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National Opt-Out Registry launched to curb South Africa’s spam calls

South Africa’s National Consumer Commission has launched a free opt-out registry, but consumers will only be able to block direct marketers from May 2027 after businesses complete registration and database cleansing.

National Opt-Out Registry launched to curb South Africa’s spam calls

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Scope Desk: "one more thing" needs a scope review

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle . What I Built The agreement says one English landing page with a contact form.

  • Scope Desk is a command-line tool for freelancers to review client requests.
  • It generates three types of suggestions: included work, extra work, and clarification needed.
  • The tool is free, MIT-licensed, and currently in prototype stage with no encryption.

Supabase Data API exposure changes on 30 October: grant tables explicitly

On a project with the new default, a table you just created is invisible to the Data API until someone grants it. Your app gets an error where it used to get rows, while the table sits in your…

  • Supabase alters Data API table exposure on 30 October 2026.
  • Existing tables retain current grants, unaffected by change.
  • SQL query identifies inaccessible tables requiring explicit grants.

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