Story audio is generated using AI Weapons, drugs, alleged theft and claims of educator misconduct. These were among the issues uncovered as Gauteng education MEC Lebogang Maile led stop-and-search operations at three schools in Carletonville and Orange Farm on Tuesday after reports of gangsterism, bullying and school violence. Maile led operations at Badirile Secondary School...Read More

Children who start using social media at a younger age may be putting their future academic performance at risk, according to a new study that tracked more than 5,000 students in Italy. Researchers found that adolescents who opened their first personal social media account at ages 11 to 12 went on to score significantly lower...Read More

South Africa has emerged as the epicentre of cybercriminal activity in Africa, according to the latest findings from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) African Cyberthreat Assessment Report. The report reveals that Mzansi faces a staggering share of digital threats, outpacing other nations on the continent.  Given SA’s rapid digital adoption, access to advanced subsea...Read More

A group of unauthorized users has reportedly gained access to Mythos, the cybersecurity tool recently announced by Anthropic. Much has been made of Mythos and its purported power — an AI product designed for enterprise security that, in the wrong hands, could become a potent hacking tool, according to the company. Now Bloomberg has reported...Read More

Microsoft says the WiFi at your hotel might be compromised. In a post on its Threat Intelligence website (via ABC News), Microsoft warned of a new hacking operation called “CaptiveCrunch,” which the company claimed had some ties to Russia. Starting in May, Microsoft said it had observed a “widespread compromise of Wi-Fi networks at hospitality-related...Read More

Obsidian Security Inc. has raised an $85 million Series D funding round at a post-money valuation of $1.1 billion as enterprises increasingly look to secure autonomous artificial intelligence agents accessing cloud applications, Chief Executive Hasan Imam said today in an exclusive interview with theCUBE with me at our NYSE Wired studio in NYC. The round...Read More

The families of four teenagers who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court of Delaware, is the latest in a flurry of suits filed against...Read More

Researchers said INC ransomware, one of the most active ransomware groups globally, has been the main attacker exploiting a pair of SonicWall zero-days soon after they were disclosed last month. The prolific ransomware-as-a-service operation wasn’t the first group to exploit the flaws, which were actively exploited for three weeks before the vendor disclosed and patched...Read More

Aug. 4, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET The Barnstable Police Department is creating a new database for high-risk children. This initiative follows several recent incidents of missing children on Cape Cod. Responding to incidents involving missing high-risk children, the Barnstable Police Department has created a database they say can help law enforcement answer quickly. The database,...Read More

Plans have been unveiled for a first-of-its-kind overnight social media curfew for older teens in the UK. The news follows the full ban for under 16s that was announced last month, the second of its kind, following Australia. Today, the UK government said apps like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube will become unavailable by default to...Read More