TUESDAY, 27 JANUARY 2026, 06:08
Friday 72-year-old Richard Stallman made a two-hour-and-20-minutes appearance at the Georgia Institute of Technology, talking about everything from AI and connected cars to smartphones, age verfication laws, and his favorite Linux distro. But early on, Stallman also told the audience how “I despise DRM…I don’t want any copy of anything with DRM. Whatever it is, I never want it so badly that I...
Can artificial intelligence help you drive better and avoid accidents on the road? Discovery Insure thinks so.
Rise Mzansi leader Songezo Zibi says allowing Starlink to launch in South Africa is a “Hard No”.
WIRED put the latest consumer exoskeletons from Dnsys and Hypershell in a head-to-head test on a pro athletic track. On your marks …
My mother, Barbara Hurman, who has died aged 100, was an archaeologist specialising in the identification and illustration of finds: the items disinterred during the course of excavations.
She worked on a number of sites for the Buckinghamshire County Museum, Milton Keynes Archaeological Unit, the Department of the Environment and the Museum of London, and in her late 70s completed four summer...
Sexual deepfakes continue to get more sophisticated, capable, easy to access, and perilous for millions of women who are abused with the technology.
Starlink dominates South African headlines, but pricing and market realities raise questions about who it’s really for.
Regulators said the company’s lack of controls had led to the widespread use of deepfakes created with the chatbot Grok.
South African households should ensure their solar power systems are properly certified and insured.
As the data center backlash grows, support is growing for server factories and the hundreds of jobs they’re expected to bring.
ZEX PR WIRE, a global press release distribution platform and one of the fastest-growing PR wire services emerging from Dubai, has announced its participation at Web Summit Qatar, taking place February 1–4, 2026, at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center (DECC). The company will be exhibiting at Booth E523. Web Summit Qatar is a flagship […]
Since its inception in 2016, the undergraduate degree has produced over 300 successful graduates, achieving an impressive 98% graduation rate.
The Department of Home Affairs opens a computer laboratory at Umdlamfe Secondary School, in partnership with Honor SA.
Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.
Yann LeCun helped create the technology behind today’s chatbots. Now he says many tech companies are on the wrong path to creating intelligent machines.
Naamsa’s data shows fully-electric and conventional hybrid car sales dropped in 2025. However, plug-in hybrid sales surged.
Dr Mashilo Boloka will collaborate with global ICT leaders, promoting safer, more accountable digital marketplaces.
Obsidian is hosting a webinar on how Atlassian Intelligence boosts team productivity without adding new tools.
Call for the South African government to fast-track its cloud migration and data governance reforms, as the state looks to fuel its digital transformation agenda.
The improving currency should help drive down prices for software and hardware, including computers and phones.
IQM Quantum Computers, a global leader in full-stack superconducting quantum computers, today announced a transition from its Co-CEO structure to a single Chief Executive Officer model.