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THURSDAY, 30 JANUARY 2025, 07:24

Science/Tech

The South African Cities Emerging As Technology Powerhouses In 2025

Tuesday at 08:13 AM, via Tech Financials

Stellenbosch, South Africa, has been named the country’s surprising up-and-coming technology powerhouse boasting the highest number of tech jobs per capita. With an average of 36 tech-related jobs per 100,000 people, it has surpassed major cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town as a leading destination for tech talent.  Midrand followed closely with an average of […]

Woolworths Soars: Online Sales Jump 37.2%, Food Sales Up 11.4% In Half-Year Report

Tuesday at 07:54 AM, via Tech Financials

JSE-listed retail giant Woolworths revealed a stellar performance for the 26 weeks ending 29 December 2024, with online sales skyrocketing by 37.2%, driven largely by its on-demand service, Woolies Dash, which saw a 49.2% surge. Online sales now make up 6.4% of total Food sales. The retailer’s South African operations reported a 9.1% growth in […]

What’s Next Season 11 – Coming soon

Tuesday at 07:29 AM, via MyBroadband

A new season of What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou is coming soon and will feature valuable discussions on a wide range of technology-related topics.

Sugar, seed oils, and avoiding sickness: your health questions answered – podcast

Tuesday at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

We asked for your questions on getting healthy in 2025 and you delivered. In the first episode of our listener questions special, Madeleine Finlay tells Ian Sample what she has uncovered about the scientifically proven ways to cut down on sugar, the truth behind the panic over seed oils, and why it is that some of us seem to have bullet proof immune systems, while others succumb to every bug...

JUWI To Build 340 MW Of Solar PV Projects Worth R6 Billion For Glencore, Teraco, Sasol And Air Liquide

Tuesday at 06:17 AM, via Tech Financials

JUWI Renewable Energies today announced plans to begin construction on three major private solar projects in 2025. Representing investments of over R6 billion and totaling 340 megawatts (MW) of capacity. The projects will make a major contribution to South Africa’s clean energy transition while serving key players in the mining, data centre, and energy sectors, […]

‘AI Is Too Unpredictable To Behave According To Human Goals’

Tuesday at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a Scientific American opinion piece by Marcus Arvan, a philosophy professor at the University of Tampa, specializing in moral cognition, rational decision-making, and political behavior: In late 2022 large-language-model AI arrived in public, and within months they began misbehaving. Most famously, Microsoft’s “Sydney” chatbot threatened to kill an Australian...

US Solar Boom Continues, But It’s Offset By Rising Power Use

Tuesday at 03:40 AM, via Slashdot

In the first 11 months of 2024, solar energy generation in the US grew by 30%, enabling wind and solar combined to surpass coal for the first time. However, as Ars Technica’s John Timmer reports, “U.S. energy demand saw an increase of nearly 3 percent, which is roughly double the amount of additional solar generation.” He continues: “Should electric use continue to grow at a similar pace,...

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