Customer experience is no longer a soft business function—it is the economic backbone of modern enterprises, dictating profitability, customer loyalty, and brand longevity. Imagine a retail giant that once thrived on aggressive sales tactics but failed to adapt to evolving customer expectations—only to see competitors, armed with data-driven CX strategies, surpass them in market share. […]
LEGO has responded to concerns that its newly announced Smart Brick technology represents a departure from the company’s foundation in physical, non-digital play, a day after the official reveal at CES drew criticism from child development advocates. Federico Begher, SVP of Product, New Business, told IGN the sensor-packed bricks are “an addition, a complementary evolution” and emphasized that...
Nieuwe Instituut, RotterdamThey have poisoned emperors, taken over insect brains and survived atomic bombs. This Dantean journey through fungal hell is riveting – though frogs may disagree
Sylvia Plath’s poem Mushrooms is a sinister paean to the natural world. Her observations on fungi are freighted with foreboding, noting how “very / Whitely, discreetly, / Very quietly” they “Take hold...
The energy regulator’s Rhulani Mathebula explains why the amount it owes Eskom for a tariff determination error has ballooned from R54 billion to R76 billion.
Astronaut aboard the International Space Station is in stable condition, Nasa said, and a spacewalk was canceled
Nasa is considering a rare early return of its crew from the International Space Station over an unspecified medical issue involving one of the astronauts, after cancelling a planned spacewalk that had been scheduled for Thursday, the agency said.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: SteamOS’s slow march across the Windows-dominated PC gaming landscape is continuing to creep along. At CES this week, Lenovo announced it will launch a version of last year’s high-priced, high-powered Legion Go 2 handheld with Valve’s gaming-focused, Linux-based OS pre-installed starting in June. And there are some intriguing signs from...
New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.
With the ability to go up to a best-in-class 810 kilometres on a single charge* in an all-wheel drive configuration, beating even its most recently revealed competitors, the EX60 doesn’t just go further than any electric car that Volvo Cars has ever created. It turns range anxiety into range comfort, demonstrating that going electric is no longer a compromise. Volvo Cars...
Professor Wynand Steyn from the University of Pretoria is one of South Africa’s top academics, driving research which has tremendous value to the country.
Regulators said they will look at whether the deal for Manus, a Singapore start-up with Chinese roots, complied with China’s export and investment rules.
The recall relates to potential fire risks when owners charge their vehicle’s batteries to high levels. Volvo recommends limiting charge levels to 70%.