11 December 2024 at 20:12 PM, via News24
US auto giant General Motors announced Tuesday it will abandon its robotaxi development efforts after a highly publicized incident last year stymied its progress in the autonomous vehicle field.
11 December 2024 at 20:12 PM, via News24
Alphabet, the Google parent that has pioneered self-driving cars and quantum computing, is making its biggest bet much closer to home: online search.
11 December 2024 at 18:45 PM, via News24
Huawei’s latest flagship smartphone is powered by a chip little different from the one that set off alarm bells in Washington a year ago, signaling a slowdown in the Chinese company’s tech advances.
29 November 2024 at 09:26 AM, via News24
Namibia ordered Starlink to immediately cease all operations in the south-west African country, saying the satellite-internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk is operating without the required telecommunications license.
27 November 2024 at 14:50 PM, via News24
Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said that 400 000 customers, who weren’t buying electricity before, have come forward to Eskom to move their meters onto the new, required standard.
24 November 2024 at 17:01 PM, via News24
A quietly growing belief in Silicon Valley could have immense implications: the breakthroughs from large AI models — the ones expected to bring human-level artificial intelligence in the near future — may be slowing down.
24 November 2024 at 15:40 PM, via News24
The US Department of Justice has filed a case against Apple, alleging that it violated antitrust laws. The DOJ believes Apple – who has sought to have the case dismissed – has built a monopoly using a locked-in iPhone ecosystem. The authors explain.
24 November 2024 at 13:00 PM, via News24
Today is the last day that people with non-updated STS-prepaid electricity meters will be able to buy and load credit.
23 November 2024 at 18:22 PM, via News24
A spike in electricity demand from the world’s big data providers is raising a worrying possibility for the world’s climate: a near-term surge in fossil-fuel use.
19 November 2024 at 13:33 PM, via News24
The Department of Transport has published specifications for a new number plate, with features including a self-destructing decal and a barcode, that will be piloted on government vehicles in Gauteng before a wider rollout to motorists in the province.
19 November 2024 at 09:12 AM, via News24
Prepaid electricity meters in South Africa that have not been updated will stop working this Sunday, but if you take the word of Eskom and municipalities, the vast majority of legal paying customers should be fine.
13 November 2024 at 09:13 AM, via News24
US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world’s richest man who donated millions of dollars to helping Trump get elected.
09 November 2024 at 07:00 AM, via News24
The University of KwaZulu-Natal will share R2 million in research funding from the UK government to improve 3D-printing techniques for rocket engine components.
06 November 2024 at 16:00 PM, via News24
The PlayStation 5 Pro hits shops on Thursday with a price tag that has raised eyebrows among gamers, but growing sticker shocks in the tech industry have yet to deter consumers.
02 November 2024 at 12:31 PM, via News24
Indonesia has banned the sale of Google Pixel phones over the tech giant’s failure to meet investment regulations, its industry ministry said, days after blocking sales of Apple’s iPhone 16.
22 October 2024 at 09:16 AM, via News24
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22 October 2024 at 07:00 AM, via News24
The South African Artificial Intelligence Association wants LinkedIn to be investigated, as it claims the social networking platforms new data use practice violates local personal information protection law.
15 October 2024 at 10:50 AM, via News24
Google is investing in the development of the next generation of nuclear power, backing a company that’s building small modular reactors and agreeing to purchase energy once the sites start supplying US grids.
11 October 2024 at 10:15 AM, via News24
The Internet Archive, an online repository of web pages, was offline Thursday after its founder confirmed a major cyberattack that exposed the data of millions of users and left the site defaced.
10 October 2024 at 13:45 PM, via News24
Nigeria began a process to sanction Starlink after the satellite-internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk increased its prices without approval from the regulator.
09 October 2024 at 11:38 AM, via News24
Samsung Electronics issued a rare apology and acknowledged on Tuesday it was facing a “crisis” over its technological competitiveness, reflected in a disappointing profit guidance, despite a global AI boom.