An advocacy group says the lawmakers’ threats on Facebook’s new digital currency are harmful to consumer choice, and will backfire.

Analysts share their thoughts on how Facebook’s new crypto-currency will impact the banking sector.

The company announces plans for a new unit, Calibra to provide financial services that let people participate in the Libra network.

The move is instigated by the emergence of a raft of companies bypassing usage restrictions to advertise products.

South Africans pay around six times more for 1GB of data than mobile users in India, while Kenyans pay 10 times more than Indians, says an Opera report.

Forensic experts in AI behaviour are in demand as companies look to reduce biases in technology solutions, says Gartner.

The tech giant changes its policy on marijuana-related apps, banning the facilitation, sale or delivery of the recreational drug.

The world’s biggest social networking platform plans to set up a digital payments system.

Uber, Facebook, Google and IBM are among the early sign-ups to the new Urban Computing Foundation.

The social media giant shuts down hundreds of accounts run by Israeli organisations attempting to influence politics in African countries.

Hackers can remotely install spyware on phones via the call function, allowing attackers to read messages, see contacts and activate the camera.

South Africans turned to Google for voting information, while photo-sharing apps like Instagram were used to showcase their marks in the sixth democratic election.