TechCentral https://techcentral.co.za Technology News Leader In South Africa Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:27:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 TechCentral Technology News Leader In South Africa clean Prime’s collapse a cautionary tale of social media hype https://techcentral.co.za/prime-cautionary-tale-social-media-hype/239928/ https://techcentral.co.za/prime-cautionary-tale-social-media-hype/239928/#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:00:07 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=239928 https://techcentral.co.za/prime-cautionary-tale-social-media-hype/239928/feed/ 2 Musk vs Malema: give it a break, Elon https://techcentral.co.za/musk-vs-malema-give-it-a-break-elon/239408/ https://techcentral.co.za/musk-vs-malema-give-it-a-break-elon/239408/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:10:30 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=239408 https://techcentral.co.za/musk-vs-malema-give-it-a-break-elon/239408/feed/ 1 WhatsApp could soon interoperate with other messaging apps  https://techcentral.co.za/whatsapp-interoperate-messaging-apps/239345/ https://techcentral.co.za/whatsapp-interoperate-messaging-apps/239345/#comments Wed, 07 Feb 2024 11:15:57 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=239345 https://techcentral.co.za/whatsapp-interoperate-messaging-apps/239345/feed/ 2 Meta stock has biggest one-day gain in US market history https://techcentral.co.za/meta-stock-biggest-one-day-gain-history/239034/ https://techcentral.co.za/meta-stock-biggest-one-day-gain-history/239034/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2024 17:43:45 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=239034 https://techcentral.co.za/meta-stock-biggest-one-day-gain-history/239034/feed/ 0 Meta’s extraordinary comeback https://techcentral.co.za/metas-extraordinary-comeback/238948/ https://techcentral.co.za/metas-extraordinary-comeback/238948/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2024 16:00:47 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=238948 https://techcentral.co.za/metas-extraordinary-comeback/238948/feed/ 0 Taylor Swift searches blocked on X as fake explicit images spread https://techcentral.co.za/taylor-swift-searches-x-explicit-images/238615/ https://techcentral.co.za/taylor-swift-searches-x-explicit-images/238615/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 05:30:40 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=238615 https://techcentral.co.za/taylor-swift-searches-x-explicit-images/238615/feed/ 0 IEC warns of WhatsApp impostor promising to influence election results https://techcentral.co.za/iec-warns-whatsapp-impostor-election/237701/ https://techcentral.co.za/iec-warns-whatsapp-impostor-election/237701/#respond Wed, 10 Jan 2024 08:19:25 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=237701 https://techcentral.co.za/iec-warns-whatsapp-impostor-election/237701/feed/ 0 Telegram in the dark as to why fines in Russia were dropped https://techcentral.co.za/telegram-in-dark-fines-in-russia-dropped/237505/ https://techcentral.co.za/telegram-in-dark-fines-in-russia-dropped/237505/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:35:47 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=237505 https://techcentral.co.za/telegram-in-dark-fines-in-russia-dropped/237505/feed/ 0 X now valued at less than a third Musk paid for it https://techcentral.co.za/x-valued-less-than-third-musk-paid-for-it/237244/ https://techcentral.co.za/x-valued-less-than-third-musk-paid-for-it/237244/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2024 06:23:31 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=237244 https://techcentral.co.za/x-valued-less-than-third-musk-paid-for-it/237244/feed/ 1 X down for users worldwide (update: fixed) https://techcentral.co.za/x-down-for-users-worldwide/237155/ https://techcentral.co.za/x-down-for-users-worldwide/237155/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 06:22:54 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=237155 https://techcentral.co.za/x-down-for-users-worldwide/237155/feed/ 0 Moves afoot to fight fake news ahead of 2024 poll https://techcentral.co.za/moves-fight-fake-news-ahead-of-2024-poll/237110/ https://techcentral.co.za/moves-fight-fake-news-ahead-of-2024-poll/237110/#respond Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:57:27 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=237110 https://techcentral.co.za/moves-fight-fake-news-ahead-of-2024-poll/237110/feed/ 0 Now for Musk vs Europe: EU takes direct aim at X https://techcentral.co.za/musk-vs-europe-eu-takes-direct-aim-at-x/237049/ https://techcentral.co.za/musk-vs-europe-eu-takes-direct-aim-at-x/237049/#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:00:16 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=237049 https://techcentral.co.za/musk-vs-europe-eu-takes-direct-aim-at-x/237049/feed/ 0 Dating app users falling prey to criminals in South Africa https://techcentral.co.za/dating-app-users-criminals-south-africa/236637/ https://techcentral.co.za/dating-app-users-criminals-south-africa/236637/#respond Sat, 09 Dec 2023 07:00:09 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=236637 https://techcentral.co.za/dating-app-users-criminals-south-africa/236637/feed/ 0 Walmart dumps X https://techcentral.co.za/walmart-dumps-x/236280/ https://techcentral.co.za/walmart-dumps-x/236280/#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2023 06:00:10 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=236280 https://techcentral.co.za/walmart-dumps-x/236280/feed/ 0 ‘Go f… yourself’: Musk lashes out at fleeing advertisers https://techcentral.co.za/go-f-yourself-musk-lashes-advertisers/236116/ https://techcentral.co.za/go-f-yourself-musk-lashes-advertisers/236116/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:00:43 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=236116 https://techcentral.co.za/go-f-yourself-musk-lashes-advertisers/236116/feed/ 0 Elon Musk to advertisers who are trying to ‘blackmail’ him: ‘Go f--- yourself’ nonadult Musk’s X hit by advertiser exodus https://techcentral.co.za/musks-x-hit-by-advertiser-exodus/235896/ https://techcentral.co.za/musks-x-hit-by-advertiser-exodus/235896/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:36:36 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=235896 https://techcentral.co.za/musks-x-hit-by-advertiser-exodus/235896/feed/ 0 Paris mayor quits X, calling Musk platform a ‘gigantic global sewer’ https://techcentral.co.za/paris-mayor-x-gigantic-global-sewer/235970/ https://techcentral.co.za/paris-mayor-x-gigantic-global-sewer/235970/#respond Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:37:12 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=235970 https://techcentral.co.za/paris-mayor-x-gigantic-global-sewer/235970/feed/ 0 Musk defends himself after antisemitic furor deepens https://techcentral.co.za/musk-defends-himself-antisemitic-furor/235432/ https://techcentral.co.za/musk-defends-himself-antisemitic-furor/235432/#comments Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:23:35 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=235432 https://techcentral.co.za/musk-defends-himself-antisemitic-furor/235432/feed/ 1 IBM suspends ads on X https://techcentral.co.za/ibm-suspends-ads-on-x-pro-nazi-content/235351/ https://techcentral.co.za/ibm-suspends-ads-on-x-pro-nazi-content/235351/#respond Fri, 17 Nov 2023 06:30:10 +0000 https://techcentral.co.za/?p=235351 https://techcentral.co.za/ibm-suspends-ads-on-x-pro-nazi-content/235351/feed/ 0 Elon Musk calls antisemitic post on X the ‘actual truth’ 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