The issue is in the spotlight after Shein announced a global ban on the sale of sex dolls with a childlike appearance.

Uber is weighing electric bikes for Uber Moto as demand rises and its low-cost mobility strategy evolves.

White Coat Waste finds $1.7m in NIH grants for cat research months after officials said they were working to end studies

The US National Institute of Health is continuing to fund new laboratory experiments on cats despite saying that they are “working tirelessly” to “phase out” such projects.

In July this year, Dr Nicole Kleinstreuer, the NIH acting deputy director, announced in a podcast with...

Shein and Temu have been alerted to the investigation and have signalled their intention to cooperate.

As banks beef up their security perimeters, criminals are now devising methods to beat banks’ own authentication protocols.

The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from several cyber experts.

Business confidence “will need steady policy progress and consistent demand to take root and grow”, RMB said.

Synthesis recognised by AWS partners in sub-Saharan Africa as leaders in helping customers drive innovation.

DStv’s new French owners are slashing costs, but losing key channels may further erode viewer trust.

From the threat of superintelligent AI to the secrets of a longer life; plus the evolution of language and the restless genius of Francis Crick

This felt like the year that AI really arrived. It is on our phones and laptops; it is creeping into digital and corporate infrastructure; it is changing the way we learn, work and create; and the global economy rests on the stratospheric valuations...

These delicate cloud systems appear to be seeded by massive atmospheric waves thousands of miles away

Cirrus clouds are our highest clouds; their delicate wispy strands are like an artist’s brushstrokes through the sky. During the day they are bright white and at dawn and dusk they can take on the hues of sunrise and sunset. But how are they made? New research reveals that some cirrus clouds...

An acute global shortage of memory chips is forcing AI and consumer electronics companies to fight for dwindling supplies.

Ethnic minority people more likely to experience poor treatment and even racism, Migraine Trust research shows

People from ethnic minority backgrounds are more likely to experience worse migraine care and to fear discrimination because of their condition, a survey by a leading UK charity has found.

Migraines are characterised by a severe headache, alongside other symptoms including dizziness,...

The app, which was criticised at launch for its $11.99 (£9) a month fee, will close on 31 December.

Sanral has stopped supporting magnetic stripe payments at toll plazas ahead of the busy holiday period.

The central bank says US stock price valuations are their most stretched since the dotcom bubble burst.

Thyspunt in the Eastern Cape and Bantamsklip in the Overberg are the proposed sites for a new nuclear power plant.

Trump’s renomination of billionaire astronaut Jared Isaacman is a tale of politics, ambition and vanity

It used to be that once your star had fallen in Donald Trump’s orbit, it was destined never to rise again. Any number of discarded former allies stretching back to Trump’s first term of office could testify as much.

One who has emerged from a political black hole to return to the...

Standard Bank now has the second-lowest PayShap fees in the country behind TymeBank, where they remain free.