End of the line for the green ID book in South Africa
A biometric record of every person in the country will underpin South Africa’s planned new digital ID.
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A San Francisco Burglar Escaped in a Robotaxi – and Police Still Can’t Find Him
A burglar took a self-driving Waymo taxi to rob a San Francisco yoga studio this past January, reports TechCrunch — “and police have still not caught them.” Even the police officer assigned to the case thought it would be easier to solve, notes The San Francisco Chronicle, since Waymos are outfitted with multiple high-definition cameras and require users to make accounts with their credit...
Why Fixing South Africa’s Youth Unemployment Crisis Starts In The Workshop
How do we address youth unemployment while ensuring the automotive sector has the skills needed to keep South Africa’s automotive industry moving? The question is becoming increasingly urgent. According to Statistics South Africa’s Q1 2025 Quarterly Labour Force Survey, unemployment among young South Africans aged 15-34 rose to 46.1%, with young women continuing to face […]
Can you really see if someone is lying? Probably not – but you might hear it | Kirsty King
We are in dangerous territory as courts encourage jurors to discern untruth from body language. In fact, the words are far more revealing
Imagine you are a juror on a murder trial. A married couple have been found shot dead. The defendant, a man known to them, denies the charge. You’ve heard the prosecution’s evidence and you’ve heard his testimony. But you and your fellow jurors are...
SA’s Greatest Strength Is Unity In Crisis. Now Joburg Needs Business, Government And Citizens To Fix The City
As the World Cup kicks off this week in North America, I am reminded of our hosting of the event in 2010. The first match will again be South Africa against Mexico – the same fixture that launched the tournament when we hosted. That 2010 World Cup showcased South Africa at its best. But the […]
Dolos, WatchGuard present refreshed Endpoint Security Portfolio for Africa at ITWeb Security Summit
This new tiered offering includes enterprise-grade features like AI-powered security, proactive vulnerability management and URL filtering.
Access got us here. Outcomes will take us further
EdTech accelerator and think tank Injini says the sector has reached a critical point where scale must be interrogated for a more honest analysis of what is being achieved.
What happens when a digitally signed document is challenged years later?
To ensure long-term defensibility, digitally signed workflows must be designed around evidentiary standards from the outset, says SigniFlow.
AI’s biggest security challenge may not be human
Non-human identities serve as gateways for cyber threats, and in the absence of adequate security measures, the risk intensifies, says Akhona Nkalitshane, business development manager at Altron Arrow.
Apple plays AI catch-up as Siri gets a long-awaited reboot
Two years after a promise it failed to keep, Apple is finally set to overhaul Siri for the artificial intelligence era.
Internet Access Is Unequal In South Africa’s Economic Powerhouse: Survey Shows Race And Income Mark The Digital Divide
Digital technologies create great opportunities, but the transformation they offer isn’t equally within reach of everyone. Access is determined by a vast digital divide. The digital divide refers to the gap between individuals and households who have access to the internet, and those who do not. The digital divide can restrict education attainment, economic opportunity, […]
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All the Ways Europe Is Ditching American Technology
A WIRED timeline shows how dozens of governments, companies, and other organizations across Europe are moving, or planning to shift, away from US Big Tech.
The city that wowed the world in 2010 is now bankrupt
Business is calling for urgent intervention to stabilise a city that accounts for 16% of South Africa’s GDP.
Monday briefing: Are we any closer to a cure for cancer?
In today’s newsletter: Researchers are giving us new insights into early detection and treatments, but with access to life-saving care remaining uneven patients still have a long road ahead
Good morning. Israel has returned fire on Iran following a wave of missile strikes, the first attacks between the two countries since April’s ceasefire, despite Donald Trump reportedly urging Benjamin...
Texas Grid Flags Risks As Data Centers, Crypto Sites Fail Voltage Tests
Reuters reports:Several large data centers and crypto facilities planning to connect to the Texas power grid ahead of peak summer demand have failed key reliability tests, raising the risk of power outages just as electricity use hits its seasonal high, according to the state grid operator… Unlike traditional industrial customers, which tend to draw electricity steadily and predictably, data...
Entries open for Everlytic’s You Mailed It Email Marketing Awards 2026
If your e-mails made an impact and stopped the scroll in 2025, now is the time to shine the spotlight on them.
Finance Transformation Africa charts blueprint for borderless finance
Four co-located streams converge as African finance shifts from AI hype towards borderless, hardened infrastructure.
Police Sued After Imprisoning Innocent Man Placed Near Violent Crime By Flock License Plate Reader
“When Hugo Parra was arrested last year on felony charges, his pleas of innocence fell on deaf ears,” reports the Times of San Diego:San Diego police had a description of the Alfa Romeo car he was riding in [but no license plate number] and a witness who identified him during a curbside lineup as the man who brandished a handgun in Golden Hill. They had also checked the city’s automatic license...
Prada Unveils ‘Liquid Cooling’ Inner-Layer Garment for NASA’s Moon Astronauts with Knitted-In Ventilation Tubes
Italian fashion house Prada “unveiled on Sunday the inner-layer garment set to be worn by NASA astronauts heading to the moon,” reports Reuters. “The body-hugging suit, created in collaboration with Houston-based space infrastructure developer Axiom Space, features ventilation tubes knitted into the garment.”Expertise for developing space exploration products “can come from lots of seemingly...
Black Market Tinkerers on Facebook Marketplace Offer to Hide ‘Recording Lights’ on Meta Smartglasses
People are disabling the “recording light” on Meta’s Ray-Ban smartglasses — “by my count, thousands of people,” says tech journalist Joanna Stern in a new video report:STERN: “They’re hiring people on Facebook Marketplace to drill out the light for as much as $100. According to our reporting, folks are offering this service in at least 30 states — despite Meta’s attempts to stop it… In most...