Bitcoin and Beyond: Navigating the 2025 Crypto Bull Run with Octa Broker
Bitcoin has hit a new all-time high (ATH), surpassing $109,000 on 20 January 2025, ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration as US president.
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7 Best Hair Dryers of 2025, Tested and Reviewed by WIRED
Ready to ditch your clunky hair dryer? These top-tier models bring the heat without the damage.
Cell C network improvement gets international kudos
Cell C’s decision to shut down its own radio access network in favour of an outsourced model is paying dividends.
Electronic Devices Used For Car Thefts Set To Be Banned in England
Sophisticated electronic devices used by criminals to steal cars are set to be banned under new laws in England and Wales. From a report: More than 700,000 vehicles were broken into last year — often with the help of high-tech electronic devices, including so-called signal jammers, which are thought to play a part in four out of 10 vehicle thefts nationwide. Until now, police could only bring a...
DOGE’s Chaos Reaches Antarctica
Daily life at US-run Antarctic stations has already been disrupted. Scientists worry that the long-term impacts could upend not only important research but the continent’s delicate geopolitics.
DStv rival bites the dust
StarSat’s independent broadcasting licence holder, OnDigital Media, has been liquidated.
Pick n Pay strikes back at Checkers with eBucks deal
First Checkers swiped Discovery Vitality from Pick n Pay. Now Pick n Pay has a partnership with eBucks to boast about.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online
A WIRED investigation reveals that criminals who make billions from scam compounds in Myanmar—where tens of thousands of people are enslaved—are using Starlink to get online.
Cheaper models drive electric vehicle sales in SA
The introduction of more affordable electric vehicle models priced under R1 million is expected to accelerate adoption in 2025, says TransUnion.
Amazon Unveils Its First Quantum Computing Chip
Amazon has introduced its first-ever quantum processor, dubbed Ocelot, designed specifically to reduce quantum error correction costs by up to 90% compared to existing approaches. The prototype chip uses “cat qubits” — named after Schrodinger’s cat thought experiment — which intrinsically suppress certain types of quantum errors. Unlike conventional approaches that add error correction after...
Amazon Alexa+ with AI launched
Amazon.com has rebooted Alexa with artificial intelligence.
Fastest 5G networks in South Africa’s largest malls
MyBroadband testing has shown that MTN and Vodacom offer good 5G performance in some of Gauteng’s largest malls.
Social relief grant probe uncovers areas of weakness
SASSA plans to up cyber security after an investigation uncovers vulnerabilities in online applications for the Social Relief of Distress grant.
Meeting of minds at Wits’ AI institute
According to Professor Benjamin Rosman, if Africa is to benefit from AI, researchers on the continent need to be the ones building it, not just consuming it.
Jensen Huang: AI Has To Do ‘100 Times More’ Computation Now Than When ChatGPT Was Released
In an interview with CNBC’s Jon Fortt on Wednesday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said next-gen AI will need 100 times more compute than older models as a result of new reasoning approaches that think “about how best to answer” questions step by step. From a report: “The amount of computation necessary to do that reasoning process is 100 times more than what we used to do,” Huang told CNBC’s Jon...
The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects
New York City’s transit authority is one of a few US systems experimenting with using sensors and AI to improve track inspections.
Warning to people who want to launch or promote memecoins in South Africa
While creating a memecoin itself is not against the law, various activities around promoting and selling your own crypto asset is now regulated in South Africa.
Huge change to FNB eBucks and Standard Bank UCount rewards
The Shoprite Group has partnered with Standard Bank’s UCount rewards programme.
Lelapa AI intros framework prioritising African languages
The artificial intelligence research and product lab and its collaborators unveil the Esethu Framework, dedicated to AI ethics and inclusion.
TCS | Why the CompCom wants Google to pay up
Donnavan-John Linley unpacks the findings of the Competition Commission’s provisional report on Big Tech and the South African news media.
Celebrating innovation: Redmi Note 14 post-launch event in SA
The Redmi Note 14 Pro+ 5G features All-Star Armor Structure, including energy-absorbing foam and polymer buffering for drop, scratch, water and dust resistance.