TymeBank is considering legal action to stop home affairs from implementing huge increases in the fees companies must pay to verify their clients’ identities.

JSE-listed 4Sight Holdings has delivered another set of strong financial results and positive operational performance for the year ended 28 February 2025. Operating profit rose 49.3%, supported by 28.4% Cash Balance growth, delivering 75.7% Earnings per Share for shareholders for the two-year year-on-year comparison. “Our latest set of results reflect the continued success of our […]

Light up your backyard, porch, patio, or campsite with these WIRED-tested outdoor lights.

Electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says municipalities with debt to Eskom have made little progress in reducing the amounts they owe.

WIRED had many questions last week about the Gold T1 Smartphone. Now we have even more—like where that “made in America” pledge went.

From smart displays to soundbars, Google’s voice assistant comes in all shapes and sizes. Here are our favorites.

As of August 2024, more than 220 judgments were outstanding for more than six months, with the Johannesburg Labour Court, Pretoria High Court and Mahikeng High Court having the highest number of late judgments. The number of late judgments has more than doubled since 2019, when around 90 were recorded. Most of the increase has […]

Salesforce’s latest Slack Workforce Index revealed a significant increase in AI adoption and excitement among desk workers, with daily AI usage higher by an astounding 233% in just six months. The survey of 5,000 global desk workers also found that AI has emerged as a clear competitive advantage, as workers who use AI daily prove to be 64% more productive and 81% more...

Rewind to the classic games of the ‘70s and ‘80s with a WIRED-tested home arcade machine.

Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skeptics

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s reconstituted vaccine advisory panel recommended a new treatment to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants.

The treatment, a new monoclonal antibody called clesrovimab, which will be sold under the brand name Enflonsia by Merck, was recommended by...

Chery released two vehicles this week with both now the most affordable vehicles in their respective categories.

The committee that evaluated bids for South Africa’s multi-billion rand lottery licence consisted of people with gaming and casino experience but no lottery expertise, critics say. Major auditing firms refused to participate in the evaluation process due to “reputational risk” after the corruption that plagued the National Lotteries Commission under its previous leadership. Minister Parks […]

Headphone jacks are endangered, but they’re not gone. Here are our favorite smartphones that still let you plug and play.

Study discovered abnormal process in womb lining, with potential for new treatments to prevent pregnancy loss

Scientists have developed a test to identify women with an increased risk of miscarriage, which could pave the way for new treatments to prevent pregnancy loss.

About one in six of all pregnancies are lost, most before 12 weeks, and each miscarriage increases the risk of another one...

This cheap little dongle is the perfect way to get better apps on your smart TV.

Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray analytical technologies and a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; hereinafter “Rigaku”) has increased its capacity for production of semiconductor process control instruments at its own plant in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture and at the facilities of a partner company* in...

A fierce debate has erupted over the preferential electricity pricing deals that Eskom has struck with major industrial users like South32’s Hillside aluminium smelter and ferrochrome producers.

Five-year SynHG project aims to pave way for next generation of medical therapies and treatment of diseases

Researchers are embarking on an ambitious project to construct human genetic material from scratch to learn more about how DNA works and pave the way for the next generation of medical therapies.

Scientists on the Synthetic Human Genome (SynHG) project will spend the next five years...

Our human microbiome is in decline, which is likely to be contributing to the sharp rise in non-communicable diseases, health conditions that cannot be directly transmitted between people, such as cardiovascular disease and cancers. Josh Toussaint-Strauss talks to Dr James Kinross, colorectal surgeon and author of the book Dark Matter: The New Science of the Microbiome, about why the human...

Group administrators have reported receiving automated messages which incorrectly say they have violated the rules.

Several companies and individuals are lobbying the Information Regulator to crack down on Truecaller in South Africa.