Can artificial intelligence help you drive better and avoid accidents on the road? Discovery Insure thinks so.

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...

Starlink dominates South African headlines, but pricing and market realities raise questions about who it’s really for.

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 […]

Obsidian is hosting a webinar on how Atlassian Intelligence boosts team productivity without adding new tools.

The improving currency should help drive down prices for software and hardware, including computers and phones.

Traditional bodybuilding advice has been to push workouts to the point of failure, and that soreness is an indicator of effectiveness. But recent studies show there’s another way

Until pretty recently, the conventional wisdom about building muscle was that it worked via a system you might think of as “tear and repair” – the idea being that working out causes microtears in the muscle...

Icasa has amended regulations in a move that will materially change how mobile data, voice and SMS bundles work.

Integrated with MPLS, Iris vPoller eliminates network blind spots and strengthens service assurance across multi-tenant architectures.

Elon Musk’s record on disinformation, power and accountability makes licensing Starlink in South Africa unacceptable.

For years, people watched companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Coinbase explode in value. They asked the same frustrating question every time: “Why did I only hear about this after everyone else made the money?” The truth hurts a bit. It wasn’t bad timing or lack of research. It was ‘’access’’. Early-stage opportunities were locked behind […]

Africa Bitcoin Corporation is handing a 4% stake in the company to a newly appointed financial adviser.

Treasury, SASSA and the Department of Social Development are appealing a high court ruling that found several SRD grant regulations unconstitutional. These include the grant’s R370-a-month value, the income threshold and the online-only application system. Treasury says increasing the grant or expanding eligibility would be unaffordable, with cost estimates ranging from R70.6-billion to...

Seven sisters constellation’s brightest members will be hidden from view for about an hour

On the night of 27 January, the moon passes in front of the Pleiades star cluster, temporarily hiding (occulting) some of its brightest members from view.

The Pleiades, also known as the seven sisters, lie about 440 light years away in the constellation Taurus, the Bull. They are one of the most...

A social media feud between Elon Musk and Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary has reignited a long-running debate in aviation.

Researchers observed the primates switching social groups and passing information on where to find the ripest fruit

Spider monkeys share tips about where to find food by changing their social groups in a “clever system for sharing insider knowledge”, research has shown.

They were observed to frequently switch subgroups of three or more individuals in a way that enabled them to share information...

As Bitcoin and XRP continue to trade within narrow ranges, a growing number of crypto investors are stepping back from price predictions altogether. Rather than attempting to time breakouts or react to short-term volatility, many are reassessing how digital assets can be deployed more effectively during extended consolidation periods. The focus is shifting from where […]

Eskom and the Government of the Netherlands and key provincial partners will officially launch the Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre on Tuesday, 27 January 2026 at Grootvlei Power Station in Mpumalanga. The Centre is a pilot initiative under Eskom’s Just Energy Transition (JET) Programme and marks an important step in linking South Africa’s energy transition […]