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Vodacom Heats Up Summer With R500 Million In Prizes In V-Up Promotion

08 November at 11:48 AM, via Tech Financials

Summer is here and to ensure this season is one to remember, Vodacom is turning up the heat by giving away R500 million in prizes and rewards as part of its latest V-Up Summer Promotion. Customers can V-Up their summer with free Daily plays to unbox exciting rewards and prizes. There’s also the chance to […]

Cell C Partners With German-Based Company To Launch VoLTE Services

08 November at 11:19 AM, via Tech Financials

Cell C is launching its VoLTE services using ng-voice’s fully cloud-native IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and ePDG (AAA) and has now successfully completed its first VoLTE call on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This strategic deployment will enable the delivery of Voice over LTE (VoLTE), Voice over New Radio (VoNR) and Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) services, enhancing voice […]

Building Resilient Digital Ecosystems: Huawei Cloud’s Approach To Enabling South Africa’s Digital Growth

08 November at 11:02 AM, via Tech Financials

The need for actionable steps to grow South Africa’s digital economy took centre stage during a panel discussion at the inaugural Huawei Cloud Summit in Johannesburg on 24 October. Commenting on Huawei’s role in unlocking digital growth Jacquline Shi, President of Huawei Cloud Global Marketing and Sales Service, stressed that without tech-savvy talent at the […]

‘Exciting’ new lupus treatment could end need for lifelong medication

08 November at 08:00 AM, via The Guardian

CAR T-cell genetic therapy, typically used in cancer patients, could lead to cure for the disease, says expert

Doctors are hailing a “groundbreaking” new treatment for lupus that genetically modifies a patient’s cells to fight the autoimmune disease and could end the need for lifelong medication.

Lupus can range from mild to severe, with symptoms including joint pain, skin problems, fatigue and...

Pensioner Loses Everything On Investment Platform Banxso

08 November at 07:31 AM, via Tech Financials

A pensioner may have lost R1-million of his savings on financial company Banxso’s platform. The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) suspended Banxso’s licence on 16 October and froze its bank accounts. The pensioner says he was enticed to invest by deepfake adverts, which the FSCA has since issued a warning against. Banxso denies any wrongdoing. […]

First artwork painted by humanoid robot to sell at auction fetches $1m

08 November at 05:05 AM, via The Guardian

Portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing was created by Ai-Da, one of the most advanced robots in the world

A portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing has become the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction, fetching US$1.08m (£566,000, A$1.63m) in New York on Thursday.

The 2.2 metre (7.5 feet) portrait, titled A.I. God. Portrait of Alan Turing, was created by Ai-Da,...

More than an hour of exercise a week may help with ‘baby blues’, says study

08 November at 01:30 AM, via The Guardian

Moderate exercise such as brisk walking may almost halve new mothers’ risk of major depression, analysis suggests

Doing more than an hour of moderate intensity exercise each week may reduce the severity of “baby blues” and almost halve the risk of new mothers developing major clinical depression, the largest analysis of evidence suggests.

However, researchers behind the study acknowledged that...

Eskom threatens to cut off Joburg

07 November at 20:18 PM, via TechCentral

In a major escalation over unpaid debt, Eskom has warned it may soon start interrupting power supply to Joburg.

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