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Natasha Joseph, The Conversation Whether we’re socialising, shopping, banking, studying or working, billions of people around the world spend hours each day online. This digital immersion has many benefits – and plenty of pitfalls, too. Here are just a few of the articles we’ve published by academics who specialise in various aspects of online safety. […]
The electric car company said profits climbed 17 percent in the third quarter as strong sales of energy products helped to make up for relatively slow auto sales.
Chinese influence operations have focused less on this year’s presidential race and more on down-ballot races.
One voter’s mistake has been transformed into a voter fraud conspiracy theory, catapulted into the national spotlight by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The Media Information Communication and Technologies Sector Education Training Authority (MICT SETA) and the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) are set to host the inaugural 4IR Research Symposium and Expo, marking a pivotal moment for South Africa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) research landscape. Scheduled for 25-26 October 2024 at VUT’s Vanderbijlpark Campus, the event will […]
Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.
In an interview with TechFinancials, William Dong, President of Huawei Cloud Marketing, shared insights on how Huawei Cloud is positioning itself to drive growth and accelerate digital transformation in South Africa’s private and public sectors. As South Africa’s market moves closer to adopting cloud and AI technologies, Dong emphasised the pivotal role that Huawei Cloud […]
Prosecutors have dropped the criminal case against Tigran Gambaryan so he can receive medical care, a government spokesman said.
There’s getting around the fact that the NFL is huge. Everything about it seems to be larger than life from the huge salaries that are on offer to the massive personalities of the players themselves. Then there’s the fanbase. It’s estimated that this numbers a staggering 410 million people worldwide including around 140 million Americans […]
A torrent of falsehoods, from home and abroad, have undermined what was once a shared faith in the honesty of America’s democracy.
The mother of a 14-year-old Florida boy says he became obsessed with a chatbot on Character.AI before his death.
If you’re not sure how to describe what you want with keywords, use your camera or photo library to get those search results.
Vodacom is once again seeking to challenge its obligation to fairly compensate Nkosana Makate, the inventor of the lucrative Please Call Me service, which the telco has used for over 23 years to generate billions. Despite the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling in February 2024 that Vodacom should pay Makate 5%-7.5% of the revenue […]
Aaron Chatterji was chief economist at the Commerce Department under President Biden and served on President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.
The South African economic landscape has seen more stability in 2024, with inflation slowing to an average of 5.38%¹, compared to 6,0% in 2023 and 6.9% in 2022². This economic relief has translated into slower price hikes for the used car market. The AutoTrader Retail Price Index (RPI), a key measure of price movements in the used car market, […]
Regulator says misinformation spread widely and quickly and the response of big tech was “uneven”.
Telkom and the National Research Foundation (NRF) have announced the launch of the Future Technologies (FutureTech) programme, a new initiative to co-fund technology research grants and the studies of postgraduate students and postdoctoral Fellows, to help drive innovation. The FutureTech programme will support local universities in the research and development of future innovations, solutions...
VisionAI, an artificial intelligence and computer vision solutions provider, has announced an investment from Kalon Venture Partners. This funding will fuel VisionAI’s growth as it continues to transform not only the manufacturing and supply chain sectors but also a wide array of industries through its innovative AI-driven technology. VisionAI has been making waves by helping […]
Celebrities including Elon Musk and Martin Lewis repeatedly feature in ads for products they have not endorsed.
The literary establishment welcomes Feeld, a very sex-positive dating app, at a party on the Upper East Side.
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