
Warning that South Africa’s digital competitiveness is in retreat
South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.
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South Africa ranks second globally for education spending but near the bottom for digital skills and outcomes.

FirstRand lifted its stake to 26.1% in late March. Now Standard Bank has led a $330-million debt refinancing.

The four astronauts are set to touch down on Earth and conclude the 10-day mission after completing moon flyby
The number of human beings who have travelled to the moon and returned safely to Earth will grow to 28 on Friday night when Nasa’s Orion capsule containing four Artemis II astronauts will glide gently to a Pacific Ocean splashdown beneath three giant parachutes.
The scheduled 5.07pm PT...

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world
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Anthropic’s Mythos AI model has reignited fears that legacy software is dangerously exposed to disruption.

An AI model capable of exploiting every major operating system has the US government and major banks on alert.

Claude maker Anthropic is exploring custom chip design as AI demand outstrips the supply of available hardware.

The gambling platforms have grown in popularity, with some users making wagers on conflicts.

As the Artemis II mission enters flight day nine, the crew spoke about inspiring the next generation and ‘working on something big for the good of everyone’ ahead of their return to earth. The crew, made up of three US astronauts and a Canadian, embarked on humanity’s first crewed lunar voyage in more than half a century. The 10-day flight around the moon and back will mark the second mission...

Astronauts prepare for re-entry several miles off coast of southern California after 10-day lunar fly-by mission
The crew of Artemis II is set to return to earth on Friday following its historic 10-day lunar flyby mission, and Nasa leaders have described the precise logistics needed to get them home.
The return will see the Orion capsule traveling at nearly 24,000mph before making a final...

The project was part of a package of tech investment promising the UK could become an AI superpower.

Sir Sadiq Khan claims London is being targeted with disinformation portraying it as a city “in decline”.

New study describes what may be the first case of a unified community of chimps, in Uganda, turning on itself
On a June day in 2015, primatologist Aaron Sandel was quietly observing a small cluster of the Ngogo chimpanzee group in Uganda’s Kibale national park when he noticed something strange. As other members of the chimpanzees’ wider group moved closer through the forest, the chimpanzees...
The German carmaker is the latest to scale back plans for electric vehicles in favor of gasoline models.

Readers respond to an article by Zoe Williams in which she argued the space race was pointless
Zoe Williams speaks for many of us when she notes that the US space mission is pointless (Let’s stop going into space. There’s nothing to see and no one to talk to, 7 April). Unfortunately, it is worse than that. With a $100bn budget, the Artemis programme represents a truly spectacular...

Treatment reset wayward immune system of patient with life-threatening conditions, say scientists, in a world first
A woman who lived with three life-threatening autoimmune diseases for more than a decade has returned to a near-normal life after a cell therapy reset her wayward immune system.
The 47-year-old had had nine different treatments, none of which had a lasting impact, before receiving...

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The move means owners of Kindles released before 2013 will be unable to download new e-books.

As the Artemis II astronauts return from the moon, we celebrate the science, suits and spirit of endeavour that took them there, all brought together in a colourful new book called Space Journal
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Improved short-term forecasts could be a lifesaver for Nasa and important for organisers of events such as Wimbledon
Meteorologists are working on ever longer-range predictions, but they have not neglected ultra local, ultra short-term forecasts for specific purposes.
This month, meteorologists at Nasa’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia announced trials with a high-resolution weather...

This week Artemis II’s four-astronaut crew broke Apollo 13’s distance record, becoming the humans to travel the farthest from Earth. Now on their way home, the team has experienced tech malfunctions, views like no other and moments of intense emotion, all in under 10 days. To find out about all the highs and lows of the mission, Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s science editor,...