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I’ve nothing against astronauts or scientific innovation. But what’s the point of Artemis II?
It is absolutely self-evident to me that space exploration is pointless, and the more urgent the crises besetting this planet we live on, the more pointless it becomes. I can see why people got excited about it in the 1960s, back when the world was young and we still thought there might be little green...

The astronauts of Artemis II flew further from Earth than any human beings before them, breaking Apollo 13’s distance record at 1.57pm ET on Monday.
Across a six-hour flyby, on the sixth day of a lunar mission that has reinvigorated Nasa’s space exploration programme, the crew of the Orion spacecraft captured views of the moon’s far side that have never been seen before
Blackouts, broken...

The department’s digitisation project will cover civil services, immigration and other departmental records.

Endeavor South Africa has announced the close of Harvest Fund III at R230 million. This venture fund brings together both entrepreneurs and institutional investors focused on backing and scaling the next generation of high-growth technology businesses across South Africa – and paying their successes forward. Harvest Fund III is a rules-based co-investment fund that invests […]

The bulk of capital is earmarked for later-stage rounds, where South African venture funding has long been thinnest.

Research consistently shows that only around 10% to 20% of training content is transferred into on-the-job behaviour, says Antonios Christodoulou, founder and CEO of Cyber Dexterity.

The summit will engage 1 500 students, more than 200 educators, 75 schools and 15 districts across Gauteng, says Seseko.
The company’s A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to Facebook posts.

Americans flocked to prediction markets last year. Now, it’s time to pay taxes on winnings. How do you do that? Great question.

Acclaimed South Africa movie director Donovan Marsh tells the TechCentral Show that AI will fundamentally transform the way films are made.

The global energy crisis caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is only the beginning of the economic cost of the war with Iran. I study how institutions affect businesses and supply chains, and I expect food prices to rise next, with high prices lasting even after whatever point hostilities end. Along with […]

The deal pairs Maidar Secure’s SOC expertise with Strike48’s agentic platform for machine-speed defence.

The move is aimed at improving resilience, regulatory compliance and flexibility across the bank’s African operations.

Artificial Intelligence is no longer confined to the back office. From chatbots handling complex queries to robo-advisers producing portfolio summaries, AI increasingly functions as a primary channel for communicating financial information. While this shift delivers efficiency and scale, it dilutes the “human touch” in explaining risk, a human advisor can gauge a client’s hesitation and […]
Longtime Slashdot reader walterbyrd shares a report from Fuel Cells Works: China says the AEP100, a megawatt-class hydrogen-fueled turboprop engine developed by the Aero Engine Corporation of China, has completed its maiden flight on a 7.5-ton unmanned cargo aircraft in Zhuzhou, Hunan. The 16-minute test covered 36km at 220km/h and 300 meters altitude, with the aircraft returning safely after...

Early network break-ins in the 1970s, growing databases and political scandals made it clear that information was becoming valuable, and vulnerable.

Vodacom Business’s Sannesh Beharie and Eighty20’s Andrew Fulton on what’s really holding South African SMEs back digitally.

The African Quantum Consortium says executives must grasp the technology before Q-Day breaks current encryption standards.

The Wired4Women Awards continue to showcase female excellence and real-world role models from the ICT sector.

Broadcom says enterprise transformation fails when blind spots accumulate and complexity undermines innovation, agility and operational efficiency, according to CASA Software.