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Wholesale And Retail SETA Funds 50 SA Students To Study E-commerce In China

Today at 13:00 PM, via Tech Financials

Johannesburg – A selected group of 50 South African students is travelling to study e-commerce in China. The graduates selected from 21 Technical, Vocational and Education Training (TVET) colleges will receive training in e-commerce and global exposure in international retail standards and trade trends. The students will depart from OR Tambo International Airport on Monday, […]

Some want to ban geoengineering research. This would be a catastrophic mistake for our planet | Craig Segall and Baroness Bryony Worthington

Today at 13:00 PM, via The Guardian

We’ve already geoengineered the planet through the careless release of greenhouse gases. Now we need a plan to manage the risks we’ve set in motion

A few months ago, Marjorie Taylor Greene, then a Georgia representative, held a hearing on her bill to ban research on “geoengineering”, which refers to technological climate interventions, such as using reflective particles to reflect away...

Fusion Physicists Found a Way Around a Long-Standing Density Limit

Today at 12:00 PM, via Slashdot

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: At the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), physicists successfully exceeded what is known as the Greenwald limit, a practical density boundary beyond which plasmas tend to violently destabilize, often damaging reactor components. For a long time, the Greenwald limit was accepted as a given and incorporated into fusion...

Alzheimer’s therapies should target a particular gene, researchers say

Today at 12:00 PM, via The Guardian

Scientists at UCL say drug developers should focus on two risk-raising variants of the Apoe gene

New therapies for Alzheimer’s disease should target a particular gene linked to the condition, according to researchers who said most cases would never arise if its harmful effects were neutralised.

The call to action follows the arrival of the first wave of drugs that aim to treat Alzheimer’s...

Health professionals should be wearing respirator-grade masks, WHO is advised

Today at 11:49 AM, via The Guardian

Experts are urging guideline changes for doctors and nurses as surgical masks offer ‘inadequate protection against airborne pathogens’ such as Covid

Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient, according to a group of experts...

Volvo EX60 – It’s A Middle Finger To The Petrol Price

Today at 11:48 AM, via Tech Financials

Listen up, Mzansi motorists. Every month, we watch with trepidation as the fuel price climbs higher. Now and again, the price comes down by a tiny bit. All the while, we feel the cost of fuel in our shrinking pockets. However, there is relief from the dread of filling up the tank: It’s Volvo’s new […]

2025 global tech sector layoffs surpass 200k

Today at 11:44 AM, via ITWeb

A total of 244 851 people were laid off in the tech industry globally in 2025, with the adoption of automation and AI punted as the dominant force behind the job cuts.

Major overhaul coming to Gmail

Today at 11:16 AM, via TechCentral

Google is rolling out a wave of AI features in Gmail, aiming to turn the e-mail service into a proactive “inbox assistant”.

Build or buy? Avoiding the DIY mirage

Today at 11:06 AM, via ITWeb

Decision-makers are increasingly aware of the trade-offs between impact and ROI when building their own solutions in-house, says Paul Cox, regional channel manager at Exclaimer.

South African National Credit Regulator hacked

Today at 11:01 AM, via MyBroadband

A ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for an attack on the National Credit Regulator and published gigabytes of files it said were stolen from its systems.

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