CyberFOCUS
Uproar over LinkedIn's data use for AI
Global platform LinkedIn has triggered concern in various countries by introducing AI to scrape users' data, supposedly to enhance their chances of getting a job, writes Legalbrief, but also improving its own AI systems without individual consent. SA was not ...
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CyberREPORTs
ConCourt throws out YeboYethu's bid to join Vodacom fray
The special purpose vehicle that holds Vodacom's BBBEE shares – YeboYethu – has failed in its bid to be admitted as a friend of the court in the protracted legal battle between Vodacom and ‘Please Call Me’ (PCM) inventor ...
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Alarm at bank’s crypto-purchase restrictions
SA’s crypto community reacted with dismay to Capitec’s announcement last week that that it would restrict customers from sending funds to crypto exchanges. Moneyweb reports that Capitec says the purpose is to protect clients from fraud, and urged customers to ...
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Ramaphosa sends Copyright Bill to ConCourt
Years after he sent the Copyright Amendment Bill, and by extension the Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill, back to Parliament, President Cyril Ramaphosa has referred the legislation to the Constitutional Court for certification. A Mail & Guardian Online report notes that ...
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Banxso allegedly ignores derivatives licence suspension
USAASA fund to be rationalised – Minister
Takealot wants Chinese e-tailers to have SA bases
SIU to probe SABC’s Gupta ‘breakfast briefings’
Ramaphosa moots rebates to boost EV uptake
State defaults on TV licences
Sassa verification system delays grant payments
GenAI adoption doubles among CIOs in a year
Majority of large law firms negative about GenAI – PwC
AI and automation should go hand in hand – study
Study examines challenges to last-mile deliveries
Lutsinga House goes digital
Judgment sets rules for personal data use
Parents sue son's school over AI-use ambiguity
Standardised NDA sold to world's biggest contract database
Meta board upholds decision to remove offensive post
Kenya addresses e-waste problem
US Commission adopts 'click to cancel' rule
Expert punts consultation around empowerment objectives
Child sex abuse imagery at 'tipping point' – watchdog
Meta uses facial recognition to target 'celeb-bait ads'
herEthical AI builds app to help rape survivors
CyberANALYSIS
Using AI to extend legacy systems
Modernising legacy systems is a strategy of extending the useful life of existing systems, but it is difficult work with the challenges it presents. Writing in an IT Web analysis, Lorraine Steyn, founder and CEO of KRS Software, notes that ...
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CyberBYTES
UIF online services restored after months of disruption
* The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) said last week that its online services have been fully restored and are operational after almost two months of disruption. Clients and stakeholders can now access uFiling, the UIF USSD service, and the data-free UIF ...
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Alleged Grindr suspects to apply for bail
* The three men linked to the kidnapping and extortion of gay men appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday. They are accused of luring gay men under false pretences on the dating app Grindr. They are facing charges ...
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SIDEBARS
Worldcoin changes its name
Worldcoin revampWorldcoin, a startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, announced a new name and introduced the latest version of its eyeball-scanning Orb at an event in San Francisco last week. The company will be called World, and will use ...
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SA's first-ever digital parent pact announced
Digital pact for parentsSFC (formerly Smartphone-Free Childhood), a national movement dedicated to delaying smartphones and social media for children, has introduced SA’s first digital parent pact. This voluntary pact allows parents to pledge to delay giving their children a smartphone ...
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Case Law Briefs
State v Thabethe (Right to documentation)
Free State High Court:
State v Thabethe and Others
Judgment: 7 August 2024
Keywords: Criminal procedure – Estina Dairy – State capture trial – Right to full discovery – Investigation in terms of Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977, s ...
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