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Beyond The Badge: Why Experience Will Define Automotive Loyalty In South Africa

18 March at 10:51 AM, via Tech Financials

The rise of Chinese and Indian automotive brands in South Africa is no longer incremental. It is visible, measurable, and accelerating. BYD, Chery, Jetour and Mahindra are expanding dealership networks at speed and putting feature-rich SUVs into the market at highly competitive price points. Hybrid and EV models are becoming more accessible, often positioned below […]

Maharishi NextUp Institute Of Technology Unveils Major New 10,065m² Home In Johannesburg

18 March at 10:37 AM, via Tech Financials

A major milestone in South Africa’s digital transformation was reached today with the official launch of the Maharishi NextUp Institute of Technology (MNIT). This “moonshot” initiative is housed in a dedicated 10-storey,   10,065 m2 campus at 56 Main Street, Marshalltown, which has been donated to the Institute by renowned South African tech pioneers and philanthropists, David and Tracey […]

Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations

18 March at 10:00 AM, via The Guardian

Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tracking their movements

On a cloudless sunny day in October 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack stood on a mountain pass in the Pyrenees and observed a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle –...

SARS Digitisation Is Coming: How Businesses Can Start Preparing

18 March at 09:51 AM, via Tech Financials

South African businesses are entering a new era of tax compliance as the SA Revenue Service steadily modernises its tax ecosystem. They will be compelled to work on upgraded eFiling and e@syFile platforms, use e-invoicing and e-reporting as their standard, and align with SARS’ modernisation of the VAT system. These changes are not yet mandatory, […]

Is this the world’s first quantum battery? Australian scientists say so

18 March at 09:29 AM, via The Guardian

Researchers say their prototype is a big step towards fully functioning batteries with rapid charging times

Australian scientists have developed what they say is the world’s first proof-of-concept quantum battery.

Quantum batteries, first proposed as a theoretical concept in 2013, use the principles of quantum mechanics to store energy, and have the potential to be more efficient than...

Nvidia Announces Vera Rubin Space-1 Chip System For Orbital AI Data Centers

18 March at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

Nvidia unveiled its Vera Rubin Space-1 system for powering AI workloads in orbital data centers. “Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived,” said CEO Jensen Huang. “As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is generated.” CNBC reports: In a press release, the company said that its Vera Rubin Space-1 Module, which includes...

Credibility Is The New Currency In The Age of AI And Influence

18 March at 08:47 AM, via Tech Financials

As artificial intelligence accelerates the creation and distribution of content, the digital economy is entering a new phase—one defined not only by scale, but by saturation. For companies operating across financial services, telecommunications, and technology, the challenge is no longer visibility. It is credibility. AI-driven tools are fundamentally reshaping how information is produced,...

Plantwatch: the Natal crocus co-opts fire, bees and ants to reproduce

18 March at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

Perhaps the biggest surprise is that it tricks ants into moving its seeds with a scent that mimics their larvae

Plants are superb at enticing animals to pollinate their flowers or carry off their seeds. But one plant co-opts an astonishing combination of fire, bees and ants to mastermind its reproduction.

The South African Natal crocus, Apodolirion buchananii, has a gloriously bright white...

Why SMEs in India Are Switching to Cloud Billing Platforms

18 March at 07:51 AM, via Tech Financials

Small and medium businesses in India have traditionally managed billing using paper bill books, notebooks, or Excel sheets. While these methods work for small volumes, they become difficult to manage as the business grows. With more digital payments, GST compliance, and increasing transactions, manual invoicing can slow down operations and make it harder to track […]

Lantern Finance Offers Bitcoin-Backed Loan Rate at 8 Percent, Setting New Industry Low for U.S. Borrowers

18 March at 07:43 AM, via Tech Financials

Las Vegas, NV – Lantern Finance, Inc. today announced a significant reduction in its Bitcoin-backed loan rate, lowering the annual interest rate from 13% to 8% for one-year loans. Combined with a 2% upfront fee, this rate represents the lowest available for Bitcoin-backed loans in the United States backed by an institutional-grade custody solution. The new […]

Meningitis explained: who is most at risk? – podcast

18 March at 07:00 AM, via The Guardian

Over the weekend, news emerged of an outbreak of meningitis among university and school students in Kent in south-east England. The outbreak has killed two young people and left several others seriously ill. Health officials confirmed that the meningitis B strain has been identified in some of the cases. To find out what we know about the outbreak, who is most at risk and why questions are...

AI Job Loss Research Ignores How AI Is Utterly Destroying the Internet

18 March at 05:30 AM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media, written by Jason Koebler: Over the last few months, various academics and AI companies have attempted to predict how artificial intelligence is going to impact the labor market. These studies, including a high-profile paper published by Anthropic earlier this month, largely try to take the things AI is good at, or could be good at, and match...

How you walk reveals to others how you are feeling, researchers say

18 March at 02:01 AM, via The Guardian

Study highlights the movements in people’s gait that give away most about their emotional state

A long face is not the only sign that someone is down in the dumps. How people walk is revealing too, particularly the swing of the arms and legs, researchers say.

Scientists asked volunteers to guess people’s emotions from video clips of them walking and found that bigger swings portrayed more...

Arizona Charges Kalshi With Illegal Gambling Operation

18 March at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

Arizona has filed criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing it of operating an illegal gambling business. “Kalshi may brand itself as a ‘prediction market,’ but what it’s actually doing is running an illegal gambling operation and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate Arizona law,” Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement. The case could ultimately head to the...

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