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Do we judge people by the way they sound? How accents shape our lives

13 May at 16:00 PM, via The Guardian

A new book by linguistics professor Valerie Fridland, who was raised in Memphis by parents with French accents, explores the power behind the way we speak

Valerie Fridland writes in her new book, Why We Talk Funny: the Real Story Behind Our Accents, that humans instinctively use accents to categorize those around us. “We learn to recognize other people as being like us through the way that...

Cash Felber Charges to Maiden British F4 Podium at Brands Hatch

13 May at 14:10 PM, via Tech Financials

DAVENTRY, UK  – Cash Felber took on a starring role at Brands Hatch this past weekend (9-10 May) as the American teenager claimed a first-ever podium finish in the Wera Tools F4 British Championship, certified by FIA. In just his second meeting competing in Britain’s Formula 4 category, Cash delivered a sublime drive in the weekend’s […]

CERN Open Sources Its KiCad Component Libraries

13 May at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

Ancient Slashdot reader ewhac writes: CERN, a longtime Open Source pioneer, has made several contributions over the years to KiCad (“KEE-kad”), an Open Source EDA (Electronic Design Automation) package widely used in the hobbyist and professional electronics communities. It’s gotten so widely used that users can now submit their KiCad design files directly to several electronics fabricators...

When A School Is Offline, Opportunity Is Not Just Delayed, It Is Denied

13 May at 12:33 PM, via Tech Financials

 South Africa has approximately 23,000 public schools, yet around 17,000 remain completely offline¹. That means only about 6,000 have some form of internet connectivity, while roughly 74% of public schools have no access at all – not for teaching and learning, not for research, not for school administration, and not for the digital tools that […]

Vodacom Insurance: How Many Customers Trust Its Funeral, Life And Device Plans

13 May at 12:16 PM, via Tech Financials

Vodacom, South Africa’s largest mobile phone operator by subscribers, continues to make significant inroads into the insurance sector as it steadily gains customer trust. The Vodafone-owned company has been expanding its presence in the insurance market by offering funeral, life, and device cover, alongside various short-term insurance services, to both existing and new customers. Insurance […]

Canal+ firms up 3 June JSE listing

13 May at 12:06 PM, via TechCentral

Canal+ has formally confirmed it will conduct a secondary listing on the main board of the JSE on Wednesday, 3 June.

Energy Vault & Eskom Sign Deal For Gravity Energy Storage In South Africa

13 May at 11:34 AM, via Tech Financials

New York Stock Exchange-listed Energy Vault Holdings, a global leader in sustainable, grid-scale energy storage and AI compute infrastructure solutions, today announced a Strategic Development Agreement with Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility, to deploy a long-duration gravity energy storage system (GESS). The first GESS plant will be built at Eskom’s Hendrina Power...

Tired of Hacked Passwords? Help Is on the Way.

13 May at 11:02 AM, via New York Times

Apps from Apple, Google and others can assist in making your online accounts more secure, even as new ways of logging in continue to take off.

Andreessen Horowitz Is Playing Politics Like No Other

13 May at 11:01 AM, via New York Times

“If you think there’s a lot of money in politics now,” Marc Andreessen said in 2000, “you haven’t seen anything yet.” His firm is now the biggest known spender on this campaign cycle.

Moody’s Derecognition: What SA Financial Institutions Are Experiencing In Practice

13 May at 10:30 AM, via Tech Financials

The South African Reserve Bank’s Prudential Authority (PA) has confirmed its intention to derecognise Moody’s Investors Service South Africa as an eligible external credit assessment institution (ECAI), with a 24‑month transition period running to April 2028. While the regulatory mechanics are now well understood, the more important question is how this development is playing out […]

Sam Altman denies betraying Elon Musk

13 May at 10:02 AM, via TechCentral

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has rejected Elon Musk’s claim that he betrayed the ChatGPT maker’s founding mission.

Naked Becomes World’s First To Give Final Car Insurance Quote in ChatGPT

13 May at 09:17 AM, via Tech Financials

South African insurance platform, Naked, has become the first company in the world to successfully develop and deploy a native app in ChatGPT that can provide a final, binding car insurance quote. The launch also appears to make Naked the first South African company to release a native app in ChatGPT, representing an early step […]

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