Intellexa’s Predator spyware used to hack iPhone of journalist in Angola, research says A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of targeting someone in civil society with powerful phone-hacking software. The human rights organization published a new report Tuesday...

Proptech startup Smart Bricks raises $5 million pre-seed led by a16z For much of his career, Mohamed Mohamed worked at institutions — BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey — all of whom, he said, “treated real estate as a computational problem.” “They had proprietary data pipelines, internal valuation models, simulation tools, and increasingly, early AI systems supporting underwriting and...

Arrests in Egypt after people allegedly impersonate judgesSeveral people have been arrested in Egypt over an alleged plot by fake judges to defraud people of their money.Egypt's Ministry of Interior said the alleged scam involved fabricated scenes in court and impersonating a judge on social media.The main suspects, an unemployed man and a student residing in Cairo and Giza, have been detained,...

Channel Surfer Site Brings the Classic TV Guide to YouTubeTired of endlessly scrolling through YouTube to find something to watch? Channel Surfer is a new website that repackages YouTube feeds and lets you browse and watch them as if they were part of a cable TV channel guide.Channel Surfer's interface uses a familiar Electronic Program Guide as seen on DVRs and FAST TV, broken down into...

Boko Haram captives: Hundreds freed from Nigerian militants' mountain hideout@HQNigerianArmyThe former hostages received medical screenings and were gathered under trees overnightAt least 360 people kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists from a mainly Muslim community in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state in March have been freed from a remote mountain hideout.The circumstances of how they were...