language channels from its platform. On Tuesday, the online video company, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc, deleted RT’s German-language channels,…

A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit Wednesday evening, carrying four people — none of whom are professional astronauts — and kicking off the first-ever mission to Earth’s orbit crewed entirely by tourists. The launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida was dramatically illuminated with spotlights against the night…

Samsung South Africa has announced that it has activated a TV Block Function on all Samsung TV sets stolen during the looting, violence and unrest in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng during July that saw TV sets stolen from Samsung warehouses. Samsung has activated TV Block on all Samsung television…

Apple has unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused, including by governments looking to surveil their citizens. The tool designed to detect known images of child…

Twitter has finally begun testing a dislike button on the app, but it is nothing like the dislike button that you see on YouTube. The micro-blogging site revealed that some iOS users will now see new upvote and downvote options below a tweet. However, the company says that the downvotes…

Jeff Bezos, the richest human in the world, went to space on Tuesday. It was a brief jaunt — rising 60-some miles into the sky above West Texas — in a spacecraft that was built by Mr. Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin. The flight, even though it did not enter…

A court of a regional Western African economic union barred the Nigerian government on Tuesday from prosecuting Twitter users. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice said the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria and criminalization of users by the government was a violation of rights. “Any…

Nigeria’s government said Friday it was suspending Twitter indefinitely in Africa’s most populous nation, a day after the company deleted a controversial tweet President Muhammadu Buhari made about a secessionist movement. It was not immediately clear when the suspension would go into effect as users could still access Twitter late…

A Tanzanian who created an app to help African students studying in China network with one another said that he is expanding the project to other countries. Kizwalo Simbila launched the Schoolbiz in August 2017 in Tanzania – a month before going to study in China at Ningbo University. It…