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“Think Olympics on steroids. Literally,” quips the BBC, describing Sunday’s controversial Enhanced Games event in Las Vegas featuring dozens of athletes “using performance-enhancing drugs to try and break world records in track, weightlifting and swimming. Some $25m (£18.6m) in prize money is up for grabs — with cash prizes for winners… The drugs they use must be legal, and approved by the...
MCP, A2A and ACP: The three protocols wiring the agentic internet − and what South African enterprises need to do about them now.
Netcare has announced that it is piloting clinical-grade wearable monitoring technology in general wards at a flagship facility, as part of a broader strategy to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) tools across its ecosystem. The move positions the private hospital group as a continental leader in digitally enabled, data-driven healthcare. The announcement came as Netcare today […]
The company will partner with global vendors at the summit to showcase innovative identity, actionability and AI solutions.
Security Masters Society will serve as an independent professional initiative focused on elevating security from a reactive function to a structured, science-led discipline.
A practical look at how the Microsoft Cloud Security Benchmark can improve Azure security.
Supply chain stability depends on expert technology services to secure data, ensure compliance and manage risk, says Adam Whittington, solutions executive at iqx.
By combining secure digital signatures with workflow automation designed for complex approval environments, SigniFlow enables governments to modernise processes without introducing compliance risk.
Prediction markets are not a sportsbook with different branding. The contract structure is different, the margin economics are different, and regulators treat them as a separate product category. For iGaming operators who already run payment infrastructure, hold gambling licenses, and maintain active player pools, that difference is an opportunity. This guide covers what you need […]
Huawei has claimed its new technology will match TSMC’s by 2028 despite US sanctions on advanced lithography.
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Today’s four puzzles are inspired by chess. (If you haven’t yet watched the recent documentaries on Judit Polgár and Hans Niemann, I recommend them.)
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Netstar, FinTech and HealthTech now generate 95% of Altron profit as legacy IT services revenue keeps shrinking.
Eskom’s generation recovery is working, but unbundling has stalled and municipal debt signals deeper trouble.
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Because we define dates based on the stars, the full moon on 31 May will be the second one of the calendar month
This week’s full moon is a blue moon. The term does not describe the colour of the moon, but instead arises from the way we define our calendar in reference to the stars rather than the moon.
The moon takes almost a month to circle our planet. The exact time is 29.5 days but if we...
Thursday California’s governor issued an executive order “directing state agencies to prepare workers and businesses for AI-driven workforce disruption,” reports San Francisco’s KQED. In a statement the governor said “This moment demands that we reimagine the entire system — how we work, how we govern, how we prepare people for the future.”The order mandates agencies to explore a range of...
AI “crashed the party” at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, writes The Hollywood Reporter. The festival exposed “the fault lines reshaping cinema,” their article argues, including how “AI is here — and the industry has stopped pretending otherwise.”A humanoid robot spotted marching up and down the Croisette seemed to sum up the worst AI fears of the film industry — the machines have arrived...
Phoronix reports on a presentation about trying FreeBSD on modern Framework laptop from last week’s Open Source Summit hosted by the Linux Foundation:With FreeBSD having worked on improving its laptop support over the past two years with some big changes and ongoing efforts for making a nice KDE desktop experience on FreeBSD, FreeBSD Foundation’s Executive Director has been trying to daily...