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Standard Bank, Africa’s largest financial services institution, has officially entered the scaling phase of its artificial intelligence deployment across the continent, following a transformative partnership with Huawei that has already delivered substantial cost savings and operational improvements. Speaking at the Huawei South Africa Connect 2026 conference at the Sandton Convention Centre,...
In this week’s newsletter: the archipelago at the centre of the extreme weather phenomenon could help scientists predict how other marine ecosystems will adapt to our warming climate
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The ocean waters around the Galápagos Islands are hot. Very hot. Observed for centuries in the Pacific by fishers, the El Niño weather phenomenon...
South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, is undergoing one of the most significant technology resets in its 104-year history. With load shedding costing an estimated R1 billion per stage per day in lost economic output, the stakes could not be higher. Speaking at the Huawei South Africa Connect 2026 event in Sandton, Eskom Group Chief Technology […]
Stocks in Asia were down following a sell-off in the U.S. markets over soaring oil prices, rising borrowing costs and worries about the technology industry.
Writing from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academic
When people think of Alan Turing, they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humourless, tortured. A better way of remembering the father of modern computing would be, an academic argues, as “playful, funny, cheeky, literary, and someone who really liked sex”.
The Cambridge...
The court blocked the companies from closing the acquisition through mid-August, as a judge considers two lawsuits challenging it.
The Silicon Valley chipmaker’s revenue rose 25 percent in the latest quarter, its fastest growth in 15 years, as A.I. firms increasingly bought chips known as central processing units.
A new bill would let the US government order the shutdown AI models that pose a major public threat.
China is seeking global influence and good will with its open, low-cost artificial intelligence software.
Airports operator Acsa is adding an AI chatbot and augmented reality navigation to its smartphone app.
It is the first major enforcement action against the tech giant under the EU’s new digital rules.
On the TechCentral Show: Optasia’s Salvador Anglada on algorithms, Nigeria and lending without collateral.
He said the rising cost of gaming tech is likely to mean more people will stream their games online.
In a first, Apple Maps will influence the way a new line of electric vehicles made by Ford Motor operates, and other automakers may follow.
Pioneering study linking noise pollution to progressive brain disease finds 3% increase in risk for every 11.5dB rise in noise levels
Long-term exposure to road traffic noise is associated with a higher risk of Parkinson’s disease, the biggest study of its kind has found.
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder in which parts of the brain become damaged over time, affecting movement and...
South Africa’s venture capital ecosystem is beginning to close one of the most important gaps in its growth story: exits. Two new studies by the SA SME Fund, Endeavor South Africa and SAVCA provide compelling evidence that local venture capital can deliver both meaningful investor returns and broader economic impact. Together, they show that South […]
Over the past few years, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard that a new technology is about to change everything. Right now, it’s artificial intelligence. Before that, it was automation. Before that, digital transformation. Working in product design has taught me something I didn’t fully appreciate when I started my career. Technology […]
At a tense moment for trans-Atlantic trade, the European Union accused Google of anti-competitive business practices.
People have found language for moodiest part of their menstrual cycles, and the right has seized on it
Emily Rae Detrick, a health coach, wants women to be more in touch with their menstrual cycle in its entirety. This, she said on an October episode of Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark, a podcast popular among “Make America Healthy Again” (Maha) adherents, is “a way that you honor God...
Jeff Bezos has identified a new platform to help showcase the hundreds of billions of dollars Amazon has bet on AI.
Talking to The Economist, Musk said he doesn’t care if people hate him and said he was not a racist.