Ster-Kinekor screens movies for R50 per ticket
South African cinema giant Stek-Kinekor has revealed its December slate of Throwback Cinema titles, including a Christmas classic and two beloved animated movies.
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Is Your Vibrator Spying on You?
Here’s everything you need to know about data privacy in sex toys and the apps that connect to them.
Smart Money is Hedging $91k BTC Risk with Digitap’s ($TAP) No-KYC Visa Card—The Best Crypto Presale December
The crypto market is experiencing a bearish shift, with Bitcoin (BTC) down 28% from its all-time high as whales and smart investors take profits and diversify into more promising assets such as Digitap ($TAP) amid market volatility. Digitap, a fast-growing utility token currently midway through its third presale round, has been tagged as one of […]
Good news for South Africans with expired driving licences
The Department of Transport is clearing the driving licence backlog and an interim solution should come online soon.
For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert
If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?
Alpine A390 Review: Price, Specs, Availability
Ahead of its entry into the US, the European brand with an ex-Ferrari boss and decades of motorsport success has a new EV to take on Porsche and Polestar. WIRED tries it on for size.
Robinhood Stock Slides 8% After Big Decline in November Trading Volumes – Traders Call Digitap ($TAP) the Best Crypto to Buy 2026 for Fees and Cashback
As retail trading activity cools, investors are re-evaluating where sustainable value still exists, particularly when deciding which crypto to buy now as market conditions tighten. Robinhood, once a symbol of commission-free trading and explosive retail growth, saw its stock slide roughly 8% after reporting a sharp decline in November trading volumes. The pullback has reignited […]
Setting a Benchmark for Trusted Digital Platform Guidance in Canada
As digital entertainment and online service platforms continue to expand globally, Canada has emerged as a key market where regulatory clarity and consumer protection are becoming increasingly important. With evolving policies, heightened user awareness, and stricter compliance expectations, reliable information sources now play a critical role in helping users understand online platforms,...
ANC’s attack on Solly Malatsi shows how BEE dogma trumps economic reality
The ANC’s ideological rigidity over BEE risks deterring investment and undermining much-needed reform.
New Rule Forbids GNOME Shell Extensions Made Using AI-Generated Code
An anonymous reader shared this report from Phoronix:Due to the growing number of GNOME Shell extensions looking to appear on extensions.gnome.org that were generated using AI, it’s now prohibited. The new rule in their guidelines note that AI-generated code will be explicitly rejected: “Extensions must not be AI-generated While it is not prohibited to use AI as a learning aid or a development...
Ethereum Network Sees 62% Drop in Fees: Is ETH Price at Risk? – Analysts See Digitap ($TAP) Banking Layer as the Best Crypto Presale 2026
Ethereum is heading into December with network fees down 62%, a sign that activity on the chain has cooled noticeably. The dip comes as traders wait for clarity from the SEC on staking-enabled Ethereum ETFs, leaving ETH stuck near $3,236 and moving within a much tighter range than earlier in the year. With things slowing […]
If you bought these computer parts two months ago, you could sell them for more than double today
A major South African hosting provider says they are feeling the surge in hardware prices caused by massive global AI demand along with consumers.
Is the R Programming Language Surging in Popularity?
The R programming language “is sometimes frowned upon by ‘traditional’ software engineers,” says the CEO of software quality services vendor Tiobe, “due to its unconventional syntax and limited scalability for large production systems.” But he says it “continues to thrive at universities and in research-driven industries, and “for domain experts, it remains a powerful and elegant tool.” Yet...
System76 Launches First Stable Release of COSMIC Desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS
This week System76 launched the first stable release of its Rust-based COSMIC desktop environment, reports 9to5Linux. Announced in 2021, it’s designed for all GNU/Linux distributions — and it shipping with Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS (based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS):Previous Pop!_OS releases used a version of the COSMIC desktop that was based on the GNOME desktop environment. However, System76 wanted to...
‘Free Software Awards’ Winners Announced: Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, Govdirectory
This week the Free Software Foundation honored Andy Wingo, Alx Sa, and Govdirectory with this year’s annual Free Software Awards (given to community members and groups making”significant” contributions to software freedom):Andy Wingo is one of the co-maintainers of GNU Guile,the official extension language of the GNU operating system and theScheme “backbone” of GNUGuix. Upon receiving the...
Applets Are Officially Going, But Java In the Browser Is Better Than Ever
“The entire java.applet package has been removed from JDK 26, which will release in March 2026,” notes Inside Java. But long-time Slashdot reader AirHog links to this blog post reminding us that”Applets Are Officially Gone, But Java In The Browser Is Better Than Ever.”This brings to an official end the era of applets, which began in 1996. However, for years it has been possible to build modern,...
Startup Successfully Uses AI to Find New Geothermal Energy Reservoirs
A Utah-based startup announced last week it used AI to locate a 250-degree Fahrenheit geothermal reservoir, reports CNN. It’ll start producing electricity in three to five years, the company estimates — and at least one geologist believes AI could be an exciting “gamechanger” for the geothermal industry.[Startup Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals] named it “Big Blind,” because this kind of site...
Special delivery: how a Royal Mail postbox ended up in Antarctica
A letter to the king has added a royal flourish to life at Rothera Research Station, where mail remains a vital link to the world
It might be traditional to write to Father Christmas with a gift list, but when Kirsten Shaw wanted a new postbox for staff at the UK’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica, she wrote to the king.
The request has resulted in a special delivery for Shaw – a...
Firefox Survey Finds Only 16% Feel In Control of Their Privacy Choices Online
Choosing your browser “is one of the most important digital decisions you can make, shaping how you experience the web, protect your data, and express yourself online,” says the Firefox blog. They’ve urged readers to “take a stand for independence and control in your digital life.” But they also recently polled 8,000 adults in France, Germany, the UK and the U.S. on “how they navigate choice...
The World’s Electric Car Sales Have Spiked 21% So Far in 2025
Electrek reports:EV and battery supply chain research specialists Benchmark Mineral Intelligence reports that 2.0 million electric vehicles were sold globally in November 2025, bringing global EV sales to 18.5 million units year-to-date. That’s a 21% increase compared to the same period in 2024.Europe was the clear growth leader in November, while North America continued to lag following the...
How a 23-Year-Old in 1975 Built the World’s First Handheld Digital Camera
In 1975, 23-year-old electrical engineer Steve Sasson joined Kodak. And in a new interview with the BBC, he remembers that he’d found the whole photographic process “really annoying…. I wanted to build a camera with no moving parts. Now that was just to annoy the mechanical engineers…””You take your picture, you have to wait a long time, you have to fiddle with these chemicals. Well, you know,...