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Science/Tech

5 Things Young South African Entrepreneurs Are Doing Differently With Their Money

Monday at 09:50 AM, via Tech Financials

Nearly half of young South Africans are locked out of formal work. Youth unemployment is now 45.8%, and for many entering the job market is not an option. Instead, many of them build their own business, increasingly with income streams that are diversified beyond South Africa’s borders. A designer in Johannesburg could invoice clients in […]

New Lawsuit Against Amazon: ‘Subscribe and Save’ Program Can Actually Cost You More

Monday at 09:34 AM, via Slashdot

Amazon’s “Subscribe & Save” program — for recurring purchasees — has triggered a new lawsuit, reports Oregon Live. “The lawsuit contends that after luring in customers with ‘artificially low prices,’ the world’s biggest online retailer jacked up the prices in the months after their first shipments arrived.” In some cases, the lawsuit claims that customers were paying more for the exact same...

The R6 Billion Cargo Heist Blind Spot: Why Vehicle Tracking Fails To Secure SA Roads

Monday at 09:27 AM, via Tech Financials

Each of the 9 068 hijackings of trucks between January 2021 and December 2025 involved a living, breathing driver as much as the billions in cargo that were targeted. Despite massive rollouts of innovative systems and tech to track, monitor and secure assets, we haven’t really moved the needle in 5 years. South Africa’s almost […]

Striped rock dismissed as natural in 1928 reclassified as UK’s oldest cave art

Monday at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Scientific dating proves streaks on walls of Bacon Hole, near the Mumbles in south Wales, is Palaeolithic rock art

In 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art on the walls of Bacon Hole, a cave near the Mumbles in south Wales – only for the painted panel’s authenticity to be dismissed by 1928.

A series of horizontal bands in red pigment were subsequently deemed no...

The enigmatic summer phenomenon shining from the edge of space

Monday at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

With no recorded sightings before 1885, noctilucent clouds have been linked to volcanoes, pollution or climate change

As summer arrives in the northern hemisphere, so do the noctilucent clouds – hopefully. These high-altitude formations are as enigmatic as they are beautiful. Their name derives from Latin, meaning “night shining”.

They appear during the summer months and glow with an...

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