Oracle has been accused of concealing its need to sell significant additional debt to build out its AI infrastructure.

Ethereum launched in 2015 at under $1 per token. Early supporters who recognized the vision walked away with returns that redefined generational wealth. ICO buyers at $0.30 saw their positions climb more than 3,500x to the 2018 peak. Those gains did not come from luck. They came from spotting infrastructure before the crowd arrived.  Now, […]

The Binance Academy forms the foundation, teaching beginners blockchain basics before exposing them to risk markets.

Ian Sample puts listeners’ questions on dreams and nightmares to Dr Michelle Carr, director of the Dream Engineering Laboratory in Montreal’s Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, and author of the new book Into the Dream Lab. They look at why we dream, what we can learn by examining our dreams, and what we can do when dreams turn to nightmares. Dr Carr gives her top tips for...

Four astronauts undock from International Space Station, with the affected crewmember in a stable condition, says space agency

Four crew members have left the International Space Station (ISS) and are heading back to Earth after a medical issue prompted their mission to be cut a month short in Nasa’s first medical evacuation.

A video feed from Nasa showed American astronauts Mike Fincke and...

Tests showed horses that smelled body odour from people watching scary films startled more easily

Horses can smell fear, or at least whether you have scared yourself witless watching a horror movie, according to researchers who say the effect has consequences for riders, trainers and others who work with the animals.

In a series of tests, horses that smelled body odour from people watching...

Secunda – Luyanda Ndlozi is the best overall performer in the Mpumalanga Grade 12 Class of 2025. As has become the norm, the best-performing Matric Senior Certificate candidate is rewarded with a brand new set of wheels. Announcing the best performer, Mpumalanga Premier Mandla Ndlovu said: “The overall and outstanding top achiever was Luyanda Ndlozi […]

The movement of Bitcoin relative to the local currency has become a revealing signal for South Africa’s evolving digital economy. For many households and small businesses, watching the BTC to ZAR exchange rate can now also be a means through which they can measure financial pressures and opportunities. In South Africa, a change is also emerging in […]

Decoded genome of meat in pup’s stomach helps scientists build picture of what caused extinction of species

Researchers have shed light on the final centuries of the woolly rhinoceros after studying a hairy lump of meat from the stomach of an ancient wolf cub that became mummified in the Siberian permafrost.

The beautifully preserved remains of a two-month-old female wolf cub were discovered in...

As post-quantum transition expectations accelerate, many enterprises still lack a clear answer to a critical question: which systems create the greatest long-term exposure when today’s encryption approaches reach the end of their usable life. Qryptonic LLC today announced the launch of Q-Scout 26, an enterprise assessment platform designed to autonomously inventory cryptographic usage and...

The use of the AI tool to digitally undress women has sparked a backlash as well as intervention from the government and regulator.

Fewer learners studying mathematics at school level threatens South Africa’s economic competitiveness.

Rubicon Carbon, a vertically integrated carbon credit investment and management firm, signed an agreement to deliver two million high-quality Afforestation, Reforestation, and Revegetation (ARR) credits to Microsoft over nine years.

Research finds no evidence heavier social media use or more gaming increases symptoms of anxiety or depression

Screen time spent gaming or on social media does not cause mental health problems in teenagers, according to a large-scale study.

With ministers in the UK considering whether to follow Australia’s example by banning social media use for under-16s, the findings challenge concerns that...

Buy now, pay later gives customers flexibility, but light regulatory oversight may ensure safe, responsible financial access.

Former Film and Publication Board CEO Dr Mashilo Boloka ventures into fighting online threats through the establishment of Online Safety Lab.