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An anonymous reader quotes a report from ComputerWeekly: Microsoft has issued patches for about 200 flaws in its latest monthly Patch Tuesday drop, blasting past a previous record high of almost 170 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) set in October 2025. Among a great many others, the latest update from Redmond fixes a total of 32 critical CVEs and three zero-day flaws. Dustin Childs,...
Some remains found in Diamantina fracture zone date back more than 5m years and reveal species and ecosystems unknown to science
The oldest, deepest and most extensive whale graveyard yet discovered has been found in the south-eastern Indian Ocean, with fossils dating back more than 5m years.
Whale falls – the term for dead whales that sink to the ocean floor – are not uncommon, but most...
While Elon Musk may soon become a trillionaire, his rocket company’s market debut is set to the change the lives of its current and former employees, too.
Ottawa- In a case that authorities have compared to a movie script, a former Air Canada captain stands accused of commanding hundreds of commercial flights carrying tens of thousands of passengers without the required captain’s license for almost two decades. Fifty-nine-year-old Geoffrey Wall, of Barrie, Ontario, was arrested on June 1, 2026, as part of […]
Salesforce, customers, and partners accelerate AI adoption, customer transformation, and skills development across South Africa As businesses across South Africa look to grow revenue, improve productivity, and unlock the transformative potential of artificial intelligence, one message emerged with clarity from Agentforce World Tour Johannesburg: no organisation transforms alone. Held on 3 June...
New MTN South Africa CEO Ferdi Moolman wants R4-billion to R6-billion in savings by 2029 via a “structural reset”.
Active traders rarely stay loyal to a platform just because it looks good. In fast-moving markets, a delay of even a few seconds can affect an entry or exit point. That is why traders in South Africa increasingly compare trading apps based on execution speed, available tools, and platform reliability before committing real capital. According […]
Reatlegile Rammuki will attend an MIT programme exploring the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
MTN Group’s Ambition 2030 strategic plan targets tripled fibre, fintech up 13-fold and a doubling of data usage.
The National IP Management Office counts the gains, with over 3 000 IP and tech transfer professionals trained over 15 years.
New research suggests GLP-1 users are buying fewer snacks and treats such as crisps and chocolate
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Weight-loss drugs are saving users’ households more than £400 a year on grocery bills, according to new research, which found use of GLP-1s has nearly tripled in the past two years to 1.9 million adults.
Just more than 6.3% of households in Great Britain now include...
Retail investors are dumping bitcoin to fund the SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI listings, leaving crypto in the doldrums.
The investment will help Breaze scale same-day delivery services for SMEs amid rising e-commerce demand.
Altron subsidiary Netstar wants to sell anonymised movement data from 2.2 million vehicles to multiple industries.
The High Court rules the regulator failed to demonstrate an appeal against an earlier ruling in favour of the education department had reasonable prospects of success.
System not fit for purpose due to poor infrastructure and planning, with minority groups particularly at risk, MPs say
The UK’s stem cell transplant system is potentially putting the lives of blood cancer patients at risk as a result of inadequate infrastructure and a lack of long-term planning, a parliamentary report has found.
A hematopoietic stem cell transplant, often referred to as a bone...
Commonwealth Fusion has published five peer-reviewed papers laying out the physics case for ARC, its planned 400 MW fusion power plant, which would follow the company’s smaller SPARC tokamak now under construction. The papers suggest ARC could produce more energy than it consumes using high-temperature superconducting magnets, molten-salt heat extraction, and 15-minute fusion pulses. Ars...
Consumers embrace AI-assisted shopping, but the buck stops when the agent is expected to finalise a commercial transaction.
Claude’s maker is outpacing ChatGPT’s parent in valuation, users and margins – and looks set to beat it to the stock market too.
South Africa’s battery electric vehicle sales jump 96% as motorists seek protection from rising fuel prices and volatility.
From Spain to Japan, experiments have repeatedly shown a left-turn bias, but exact mechanic ‘is still an open question’
“I’m not an ambi-turner,” laments Derek Zoolander in the eponymous noughties satire about the world’s hottest male model and his rare catwalk hangup. “It’s a problem I’ve had since I was a baby … I can’t turn left.”
Now, research suggests that the fashionista’s...