TOBY SHAPSHAK: Spectrum outrage is a nadir for Icasa
The regulator is its own worst enemy in this bid to rebalance the cellular industry. Its foolish tactics will cause further delays
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Earth to Mantashe: it’s getting hot
SA’s coal rescuer and renewable naysayer continues to promote ‘cleaner coal’ against the best interests of the country
TOBY SHAPSHAK: The unacceptable face of Facebook
Whistleblower Frances Haugen has exposed the dark underbelly of Mark Zuckerberg’s greed-driven enterprise
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Cynical Instagram ignores teen agony
The social network knew for two years that it caused mental health issues, yet chose to downplay its effect on teenagers
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 draws me into the fold
Samsung’s newly launched device offers the luxury of a larger screen on a compact phone — but it doesn’t come cheap
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Actually, outsiders can read your chat
WhatsApp, with more than 2-billion users, routinely studies ‘end-to-end encrypted’ messages flagged as abusive
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Pluck of the Irish: WhatsApp’s hefty fine
Facebook has been slapped with the largest fine yet by Ireland’s data watchdog for serious privacy infringements
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Tim Cook takes Apple to the stratosphere
Steve Jobs’s successor has, in a decade, propelled the firm to become the first $1-trillion and $2-trillion company
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Facebook faces a stronger Federal Trade Commission
Facebook stands accused of buying out start-ups because it lacked the acumen and talent to survive the transition to mobile
TOBY SHAPSHAK: The Disinformation Dozen
A small group of people are peddling lies about vaccines — and making a lot of money doing it
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Inept Stella is still on Cyril’s team
A third of the cabinet deadwood has been changed but useless laggards remain. So much for ‘consequence management’
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Biden takes on Covid collaborators
Facebook refuses to stop misinformation spread by the anti-vaxxers, causing more waves of infections
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Pegasus exposes how countries spy
President Cyril Ramaphosa is one of many world leaders and others whose phones may have been used for snooping
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Zuma’s end unfolds on social media
Having played his trump card and lost, the former president is a spent force — and he’s still in jail
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Twitter timeline of enflaming a riot
Jacob Zuma’s daughter has been his most strident defender, but she is also fuelling the riots on social media
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Cold War 2.0: set in cyberspace
The latest hack involves a network supplier you’ve never heard of — whose weak security was targeted to reach bigger fish
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Privacy protection arrives at long last
The much-heralded Popi Act will finally bring meaningful legislation to protect SA’s digital privacy and our personal data
TOBY SHAPSHAK: A minimum of tax justice for Big Tech
A global minimum tax came a step closer at the G7 summit, where it was called ‘fit for the global digital age’. Let’s hope so
TOBY SHAPSHAK: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google meet the might of Big Law
Having created monopolies in online messaging, search and e-commerce, the giants are finally being reined in
