Now available in SA, HUAWEI Pura 80 Series delivers serious hardware for users who demand more
The camera on the HUAWEI Pura 80 Pro includes a 48MP Ultra Lighting Macro Telephoto Camera with a wide F2.1 aperture and optical image stabilisation.
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Why SA CIOs choose JustSolve to deliver faster, safer, simpler transformation
JustSolve works alongside CIOs and IT leaders to drive human-centred hyperautomation.
SA’s cloud, data centre markets under scrutiny
The ITWeb Cloud and Data Centre Summit 2025 will tackle several issues, including the data sovereignty landscape, cloud security and regulation.
Tim Cook’s Trump-pleasing gambit
Apple CEO Tim Cook is using a familiar strategy to stay in Donald Trump’s good graces.
Death by a million cuts — End of an Internet era in South Africa
Goodbye DSL — we hardly liked ye.
Big sensor, big performance, meet the HUAWEI Pura 80 Series
HUAWEI is once again pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in smartphone imaging with the arrival of the HUAWEI Pura 80 Series in South Africa.
Bad news for South African motorists in seven provinces
The eNatis system has been up and running for three-and-a-half years but only motorists in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng can currently use it.
LG Promo Codes: 20% Off | August 2025
Save 5%, 10%, or 20% with an LG promo code today, plus explore coupons for our favorite appliances and electronics.
As temperatures soar, it’s time to close the green space gap
While urban greening can help mitigate extreme heat, such spaces are not distributed equitably
It has been a summer of heatwaves in western Europe, with record highs of 46C (115F) in Spain and Portugal.
An estimated 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities in June, according to a rapid scientific analysis, with two-thirds of those deaths linked to climate breakdown,...
Summer picks: Where do our early childhood memories go? – podcast
It’s a mystery that has long puzzled researchers. Freud called the phenomenon infantile amnesia, and for many years scientists have wondered whether it’s a result of failure to create memories or just a failure to retrieve them.
In this episode from March 2025, Ian Sample speaks to Nick Turk-Browne, a professor of psychology at Yale University, whose research appears to point to an answer
Why...
Low Dose of Lithium Reverses Alzheimer’s Symptoms In Mice
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: People withAlzheimer’s disease have lower levels of lithium in their brains, and giving lithium to mice with symptoms of the condition reverses cognitive decline. Together, the findings suggest that lithium deficiency could be a driver of Alzheimer’s disease and that low-dose lithium medications could help treat it. […] [Bruce Yanknerat...
NASA Is Getting Fired Up About a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
Placing an atomic energy source on the lunar surface is “not science fiction,” experts say, but does pose technical challenges.
Taiwan’s High 20% Tariff Rate Linked To Intel Investment
EreIamJH writes: German tech newsletter Notebookcheck is reporting that the unexpectedly high 20% tariff the U.S. recently imposed on Taiwan is intended to pressure TSMC to buy a 49% minority stake in Intel — including an IP transfer and to spend $400 billion in the U.S., in addition to the $165 billion previously planned.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Citizen Lab Director Warns Cyber Industry About US Authoritarian Descent
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuses, is sounding the alarm to the cybersecurity community and asking them to step up and join the fight against authoritarianism. On Wednesday, Deibert will deliver a keynote at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las...
A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak ‘Secret’ Data Via ChatGPT
Security researchers found a weakness in OpenAI’s Connectors, which let you hook up ChatGPT to other services, that allowed them to extract data from a Google Drive without any user interaction.
Ask Slashdot: Who’s Still Using an RSS Reader?
alternative_right writes: I use RSS to cover all of my news-reading needs because I like a variety of sources spanning several fields — politics, philosophy, science, and heavy metal. However, it seems Google wanted to kill off RSS a few years back, and it has since fallen out of favor. Some of us are holding on, but how many? And what software do you use (or did you write your own XML...
Trump Vows 100% Tariff On Chips, Unless Companies Are Building In the US
Without providing specifics, President Trump said on Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on imports of semiconductors and chips, but not for companies that are “building in the United States.” CNBC reports: “We’re going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon. “But the good news for companies like Apple is if...
Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Chips, With a Big Caveat
The tariff would not apply to businesses that make a commitment to build and invest in the United States.
Country’s Strictest Ban On Election Deepfakes Struck By Judge
A federal judge struck down California’s strict anti-deepfake election law, citing Section 230 protections rather than First Amendment concerns. Politico reports: [Judge John Mendez] also said he intended to overrule a second law, which would require labels on digitally altered campaign materials and ads, for violating the First Amendment. […] The first law would have blocked online platforms...
Coding Error Blamed After Parts of Constitution Disappear From US Website
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Library of Congress today said a coding error resulted in the deletion of parts of the US Constitution from Congress’ website and promised a fix after many Internet users pointed out the missing sections this morning. The missing portions of the Constitution were restored to one part of the website a few hours after the Library of...
15 Best Bluetooth Speakers Our Testers Jammed With in 2025
These are our favorite portable speakers of all shapes and sizes, from clip-ons to a massive boom box.