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A bipartisan group of four senators led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is recommending that Congress spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop AI and place safeguards around it, writing in a report released Wednesday that the U.S. needs to “harness the opportunities and address the risks” of the quickly developing technology. AP: The group of two Democrats and two...
MultiChoice is proactively cracking down on one of its biggest enemies — pirates.
Android 15 is creeping closer to its release date. Here are the notable features and upgrades Google has in store.
At I/O, Google showed off new features in Android 15, the latest version of Wear OS, improvements to Google TV, and more.
Google is introducing new AI-powered safety tools in Android 15 that can lock down your phone if thieves nab it.
Intel unveiled Thunderbolt Share on Wednesday with which it promises to streamline screen and file sharing between two PCs. Tom’s Hardware: Thunderbolt Share will allow PC owners to connect their two computers with a wired connection that leverages Thunderbolt’s speed (40Gbps or higher), low latency, and built-in security. It allows PC-to-PC access that shares the screen, keyboard, mouse, and...
The FBI has seized the notorious BreachForums hacking forum that leaked and sold stolen corporate data to other cybercriminals. From a report: The seizure occurred on Wednesday morning, soon after the site was used last week to leak data stolen from a Europol law enforcement portal. The website is now displaying a message stating that the FBI has taken control over it and the backend data,...
Tech columnist and venture investor MG Siegler, commenting on the new iPad Pro: I love the iPad for the things it’s good at. And I love the MacBook for the things it’s good at. What I want is less a completely combined device and more a single device that can run both macOS and iPadOS. And this new iPad Pro, again equipped with a chip faster than any MacBook, can do that if Apple allowed it to....
South Africa’s e-commerce sector is poised to explode into a bruising battle between local and international platform operators and online retailers.
schwit1 shares a report: Fake studies have flooded the publishers of top scientific journals, leading to thousands of retractions and millions of dollars in lost revenue. The biggest hit has come to Wiley, a 217-year-old publisher based in Hoboken, N.J., which Tuesday announced that it was closing 19 journals, some of which were infected by large-scale research fraud. In the past two years,...
The Department of Justice says it is considering whether to prosecute Boeing over two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft. From a report: The aviation giant breached the terms of an agreement made in 2021 that shielded the firm from criminal charges linked to the incidents, the DOJ said. Boeing has denied that it violated the agreement. The crashes – one in Indonesia in 2018, and...
In a strategic move to expand its investment portfolio, Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) has acquired a stake in Chill Beverages, the renowned owner of the premium mixer brand Fitch & Leedes. The acquisition marks a significant step for MIC as it ventures further into the beverage industry, highlighting its commitment to diversifying its holdings and […]
A technology company that was founded to serve a relatively niche market has become the hottest stock around.
Loaded with ever more renewables, the grid will need to store a whole lot of energy. Enter: a new kind of magic school bus—one that can both charge and give power back.
Laserfiche — the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management and business process automation — announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Noel Loughrin, Katherine Hou, and Kristen Petruzzelli to the Women of the Channel list for 2024.
EskomSePush has seen a big decline in its active user base since the break from load-shedding began in March.
The unidentified airline will help expand Qatar’s network in the region.
MyBroadband attended the launch event for the Huawei Watch Fit 3 in South Africa – here’s what was revealed.
Zip zap zoom! After months of testing, these are our favorite electric bikes that won’t break the bank.
The Indalo Fund looks to support high-impact, environmentally-friendly and social entrepreneurial innovations across SA.
These are the lengths fibre operators must go to in order to protect their staff and infrastructure from intimidation and violence.