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ACSA Taps Insider Charles Shilowa As Acting CEO

14 May at 11:01 AM, via Tech Financials

The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) has appointed insider Charles Shilowa as its acting Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 July 2026. Shilowa, currently Group Executive for Capital Infrastructure Asset Management, will take over when current CEO Nompumelelo Mpofu’s contract expires on 30 June 2026. Mpofu will also step down as an executive director at […]

Discovery Bank Evolves Into A ‘Super Bank’ Merging Banking, Rewards, Insurance And Investments

14 May at 11:01 AM, via Tech Financials

Discovery Bank today announced a major expansion of its AI-powered’ banking capabilities, alongside new security and servicing enhancements, streamlined access to life insurance, and a rewards partnership with DStv, as it continues to build a single, intelligent digital banking platform for everyday spending, protection and rewards. Hylton Kallner, CEO of Discovery Bank, says, “We are […]

Listen and learn: the hidden secret to spotting a liar

14 May at 11:00 AM, via The Guardian

You may think you know when someone’s trying to deceive you, but there’s a clever trick very few people are aware of – one that has eluded AI and Traitors contestants alike

Can you tell if someone is lying?

Close your eyes. You’re already twice as good as you were before.

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Salesforce Calls On South African Organisations To Act Now On AI Fluency And Workforce Transformation

14 May at 09:27 AM, via Tech Financials

Salesforce hosted an intimate media roundtable at WeWork Oxford Road in Rosebank for a candid, unvarnished conversation about AI’s mounting impact on the South African workforce. Bringing together senior Salesforce leaders and an enterprise change practitioner from Standard Bank Group, the session produced a collective message that left little room for equivocation: AI is already […]

Physicists Find Possible Errors In 100-Year-Old Model of the Universe

14 May at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

A trio of preprint papers suggests the universe may not be perfectly uniform on the largest scales, finding tentative 2-to-4-sigma deviations from a core assumption of standard cosmology known as FLRW geometry. Live Science reports: The work combines observations of distant exploding stars and large-scale galaxy surveys to probe whether the universe truly follows a nearly 100-year-old...

Lulapay Brings Cash Flow Flexibility To Cloud On Demand’s Reseller Network

14 May at 08:46 AM, via Tech Financials

Lulapay has partnered with leading cloud distributer Cloud on Demand to introduce integrated cash flow flexibility for ICT resellers and managed service providers across South Africa. Lulapay is a buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) offering powered by Lula.  Through the partnership, qualifying Cloud on Demand partners will now have access to structured 30-day payment flexibility, helping them better […]

From A Pizza Box To Exclusive Books: South African Financial Literacy Game Records Strongest Month Yet

14 May at 08:36 AM, via Tech Financials

One month after launching into Exclusive Books stores across South Africa, FinMaster, the locally created board game teaching families, teenagers and young adults how to think differently about money, has recorded its strongest end-user sales month to date. For co-founders Elijah Djan and Danei Rall, the milestone is more than a commercial result. It’s the […]

USA Builders Depot Introduces Premium Steel Door Collection for Modern Residential and Commercial Spaces

14 May at 07:55 AM, via Tech Financials

Marietta, GA – USA Builders Depot proudly announces the expansion of its premium steel door collection, offering modern solutions for homeowners, architects, builders, and commercial property developers seeking high-quality entry systems with contemporary appeal. The current construction industry is focusing more on sleek designs, open space planning, and strong materials, which has led to...

OpenAI Trial Wraps Up With ‘Jackass’ Trophy For Challenging Musk

14 May at 06:30 AM, via Slashdot

After three weeks of testimony, the Musk v. Altman trial is nearing its end. OpenAI has rested its case, closing arguments are set for Thursday, and jury deliberations are expected to begin afterward. An anonymous reader quotes a report from Business Insider: Joshua Achiam, OpenAI’s chief futurist, was probably the most memorable witness of the day. He told jurors about a companywide meeting...

Hantavirus update, Pentagon’s UFO files, can art slow biological ageing? – podcast

14 May at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Madeleine Finlay sits down with co-host and science editor Ian Sample to discuss three eyecatching stories from the week, including an update on hantavirus. Also on the agenda is the Pentagon’s release of a tranche of never before seen documents relating to UFOs, and a study looking at the link between taking part in cultural activities and slower biological ageing

Clips: News Nation

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After a hard-fought victory to legalise medical cannabis in the UK, why is it still so hard to access?

14 May at 06:00 AM, via The Guardian

Two mothers fought British bureaucracy to obtain lifesaving cannabis medicines for their children. But most patients are having to go private – at huge cost

In the summer of 2012, Britain was in a festive mood. It was the year of the queen’s diamond jubilee and the London Olympics, and the country was celebrating. But for former hairdresser Hannah Deacon and her young family in Warwickshire,...

Man Who Stole Beyonce’s Hard Drives Gets Five-Year Sentence

14 May at 01:00 AM, via Slashdot

A man accused of stealing hard drives containing unreleased Beyonce music, tour plans, and other materials from a rental car in Atlanta has pleaded guilty and accepted a five-year sentence, including two years in custody. Slashdot Bruce66423 shares a report from The Guardian: Kelvin Evans was by the Atlanta police department in September in connection to a July 2025 car robbery where two...

SOLAI Launches $399 Solode Neo Linux AI Computer

14 May at 00:00 AM, via Slashdot

BrianFagioli writes: SOLAI has launched the Solode Neo, a $399 Linux-based mini PC designed for always-on AI agents, browser automation, and persistent developer workflows. The compact system ships with an Intel N150 processor, 12GB LPDDR5 memory, 128GB SSD storage, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a Linux-based operating system called Solode AI OS. The company says the device supports...

Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains

13 May at 23:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: On Reddit, Hacker News and other places where people in software development talk to each other, more and more people are becoming disillusioned with the promise of code generated by large language models. Developers talk not just about how the AI output is often flawed, but that using AI to get the job done is often a more time consuming,...

Windows Update Is Getting Automatic Rollbacks For Faulty Drivers

13 May at 22:00 PM, via Slashdot

Microsoft is adding a Windows Update feature called Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery that can automatically roll back faulty drivers to a previously known-good version without waiting for hardware makers or users to fix the problem manually. PCWorld reports: The way faulty drivers work today is that the hardware partner is responsible for pushing an updated driver, or the end user is responsible...

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