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Science/Tech

The ‘White Collar’ Recession is Pummeling Office Workers

Monday at 21:15 PM, via Slashdot

White-collar workers are facing their deepest hiring slump in a decade, with one in four U.S. job losses last year hitting professional workers, according to S&P Global. A 2024 Vanguard report shows hiring for employees earning over $96,000 has fallen to its lowest level since 2014. The downturn has been particularly severe for job seekers â” 40% of applicants failed to secure even a single...

Reddit Mods Are Fighting To Keep AI Slop Off Subreddits

Monday at 20:01 PM, via Slashdot

Reddit moderators are struggling to police AI-generated content on the platform, according to ArsTechnica, with many expecting the challenge to intensify as the technology becomes more sophisticated. Several popular Reddit communities have implemented outright bans on AI-generated posts, citing concerns over content quality and authenticity. The moderators of r/AskHistorians, a forum known for...

Elon Musk BEE disaster in South Africa

Monday at 19:59 PM, via MyBroadband

The South African government has once again demonstrated that it will prioritise one individual’s interests over the needs of entire communities.

Hardware Mod Showcases an iPhone SE 3 in the Body of a Windows Phone

Monday at 19:20 PM, via Slashdot

A tech enthusiast has successfully transplanted the internal components of an iPhone SE 3 into the body of a Nokia Lumia 1020 Windows Phone, according to a post on Reddit’s r/hackintosh forum. The modification preserves all key functions of the iPhone SE 3, including its 12-megapixel camera, 5G capabilities, and Touch ID sensor, which has been relocated to the back of the device. The project...

South Africa Unveils Green Hydrogen Atlas To Map Future Energy Hotspots

Monday at 18:05 PM, via Tech Financials

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), in collaboration with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and GFA Consulting Group, has unveiled two key environmental planning tools in Pretoria. These include the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guideline for green hydrogen projects...

Nearly 10 Years After Data and Goliath, Bruce Schneier Says: Privacy’s Still Screwed

Monday at 18:01 PM, via Slashdot

Ten years after publishing his influential book on data privacy, security expert Bruce Schneier warns that surveillance has only intensified, with both government agencies and corporations collecting more personal information than ever before. “Nothing has changed since 2015,” Schneier told The Register in an interview. “The NSA and their counterparts around the world are still engaging in bulk...

Woman who had pioneering cancer treatment 18 years ago still in remission

Monday at 18:00 PM, via The Guardian

Researchers say woman treated for neuroblastoma as a child is longest known survivor after having CAR T-cell therapy

A woman treated with a pioneering type of immunotherapy for a solid tumour has been in remission for more than 18 years with no further treatments, experts have revealed.

The therapy involves taking T-cells, a type of white blood cell, from a patient and genetically engineering...

SABC Appoints Lungile Binza As Permanent Chief Operating Officer

Monday at 17:45 PM, via Tech Financials

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced the appointment of Lungile Binza as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective 01 March 2025. Binza has been serving as the Acting COO since February 2024, demonstrating exceptional leadership and a deep commitment to the SABC’s mission. Prior to this acting role, he was the Group […]

Apple Weighs Adding Paid Business Listings To Maps App

Monday at 17:20 PM, via Slashdot

Apple is exploring ways to monetize its Maps app by introducing paid business listings and prioritized search results, Bloomberg News reports, citing an internal company meeting with the Maps team. The initiative would allow businesses to pay for higher placement in search results and more prominent display on maps, similar to Google Maps’ advertising model. While no timeline has been set and...

SABC appoints chief operating officer

Monday at 16:58 PM, via MyBroadband

Lungile Binza will take on the COO role permanently after having served in an acting capacity for the past year.

‘New Junior Developers Can’t Actually Code’

Monday at 16:00 PM, via Slashdot

Junior software developers’ overreliance on AI coding assistants is creating knowledge gaps in fundamental programming concepts, developer Namanyay Goel argued in a post. While tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude enable faster code shipping, developers struggle to explain their code’s underlying logic or handle edge cases, Goel wrote. Goel cites the decline of Stack Overflow, a technical forum...

New permanent COO for the SABC

Monday at 15:56 PM, via TechCentral

Lungile Binza had been serving as SABC chief operating officer in an acting capacity for the past year.

Tree-killing beetle found to be attracted to Britain’s most common spruce

Monday at 15:41 PM, via The Guardian

Discovery of pest in UK raises fears for Sitka spruce, which accounts for half of country’s commercial plantations

A beetle that has previously devastated Norway spruce populations across continental Europe has been found to be equally attracted to the Sitka spruce, a finding experts say could have significant implications for commercial forestry.

The eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle...

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