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ChatGPT-assisted writing dampened brain activity and recall in a controlled MIT study [PDF] of 54 college volunteers divided into AI-only, search-engine, and no-tool groups. Electroencephalography recorded during three essay-writing sessions found the AI group consistently showed the weakest neural connectivity across all measured frequency bands; the tool-free group showed the strongest, with...
Law enforcement in South Africa is struggling to crack down on online gambling in the country.
SpaceX’s massive Starship spacecraft has exploded into a dramatic fireball during testing in Texas.
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Eskom’s current monthly average of unplanned breakdowns is at its highest level in a year, suggest the power utility is just barely avoiding load-shedding.
CambriLearn offers online education that doesn’t leave you on your own.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles to allow US diplomats to review their online activity before receiving educational and exchange visas, the state department has announced. Those who fail to do so will be suspected of hiding that activity from US officials. The new guidance, unveiled by the state...
Icann got a bloody nose in the Mauritian Supreme Court on Thursday following an attempt to block the election of a new board for the African regional Internet registry.
Looking to step up to the TV big leagues? These are the best OLED TVs you can buy.
Treasury may withhold funds from the SA Social Security Agency’s (SASSA) budget if the conditions attached to its budget are not being met. SASSA has already started implementing Treasury’s conditions, flagging beneficiaries for in-person reviews if undisclosed income or potential identify fraud are detected. But MPs have raised concerns about payments delays and the burden […]
The mobile virtual network operator market in South Africa is growing and transforming at a rapid pace.
You no longer need to leave the house to be fitted with prescription hearing aids.
Here are some of the best two-year and three-year smartphone contracts available to South African residents for less than R1,000 per month.
Workonline Communications strengthens Pan-African connectivity at the Equinix Johannesburg data centre.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) today opened applications for the third cohort of the AWS Generative AI Accelerator (GAIA), an eight-week global program designed to scale early-stage startups building foundational generative AI technologies. Forty promising startups from around the world will be selected for this year’s program, which kicks off on October 13, 2025, at Amazon […]
One of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets exploded during a routine test in Texas. The Starship 36 suffered ‘catastrophic failure and exploded’ at the Starbase launch facility according to the Cameron County authorities. Starship is the world’s largest and most powerful rocket. It is central to Musk’s long-term vision of colonising Mars. This is the latest setback, with SpaceX betting that its...
Amazon warns GenAI will trim its workforce as the tech “changes the way our work is done”, while it’s reported Microsoft will cut thousands of roles as it increases spending on AI.
Fibre rollouts to an addressable market of eight million homes has slowed to a crawl due to South Africa’s business-unfriendly policies.
After the shootings of lawmakers in Minnesota, the weekend’s “No Kings” protests, and elected officials being placed in handcuffs, Democrats are searching for the path forward.
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False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised
Rampant climate misinformation is turning the crisis into a catastrophe, according to the authors of a new report.
It found climate action was being obstructed and delayed by false and misleading information stemming from fossil fuel companies, rightwing politicians and some nation states....