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Astronomers using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have discovered a record-setting asteroid, known as 2025 MN45, nearly half a mile wide and spinning once every 1.88 minutes — the fastest known rotation for an object of its size. “This is now the fastest-spinning asteroid that we know of, larger than 500 meters,” said Sarah Greenstreet, University of Washington astronomer and lead author of the...
Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, find love, and even to cast creative projects—eschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces. “There’s a purity to it.”
Commvault’s Minimum Viable Company framework helps organisations identify and restore the essential functions required to keep the business running after a cyber incident.
Department of Basic Education to publish matric results next week, despite the Information Regulator’s enforcement order amid court battle over privacy concerns.
There are many cars sold in South Africa with a design element that is facing intense scrutiny for being a safety risk, to the point that it will be banned in China.
The Department of Transport welcomes the ruling setting aside the driving licence card machines tender awarded to French firm IDEMIA.
The prices of RAM, SSDs, and graphics cards have surged due to a global memory shortage.
Samsung has forecasted record operating profit as demand for AI sends memory chip prices sharply higher worldwide.
South Africa’s municipal electricity debt crisis is often reduced to a familiar story: failing councils, weak billing systems, political interference, and a culture of non-payment. There is truth in that, but it is incomplete.
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from Autoblog: … the problem is that the federal brightness standards for automotive headlights have not changed for decades. The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 hasn’t had significant updates since 1986, with an addition allowing Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB) headlights coming only in 2022. The NHTSA last investigated (PDF) the issue...
An individual who posted an AI-generated image of Orlando West High School on fire has been brought in for questioning.
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South Africa’s SKA-Mid telescope comes alive as “first fringes” confirm it is now a working scientific instrument.
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The move comes as South Africa-based processors of ferrochrome and manganese are idling operations and laying off thousands of workers due to high electricity prices.
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There could be many more companies offering services once reserved for licensed banks in South Africa in the next few months.
South Africa’s transport department no longer faces a driving licence card production backlog.