Elon Musk Returns to His Tech Empire, Facing Questions of Inattention
As Mr. Musk steps away from Washington, he faces concerns over his prolonged absence from his businesses including Tesla, SpaceX, xAI and X.
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Suspended RAF CEO Letsoalo Speaks Out Amid Corruption Probe
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) faces mounting uncertainty following the suspension of its CEO, Collins Letsoalo, amid a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe into a controversial R79 million office lease deal in Johannesburg. Letsoalo was placed on special leave with immediate effect, raising questions about governance and financial management at the embattled state entity. Letsoalo Breaks...
Apple Challenges EU Order To Open iOS To Rivals
Apple has filed an appeal with the European Union’s General Court in Luxembourg challenging the bloc’s order requiring greater iOS interoperability with rival companies’ products under the Digital Markets Act. The EU executive in March directed Apple to make its mobile operating system more compatible with competitors’ apps, headphones, and virtual reality headsets by granting developers and...
Business Insider Recommended Nonexistent Books To Staff As It Leans Into AI
An anonymous reader shares a report: Business Insider announced this week that it wants staff to better incorporate AI into its journalism. But less than a year ago, the company had to quietly apologize to some staff for accidentally recommending that they read books that did not appear to exist but instead may have been generated by AI. In an email to staff last May, a senior editor at...
Younger generations less likely to have dementia, study suggests
Researchers say people born more recently, particularly women, have lower risk at same age as their grandparents
People born more recently are less likely to have dementia at any given age than earlier generations, research suggests, with the trend more pronounced in women.
According to the World Health Organization, in 2021 there were 57 million people worldwide living with dementia, with...
Magnetic 3D-printed pen could help diagnose people with Parkinson’s
Study utilises handwriting-generated electrical signal to measure tremor in tandem with AI machine learning
It won’t be much good for taking down notes, but a 3D-printed pen filled with magnetic ink could help identify people with Parkinson’s disease, a small pilot study suggests.
More than 10 million people worldwide are thought to be living with Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative disorder...
R16 million driver’s licence card pain
It has cost South Africa over R16 million in additional costs to operate the driving licence card printer.
How Stack Overflow’s Reputation System Led To Its Own Downfall
A new analysis argues that Stack Overflow’s decline began years before AI tools delivered the “final blow” to the once-dominant programming forum. The site’s monthly questions dropped from a peak of 200,000 to a steep collapse that began in earnest after ChatGPT’s 2023 launch, but usage had been declining since 2014, according to data cited in the InfoWorld analysis. The platform’s remarkable...
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The Empire Partner Foundation (EPF) and TechFinancials News are excited to launch Round four of our Q&A Competition – where brilliant minds share bold ideas for a chance to win R5,000! This month’s question: “How can technology help students learn better?” Why enter? Win R5,000 Gain national exposure Shape the future of education in South Africa Deadline: 23 June 2025 […]
Scam call epidemic: lessons for South Africa from Down Under
The Australian equivalent of communications regulator Icasa has had enormous success fighting scam phone calls.
WhatsApp and deepfake scam warning for South Africa
Momentum Group financial director Risto Ketola says scammers employ various tactics to dupe South Africans, including AI deepfakesand invite-only WhatsApp Group scams.
Going To an Office and Pretending To Work: A Business That’s Booming in China
A new business model has emerged across China’s major cities, El Pais reports, where companies charge unemployed individuals to rent desk space and pretend to work, responding to social pressure around joblessness amid rising youth unemployment rates. These services charge between 30 and 50 yuan ($4-7) daily for desks, Wi-Fi, coffee, and lunch in spaces designed to mimic traditional work...
MSI Titan 18 HX AI Review: The Ultimate Gaming Laptop
MSI’s largest and most powerful gaming laptop is also its most premium, sporting a Mini-LED screen and an invisible touchpad.
Top ICT tenders: SABC tackles governance, risk and compliance
The broadcaster believes an electronic system will help to address its current manual and error-prone processes.
ITWeb TV live from Security Summit
Check out the schedule of guests chatting to ITWeb on 3 and 4 June.
Digital wounds: unravelling the psychological impact of cyber attacks
We often highlight the people side of cybersecurity but we fail to acknowledge how these incidents affect the victims psychologically.
How cyber attackers are using AI and how businesses should respond
When AI falls into the wrong hands, the consequences can be far-reaching, warns Dmitry Berezin, Kaspersky.
UK shortage of critical drug forcing pancreatic cancer patients to skip meals
One pharmacist described scarcity of life-saving Creon as ‘worst stock shortage’ they have dealt with
People with pancreatic cancer are eating only one meal a day because of an acute shortage of a drug that helps them digest their food.
Patients with cystic fibrosis and pancreatitis are also affected by the widespread scarcity of Creon, a form of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT).
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14 Best Bluetooth Speakers Our Testers Jammed With in 2025
These are our favorite portable speakers of all shapes and sizes, from clip-ons to a massive boom box.
One thing harming voice calling more than WhatsApp in South Africa
Spam is killing voice calls in South Africa faster than voice-over IP services like WhatsApp and Skype have ever done.
Grok promised bias-free chat. Then came the edits
While appealing for some, artificial selective intelligence is of limited practical use. Unintended hallucinations are one thing, but deliberate delusions are another.