Microsoft is sacrificing Edge on the altar of Copilot
The modern Edge is a genuinely good web browser. Microsoft’s heavy-handed tactics are squandering this advantage.
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Meta’s New AI Asked for My Raw Health Data—and Gave Me Terrible Advice
Meta’s Muse Spark model offers to analyze users’ health data, including lab results. Beyond the obvious privacy risks, it’s not a capable stand-in for a real doctor.
Automating financial operations for faster, safer financial reporting
MoData’s suite – Accurate, Cadency and Adra – offers automated reconciliation and financial close tools that streamline the record-to-report process.
Brilliant Cloud scoops key partner awards at Acumatica Summit Africa 2026
The company has been named Acumatica’s Partner of the Year 2026 for Africa and Customer Satisfaction Champion of the Year 2026.
Canon named a leader in latest IDC MarketScape: Worldwide High-Speed Inkjet 2025 Vendor Assessment
According to the assessment, Canon has maintained a strong presence in the market, with continued growth in new installations and page volume.
IC Logistix introduces Fujikura 99S Fusion Splicer
The fibre-optic splicing solution is designed to meet the evolving demands of modern fibre infrastructure.
Can universities adopt AI and remain in control?
How tertiary institutions can deploy artificial intelligence tools for faculty, students and growth.
How and When to Watch the Artemis II Mission’s Return to Earth
Splashdown for the Artemis II crew is scheduled for Friday evening, and NASA will livestream the historic homecoming.
5G expected to reshape South Africa’s wireless broadband market
Researcher BMIT forecasts 5G will account for two-thirds of all residential wireless broadband connections by 2029.
Warning that South Africa’s digital competitiveness is in retreat
South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.
South Africa’s biggest banks are lining up behind Optasia
FirstRand lifted its stake to 26.1% in late March. Now Standard Bank has led a $330-million debt refinancing.
Particles Seen Emerging From Empty Space For First Time
Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from NewScientist: According to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) — widely considered to be our best theory for describing the strong force, which binds quarks inside protons and neutrons — even a perfect vacuum isn’t truly empty. Instead, it is filled with short-lived disturbances in the underlying energy of space that flicker in and out of...
Artemis II crew to end record-setting mission with Pacific Ocean splashdown
The four astronauts are set to touch down on Earth and conclude the 10-day mission after completing moon flyby
The number of human beings who have travelled to the moon and returned safely to Earth will grow to 28 on Friday night when Nasa’s Orion capsule containing four Artemis II astronauts will glide gently to a Pacific Ocean splashdown beneath three giant parachutes.
The scheduled 5.07pm PT...
Week in wildlife: an ostrich on the lam, a tortoise crossing a road and surfing seals
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
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SA’s R142bn connectivity plan: The real question isn’t funding; it’s execution
Does South Africa have the institutional and execution capacity to deliver 100Mbps broadband to all households by 2035?
SAMRO increases distribution allocation to over half a billion rand for financial year 2025
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation announced a total distribution allocation of R630.2 million for the 2025 financial year.
The growing challenge of fragmented compliance
When communications data is spread across multiple platforms and systems, organisations can struggle to maintain visibility, says Smarsh.
Software rout deepens as AI fears grip investors
Anthropic’s Mythos AI model has reignited fears that legacy software is dangerously exposed to disruption.
US officials warn banks over powerful new Anthropic model
An AI model capable of exploiting every major operating system has the US government and major banks on alert.
Anthropic mulls building its own AI chips
Claude maker Anthropic is exploring custom chip design as AI demand outstrips the supply of available hardware.
From Retail to Funded Trader: A Step-by-Step Guide for South African and African Traders Entering Prop Firms
Retail trading in Africa is no longer a fringe pursuit. From Lagos to Johannesburg, Nairobi to Accra, a generation of self-taught traders is learning technical analysis online, executing orders on MetaTrader from a smartphone, and building skills that, until recently, had nowhere to go. The old barrier was blunt: without significant starting capital, serious trading […]