Good morning, it’s Caleb in Lagos, Nigeria, where outrage has followed the sacking of an unmarried woman police officer for getting pregnant out of wedlock. What about discrimination? This is the rule, says the police.
This morning, I am telling you about a dangerous criminal hacking network dismantled by the police, a coronavirus that is 10 times deadlier than Covid, and a new initiative that would fund women-led tech startups in Africa. |
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A group of Rohingya refugees onboard a naval ship as they arrive in Bhashan Char Island, in Noakhali, Bangladesh, 29 December 2020. AP/Keystone
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World’s most dangerous criminal hacking network dismantled by police.
A criminal hacking scheme used to steal billions of dollars from businesses and private citizens worldwide have been dismantled by a collaboration of international law enforcement agencies. Police in six European countries, as well as the US and Canada, took over an internet server that was used to run a malware network «Emotet» which allowed scammers to steal banking passwords or ransomware.
Reuters (EN)
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Il est temps de raconter le monde
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📵 Razzia sur nos data.
Nos données personnelles sont recueillies chaque jour par Facebook ou Google, mais aussi par des entreprises qui sont beaucoup plus proches de nous, comme Coop, Migros, la Poste ou les CFF. Que font ces sociétés de cette montagne d’informations? Où ces données sont-elles stockées? Jusqu’où peut aller cette curiosité pour nos comportements? Heidi.news a mené l’enquête.
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Biden to reopen Obama care enrollment.
US president Joe Biden is expected to fulfill one of his campaign promises and reopen enrollment to the Federal Affordable Care Act exchanges. This will help uninsured Americans, a development that his predecessor Donald Trump refused to make happen.
CNN (EN)
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The first full moon of 2021 is appearing today.
2021 is off to an even more interesting start as the first full moon of the year is expected today. Given the moniker ‘Wolf Moon’ because wolves were often heard howling more at this time, you’ll be able to catch the Wolf Moon between 4 - 7 pm if you’re in the UK, and around 5:00 pm if you’re in New York.
BBC (EN)
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Odun Eweniyi is one of two women behind First Check Africa that is looking to fund African women founders Credit: Tech Cabal
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A new Nigerian company is funding African women tech founders.
What would happen if you gave up to $25,000 each to several African women to go start a tech company? Well, we don’t have to wonder anymore. First Check Africa, a company started by two Nigerian women, Eloho Omame and Odun Eweniyi wants to give African women tech founders their first check and help improve the representation of women in tech, an industry where reports show it could take 12 years for women to have equal representation.
Tech Cabal (EN)
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Africans have been drinking milk as long as Europeans.
A white supremacist myth that milk drinking is associated with white Europeans has been dispelled by a new study published in Nature Communications which reveals that Africans in Kenya and Sudan have been consuming dairy products as long as 6000 years ago, perhaps even longer than their European counterparts. The study also disclosed that Africans were drinking milk even before their bodies had the ability to digest it.
Science Mag (EN)
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Edtech Platfom uLesson raises $7.5m in Series A funding.
A Nigerian ed-tech platform that is trying to bridge educational gaps through technology for K-7 - K-12 students across Africa has raised $7.5m in Series A funding, that was led by US-based Owl Ventures. uLesson was launched in 2020 by Sim Shagaya and has received over a million downloads since then. Its content is designed for K-12 students in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and The Gambia.
Techpoint Africa (EN)
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Sur Heidi.news aujourd’hui
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Photos: Martial Trezzini / Keystone
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Pierre Maudet, de «Monsieur Propre» à M le menteur.
Avant de s’enfoncer en cumulant les mensonges, Pierre Maudet s’est longtemps arrogé le monopole de la vertu en politique. Cette posture est indissociable de son ascension politique, notamment pour accéder à l’exécutif de la Ville de Genève, son premier succès électoral.
Heidi.news (FR)
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The coronavirus 10 times deadlier than Covid.
Scientists in northern Kenya are working round the clock to ensure this coronavirus doesn’t jump from animals to humans again - as is believed to have happened with Covid-19. The infection ‘Mers’ is primarily found in camels and was first discovered in Saudi Arabia in 2012.
BBC (EN)
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China begins anal swab tests for Covid.
This is for individuals considered to be at a «high risk» of contracting the virus. Experts say the anal swab method can ‘increase’ the detection rate of infected people as traces of coronavirus stay longer in the anus than they do in the respiratory tract.
The Guardian (EN)
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