SMASH AND GRAB ADVICE

Motorists are being advised to take proactive measures to avoid becoming the victim of a smash-and-grab attack. Tracker offers this advice in an easy-to-remember acronym.

NOTEWORTHY NEWS IN NUMBERS

966:

complaints about scam calls received by Australia’s Communications & Media Authority, down from 14 000.

28%:

amount of South African women entrepreneurs aged between 45 and 64, according to the GEM report.

100 m:

metric tons of seafood fished annually by China’s global industrial fishing fleet of almost 500 000 vessels.

CELEBRATING WOMEN'S DAY

At Safire, we're proud to celebrate the incredible women who help drive our success, so we surprised them with a small yet special gift as a token of our appreciation.

STOP WASP ATTACKS

These tips explain how to block content services operated by wireless application service providers or Wasps, which defraud cellular users out of airtime.

QR FRAUD WARNING

SA banks have issued a warning about "quishing", a phishing tactic when people scan QR codes posted online, in text messages, or in public spaces, and inadvertently reveal personal or financial information.

AI OLYMPICS

China hosted the World Humanoid Robot Games in August, with advanced robots from 16 countries competing in various sports as well as robot-specific challenges.

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