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Use of the illicit drug has plummeted in recent years among gen Zers, compared with their parents’ generation
Ever since cocaine first emerged as a popular party drug via the shores of Miami in the early 1970s, use of the stimulant has been inextricably entwined with the very essence of capitalist excess and what it is to be American: brash, bombastic and brazen.
The wide-scale use of cocaine...
Two South African technology startups—Loop and Vambo AI—have been selected to join the 10th cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa. Chosen from an exceptionally competitive pool of nearly 2,600 applications, these innovators are part of a final pan-African group of 15 companies. With an acceptance rate of less than 1%, their selection highlights […]
MTN and Cell C share co-leadership in South Africa’s overall mobile ranking, with MTN posting the highest Download speed (Mb/s) at 41.3 Mbps and Cell C maintaining the best Latency (ms) for the fifth consecutive year. Download speeds progressed across all operators in the overall ranking this year, reflecting a broad-based improvement in network infrastructure […]
Andon Market in San Francisco is billed as the first retail boutique run by an artificial intelligence agent. So far, the inventory seems random, and there are too many candles.
Most prisons forbid online access. But inmates are finding ways to ask chatbots questions anyway.
Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years
Nasa’s Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life of Earth.
Five of the seven molecules identified in a dried lakebed near the equator had never previously been observed on the red planet. The analysis,...
Chattanooga, TN – Flywheel Brands, Inc., a leading provider of branded merchandise, apparel, and print solutions, today announced the launch of MerchButler.AI, a new AIpowered platform designed to help buyers quickly identify the most effective products for events, employee programs, and promotional campaigns. As the promotional products industry has evolved, buyers have gained...
Palmetto, Florida – MerchantService.com today announced the launch of their “Trusted Review” Platform Reform campaign at www.merchantservice.com/TRPR/, raising significant going-concern risk considerations for Trustpilot. The campaign moves beyond challenging individual third-party content, instead targeting Trustpilot’s platform architecture and what it characterizes as a...
How Ternus responds to challenges facing Apple will go a long way to deciding the tech giant’s future, writes Zoe Kleinman.
Get those lost minerals back with the help of our top electrolyte powders, tablets, drops, and chews for athletes, partiers, and everyone in between.
The first Thursday of May each year marks ‘World Password Day’, a global event dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of securing passwords and following the best online security practices. With cyber-attacks and data breaches an almost daily occurrence globally, Brett Russell, Head of Product and CISO at MetroFibre, provides a sobering reality check […]
South African lawyers warn that chatbot conversations aren’t privileged and can be subpoenaed, unlike talks with an attorney.
AI is rewriting the developer hiring playbook – and South African juniors are paying the price.
Home affairs has committed to hard deadlines and the technical architecture for the launch of South Africa’s digital ID system.
The conversation around innovation in South Africa is changing. It’s no longer about what technology could achieve, but what it is already doing. The 4th Annual EPF Tech Awards, taking place on 12 September, stand at the centre of this shift, recognising solutions that move beyond ideas into real, lived impact. Over the years, the […]
You don’t want any old gaming laptop. Here’s my take on which to get based on hundreds of hours of testing.
A University of Johannesburg study finds attitudes and trust outweigh technology in shaping willingness to adopt 3D-printed food.
A med student says he’s made thousands of dollars selling photos and videos of a young conservative woman he created using generative tools. He’s not alone.
Amazon is expanding its Anthropic partnership with a deal to invest up to another $25 billion, while Anthropic commits to spending more than $100 billion on AWS infrastructure over the next decade to power Claude. “Anthropic’s commitment to run its large language models on AWS Trainium for the next decade reflects the progress we’ve made together on custom silicon, as we continue delivering the...
Fresh from its March rebrand, TrendAI says it will double South African investment this year, expand local data centre capacity and use the country as a base for wider African growth.
Vodacom is revolutionising customer engagement as we head towards the end of the Easter season with an innovative Augmented Reality Easter Egg Hunt at Vodacom World in Midrand. Running from Wednesday, 22nd April to Saturday, 25th April 2026, from 9am to 5pm daily, the event offers participants the chance to win their share of R250,000 […]