Category: Technology

Ireland’s online safety watchdog will prioritise child protection on digital platforms throughout 2025, as part of its growing role under the EU’s landmark Digital Services Act (DSA). The Coimisiún na Meán, Ireland’s media and online safety regulator and key DSA enforcer, is actively contributing to forthcoming EU-wide guidelines on child safety expected to be published […]

Alexander Supertramp / shutterstock People who aren’t legal experts are more willing to rely on legal advice provided by ChatGPT than by real lawyers – at least, when they don’t know which of the two provided the advice. That’s the key finding of our new research, which highlights some important concerns about the way the […]

A team of scientists who study vertebrate fossil tracks and traces on South Africa’s southern Cape coast have identified the world’s first fossil pangolin trackway, with the help of Indigenous Master Trackers from Namibia. Ichnologists Charles Helm, Clive Thompson and Jan De Vynck tell the story. What did you find? A fossil trackway east of […]

Scamnetic, a Tampa-based cybersecurity startup, has raised $13 million in Series A funding to enhance its AI-powered scam detection platform. Led by Roo Capital, with participation from 1st and Main Growth Partners, Riptide Ventures, and SaaS Ventures, this investment brings Scamnetic’s total funding to $16 million. Founded in 2024, Scamnetic offers a comprehensive solution that […]

Yuangeng Zhang/Shutterstock If you’ve ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact between different groups often drives change. In a recent paper, together with our colleagues Enrico R. Crema, Stephen Shennan and Oreto García-Puchol among others, we used a mathematical model to analyse what happens […]

Push Security, a London-based cybersecurity firm, has secured $30 million in Series B funding to enhance its browser-based Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) platform. This investment brings the company’s total funding to $49 million. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Datadog Ventures and existing investors. The company plans to utilize […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing productivity and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. It powers self-driving cars, social media feeds, fraud detection and medical diagnoses. Touted as a game changer, it is projected to add nearly US$15.7 trillion to the global economy by the end of the decade. Africa is positioned to use this technology […]

Cybersecurity startup Chainguard has raised $356 million in a Series D funding round, elevating its valuation to $3.5 billion. The round was led by Kleiner Perkins and IVP, with participation from Salesforce Ventures and Datadog Ventures . Founded in 2021 by former Google engineers, Chainguard specializes in providing “hardened-by-default” open-source components to enhance software supply […]

Blue Shield of California has disclosed a significant data breach affecting approximately 4.7 million members. The breach resulted from a misconfiguration in the integration between Google Analytics and Google Ads on its website. Between April 2021 and January 2024, this flaw inadvertently shared protected health information (PHI) with Google’s advertising platform. The issue was identified […]