SATURDAY, 18 MAY 2024, 13:32
Amazon, the US-based e-commerce behemoth, has discreetly unveiled its online marketplace dedicated to South Africa, now live at amazon.co.za. Amazon announced the launch of Amazon.co.za, providing customers in South Africa with a new online shopping experience. Available by either downloading the Amazon Shopping App or visiting www.amazon.co.za on desktop or mobile browsers, customers can now...
JSE-listed Attacq today announced that Attacq Waterfall Investment Company (AWIC) will buy 20% undivided share of the leasehold rights and rental enterprises of the Mall of Africa from Att MOA 20 Proprietary Limited. Post the transaction, AWIC will own 100% of the Mall of Africa. AWIC is 70% held subsidiary of Attacq. Att MOA 20 […]
Amazon.co.za has gone live. US e-commerce giant Amazon has quietly launched its South African online storefront.
A study has found that more than two dozen US coastal cities are sinking by more than 2mm a year. It’s a similar picture across the world. Nearly half of China’s major cities, as well as places such as Tehran and Jakarta, are facing similar problems. These issues are compounded by sea level rises caused by global heating. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Prof Manoochehr Shirzaei of Virginia Tech...
Fish welfare campaigners say Defra decision facilitates greenwashing and will mislead consumers
Animal welfare campaigners are challenging the decision to allow producers of Scottish salmon to drop the word “farmed” from labelling.
An application by the industry body claimed changing the protected name wording on the front of packaging from “Scottish farmed salmon” to “Scottish salmon”...
Countdown halted hours before liftoff in latest delay for long-planned flight, with no word on next attempt
Boeing called off its first astronaut launch because of a valve problem on its rocket on Monday night.
Two Nasa test pilots had just strapped into Boeing’s Starliner capsule when the countdown was halted, just two hours before the planned liftoff. A United Launch Alliance engineer,...
The new U.S. approach to cyberthreats comes as early optimism about a “global internet” connecting the world has been shattered.
The London-based developer of artificial intelligence systems for self-driving vehicles raised the funding from SoftBank, Nvidia, Microsoft and others.
We want to hear from lawyers using generative A.I. to better understand how firms incorporate or train the technology.
When researching space objects and a far-flung message made for aliens, I was drawn to the question: what do we choose to memorialise – or forget?
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Space objects embody all kinds of contradictions. They’re closely tied to us as our proxies in space, and the people who make or launch them often imprint or project their own emotions and beliefs on to...
Study suggests almost everyone with two copies of genetic variant ApoE4 goes on to develop disease
Having two copies of a gene variant known to predispose people to Alzheimer’s could in fact represent a distinct genetic form of the disease, researchers have said.
The variant, known as ApoE4, has long been known to increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, with two copies conferring greater...
Stack Overflow, a Prosus company, and OpenAI today announced a new API partnership that will empower developers with the collective strengths of the world’s leading knowledge platform for highly technical content with the world’s most popular LLM models for AI development. “Stack Overflow is the world’s largest developer community, with more than 59 million questions […]
Today, the City of Cape Town demonstrated its powerful new crime-fighting aerial surveillance technology during a staged search, rescue and car chase scenario. The City’s information, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) technology will take information gathering to the next level in the fight against gang incidents, poaching, stolen vehicles, vegetation fires, and various criminal...
IBM today announced that the availability of its software portfolio is expanding globally to 92 countries in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalogue with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors (ISVs) that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The software availability now will […]
South Africa’s sophisticated banking system has allowed consumers to opt into multiple payment methods, all suited to their lifestyles and personal choices. The Mastercard 2022 survey found that 95% of South African consumers used ‘at least one digital payment method, while the National Treasury announced that it was promoting cashless payment methods for low-value payments […]
Company, which has been plagued by safety issues in its avionics wing, will send two astronauts to the ISS in its new spacecraft
Boeing has an opportunity on Monday night to restore some luster to its tarnished name, with the scheduled first crewed launch from Florida of Starliner, a pioneering new capsule designed to transform human exploration of space.
Although the company’s space...
Researchers say experimental shot is step towards goal of creating vaccines before a pandemic has started
Scientists have created a vaccine that has the potential to protect against a broad range of coronaviruses, including varieties that are not yet even known about.
The experimental shot, which has been tested in mice, marks a change in strategy towards “proactive vaccinology”, where...
The market for shares of hot start-ups like SpaceX and Stripe is projected to reach a record $64 billion this year.
Trauma, vulnerability, dependency … like it or not, we can’t just wish them away
When I was a little girl, I cried a lot. I used to wish ferociously that I was not such a crybaby. I remember the shame so well. Sitting on my bed on a Sunday evening, hot-cheeked and furious with my tears, holding on to the thought that when I was a grownup, I would never cry. I would be a strong, confident and...
Jaqueline Legoabe, who is facing fraud charges and Contravention of the Tax Administration Act for personal and company tax of over R17 million, has had her bail extended after her matter was adjourned. The Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crime Court adjourned her matter to early August 2024, for the outcome of legal representations and further investigations. Investigating Directorate […]
I have written before about how we face a “gas cliff” when the supply of gas to industrial users ceases in 2026. This is a crisis for businesses that collectively employ 70,000 people and generate R500bn a year for the economy. It is a crisis that can only be avoided with a coordinated and rapid plan between […]