Category: Technology

  • GhiPSS ready to support gov’t e-payment agenda

    GhiPSS ready to support gov’t e-payment agenda

    The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) has said it is ready to provide a wide range of payment services for the public sector payment system for all government projects. The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has earlier indicated that government projects will all paid through electronic means by the middle of next year…

  • 5G will make countries competitive and connected – Huawei

    5G will make countries competitive and connected – Huawei

    Director of Public Affairs at Huawei, Chris Pereira has indicated that “5G is going to bring connectivity and competitiveness to countries who deploy 5G faster in terms of the industrial applications.” According to him, with 5G technology, “truly full connection around the world is going to become a reality and a possibility for the first…

  • 11 Dangerous Data Breaches That Should Freak You Out

    11 Dangerous Data Breaches That Should Freak You Out

    Are you safe from a cyber attack? Probably not. You can turn on two-factor authentication, get a password manager, and surf the web via VPN, but if the companies with which you do business are breached, your personal information can quickly wind up on the dark web. Last year, credit reporting firm Equifax revealed that…

  • Man accused in $9m net address theft

    Man accused in $9m net address theft

    An American man has been accused of stealing net addresses worth more than $9m by US prosecutors Amir Golestan of South Carolina is alleged to have tricked an organization that controls some net addresses into handing them over In total Mr Golestan won control of more than 750,000 addresses The addresses are valuable because the…

  • Tesla autopilot engaged during fatal accident

    Tesla autopilot engaged during fatal accident

    Preliminary report into a fatal accident involving Tesla Model 3 in the US has found Autopilot had been engaged 10 seconds before the crash. The Tesla was traveling above the speed limit when it crashed into a truck towing in March 2019 The roof of the car was sheared off the in accident and the…

  • Microsoft open sources algorithm that gives Bing some of its smarts

    Microsoft open sources algorithm that gives Bing some of its smarts

    Search engines today are more than just the dumb keyword matchers they used to be. You can ask a question—say, “How tall is the tower in Paris?”—and they’ll tell you that the Eiffel Tower is 324 meters (1,063 feet) tall, about the same as an 81-story building. They can do this even though the question…

  • cPanel Linux server security practices

    cPanel Linux server security practices

    Everyone knows it is easy to have their servers attacked, or harmed by a malware attack, a DDoS attack or other security threats. Now the question is, how can we avoid attacks targeted at Linux VPS and Servers?Let us guide you with some basic practices to keep your server secure and defend against unknown security…

  • What is a server? Why need it? Who needs it?

    What is a server? Why need it? Who needs it?

    What is a server? In a technical sense, a server is an instance of a computer program or device that accepts and responds to requests made by another program, known as a client. Imagine you need to eat some food, you will need to go the fridge to get it, so the fridge will be…

  • Learn about website security

    Learn about website security

    Whether you’re running a huge ecommerce site or a small personal blog, your website means a lot to you. After all you’ve spent time, effort and money getting it set up, and of course your site means a great deal to you – either because it earns you your living and/or because it (and its…

  • Scientists create record-breaking 10-petawatt laser that can vaporize matter

    Scientists create record-breaking 10-petawatt laser that can vaporize matter

    Whoa! What can one do with a 10PW laser? Well, other than making someone or something disappear, it is mostly used for research purposes. Scientists in three (soon to be four) countries use mega-powerful lasers to study photonuclear properties, cancer medicine, radiation research, and more.  Physicists in Romania have successfully tested a 10-petawatt (10 million billion watts) laser…