FRIDAY, 04 APRIL 2025, 02:52
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft has closed its IoT & AI Insider Lab in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang hi-tech zone, marking the latest sign of the US tech giant’s retreat from China amid rising geopolitical tensions. The Shanghai lab, meant to help with domestic development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, closed earlier this year, according...
Data workers in Africa often have a hard time. They face job insecurities – including temporary contracts, low pay, arbitrary dismissal and worker surveillance – and alarming physical and psychological health risks. The consequences of their work can include exhaustion, burnout, mental health strain, chronic stress, vertigo and weakening of eyesight. Data work includes text […]
Learning to code has become sort of become pointless as AI increasingly dominates programming tasks, said Replit founder and chief executive Amjad Masad. “I no longer think you should learn to code,” Masad wrote on X. The statement comes as major tech executives report significant AI inroads into software development. Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently revealed that 25% of new code at the tech...
Cape Town’s mayor has announced several plans to mitigate congestion in the city.
Two scientific journals that experimented with paying peer reviewers found the practice sped up the review process without compromising quality, according to findings published this month. Critical Care Medicine offered $250 to half of 715 invited reviewers, with 53% accepting compared to 48% of unpaid reviewers. Paid reviews were completed one day faster on average. In a more dramatic result,...
The answer to today’s puzzle
Earlier today I set you the following problem featuring Albert, Bernard and Cheryl, the protagonists in a viral puzzle from a decade ago. Here it is again with the solution.
Cheryl’s house number problem
Continue reading…
France’s competition authority has fined Apple 150 million euros ($162 million) for abusing its market dominance through its App Tracking Transparency system, ruling the privacy initiative unfairly disadvantages app developers. The watchdog determined that requiring third-party developers to use two pop-ups for tracking permissions while Apple’s own apps need just one tap creates an...
Changan’s SUVs, bakkies and sedans, including its Deepal EV range, will go on sale in the fourth quarter.
We compared .CO.ZA domain registration and renewal pricing from eight prominent registrars.
Savor the sweet taste of these native and third-party Mac apps for better editing, organization, journaling, and more.
Procedure for patients with thinking and memory problems could help medics decide which drugs are most suitable
Researchers have developed a blood test for patients with thinking and memory problems to check if they have Alzheimer’s and to see how far it has progressed.
The team behind the work say the test could help medics decide which drugs would be most suitable for patients. For example,...
Microsoft has announced that it’s overhauling its Blue Screen of Death error message in Windows 11. From a report: The new design drops the traditional blue color, frowning face, and QR code in favor of a simplified screen that looks a lot more like the black screen you see when Windows is performing an update. It’s not immediately clear if this new BSOD will remain as a black screen once...
South Africa will permit eight Eskom coal-fired power plants to continue polluting more than emission rules allow.
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are investing in a Bitcoin-mining company called American Bitcoin, created by the merger of two firms.
South African households with heavy bandwidth demands don’t need fibre coverage to enjoy high download speeds.
An anonymous reader shares a report: A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer, Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why. Xiaofeng Wang has a long list of prestigious titles....
Diet-to-Go’s ready-to-eat meal delivery offers diabetic, keto, and weight-loss plans. They’re often tasty sometimes soggy.
Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics say
Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
It will be tough to attract international research talent if prestigious Australian Research Council fellowships are axed under proposed changes, researchers say, with lack of funding making the nation not “match...
Minister of Trade Parks Tau says he will announce the winner of the eight-year lottery licence “on or before 28 May”. With Ithuba’s licence expiring on 31 May, lottery ticket sales will likely be suspended. Licence bidder Wina Njalo is proceeding with court action, accusing Tau of “frustrating” the licence process to favor Ithuba. Just […]
The Department of Small Business Development has unveiled a digital platform to support spaza shops and other food-handling facilities as well as combat illegal businesses. The new digital platforms went live on Friday, 28 March 2025, following the announcement by Small Business Development Minister, Stella Ndabeni. DSBD Connect is a digital platform designed to geo-map […]
Amazon’s sale event ends tonight, so this is your last chance to save on our favorite WIRED-tested home and tech gadgets.