TUESDAY, 30 DECEMBER 2025, 04:20
LG has announced a new premium gaming monitor brand called UltraGear, and the lineup’s headline feature is what the company claims is the world’s first 5K AI upscaling technology — an on-device solution that analyzes and enhances content in real time before it reaches the panel, theoretically letting gamers enjoy 5K-class clarity without needing to upgrade their GPUs. The initial UltraGear evo...
With limited access on NHS and a hefty price tag, black market is booming and counterfeit drugs are on sale
Losing weight may be a common new year resolution but health experts have warned against buying medications for such purposes from social media sellers or other illegitimate channels.
Jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro have become hugely popular for weight loss, with trials suggesting the...
A fun diversion for retro gaming on the Nintendo Switch 2—if you can stand to look at it.
Crossing the 350-episode milestone, What’s Next with Aki Anastasiou remains the premier platform for leaders shaping South Africa’s technology landscape.
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: What’s the stupidest use of AI you encountered in 2025? Have you been called by AI telemarketers? Forced to do job interviews with a glitching AI? With all this talk of “disruption” and “inevitability,” this is our chance to have some fun. Personally, I think 2025’s worst AI “innovation” was the AI-powered web browsers that eat web pages and then...
Amid the ongoing evolution of the global crypto market, DogeStaking officially announced the launch of a new free Dogecoin (DOGE) staking program, providing global users with a low-barrier, transparent, and sustainable digital asset growth option. No large investment or complicated operations are required to participate in the Dogecoin staking mechanism and start your journey to […]
Finding a broker in 2026 isn’t difficult. There are dozens of options, sleek sign-up pages, and promises of speed, access, and tools. The harder part is choosing one you still feel comfortable using once trading stops being exciting and starts becoming routine. Most people don’t realise they’ve picked the wrong broker straight away. It usually […]
Cordless, handheld, robot, and traditional—we tested them all to find the vacuum that’s fantastic for fur.
From the classic body pillow to unique shapes for optimal limb support, we tested a wide range of body pillows designed for side sleepers.
From university breaches to cyberattacks that shut down whole supply chains, these were the worst cybersecurity incidents of the year.
Privacy may be dead, but civilians are turning conventional wisdom on its head by surveilling the cops as much as the cops surveil them.
Google’s AI is now even smarter, and more versatile.
About 60 workers in Halifax, Nova Scotia have formed Ubisoft’s first union in North America, reports the CBC (though its 17,000 employees include some unionized workforces in other parts of the world):T.J. Gillis, a senior server developer at Ubisoft Halifax, says he became increasingly concerned about the growth of artificial intelligence in the industry and after the closure of a Microsoft...
From Donald Trump to DOGE to Chinese hackers, this year the internet’s chaos caused outsized real-world harm.
South African engineer Henri Johnson invented the world’s first Doppler radar speed gun specifically for ball tracking in sports.
Companies like Phoenix Tailings, which recently began producing metal in New Hampshire, are using new processing methods to compete with Chinese suppliers.
Today’s global coral bleaching events are the worst kind of climate warning.
Louis Gerstner, the former CEO and chairman of IBM, died on Saturday, aged 83.
Current IBM chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna informs employees of Gerstner’s death in an e-mail.
Engadget reports on “a widespread breach” of Ubisoft’s game Rainbow Six Siege “that left various players with billions of in-game credits, ultra-rare skins of weapons, and banned accounts.” Ubisoft took the game’s servers offline early Saturday morning, and as of Sunday night its status page still shows “unplanned outage” on all servers across PC, PlayStation and Xbox:Ubisoft later clarified...
Banks and insurers must unify fragmented decisions to manage risk, regulation and customer expectations in real time, writes SAS South Africa’s James MacDonald.