North Korea knocked offline

The outages to the secretive nation’s four official Internet networks began Sunday and as of Monday all were totally offline, Bloomberg reported. The outage was initially reported by Dyn, a company in Manchester, N.H., that tracks Internet traffic and performance. The company’s researchers tweeted that “After 24 hours of increasing instability, North Korean national Internet

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Flight MH370 was ‘hacked and shot down by US Air Force’ claims former airline boss

By Chris Richards, Mirror Conspiracy: Mark Dugain believes MH370 was remotely hijacked by an unknown person before being shot down by the US Air Force Missing Flight MH370 was ‘hacked and then shot down over the Indian Ocean by the US Air Force,’ it has been claimed. The Malaysia Airlines plane was remotely hijacked by unknown

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New computer system predicts malaria outbreaks in Ethiopia

By Leigh Cooper Scientists have created a computer system that will help predict malaria outbreaks in northwestern Ethiopia. The advance warning system, which uses local epidemiological information and real-time environmental data, will allow public health officials to transport resources to high-risk areas and contain outbreaks early, explained ecologist Chris Merkord from South Dakota State University.

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Internet freedom in Africa: Ethiopia and The Gambia most repressive; South Africa and Kenya freest

By Christine Mungai African governments are remarkably sophisticated when it comes to surveillance, spying, and the use of malware ETHIOPIA, The Gambia and Sudan are some of the most repressive places in Africa for online freedom, a new report by watchdog organisation Freedom House indicates, while South Africa and Kenya are the among the most

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Facebook Thinking to Add a ‘dislike’ function

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says his site is “thinking about” how to implement a way to dislike posts. By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Facebook is thinking about adding a way to “dislike” posts on its site, founder Mark Zuckerberg has said. Speaking at a Q&A session in California, he said it was one

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Ethiopia says Ericsson to take part of telecom deal after ZTE row

ADDIS ABABA, (Reuters) – Swedish telecom group Ericsson is set to sign a contract with Ethiopia to expand telecom infrastructure, taking a slice of an $800 million contract from Chinese firm ZTE Corp because of a row over terms, a senior official told Reuters on Thursday. ZTE Corp’s deal with state-run operator Ethio Telecom was

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Ethiopia’s tech economy on the rise

Special Initiatives “Despite setbacks, Ethiopia’s tech economy has been making strides, luring entrepreneurs from throughout Africa and gaining international recognition. This is due to a mix of increased government support for ICT development and the establishment of start-up incubators and hubs that are creating an ideal landscape for the tech industry to grow. Now home

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Ethiopia: potato cultivation great potential

Potatoes could play a much larger role in feeding the Ethiopian population in the future, reports the German website inar.de. According to estimates by the ‘International Potato Centre’ Ethiopia has the largest potential for the cultivation of potatoes in Africa. However, less than three percent of the smaller growers in Ethiopia have access to productive

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Ethiopia: potato cultivation great potential

Potatoes could play a much larger role in feeding the Ethiopian population in the future, reports the German website inar.de. According to estimates by the ‘International Potato Centre’ Ethiopia has the largest potential for the cultivation of potatoes in Africa. However, less than three percent of the smaller growers in Ethiopia have access to productive

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Kenya arrests 77 Chinese in Internet hacking case

By TOM ODULA, Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya are consulting technical experts to determine if 77 Chinese nationals arrested with advanced communications equipment in several houses in an upscale Nairobi neighborhood were committing espionage, an official said Thursday. The Chinese were arrested since the weekend with equipment that Kenya’s Daily Nation

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