
Can Bike Riders and Self-Driving Cars Be Friends?
Some cycling advocates are on board with robotaxis. Others see the self-driving car boom as perpetuating auto dependency.
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Some cycling advocates are on board with robotaxis. Others see the self-driving car boom as perpetuating auto dependency.

There are apparently breakthroughs on the way for those with sleep disorders – which sent me down a rabbit hole of research…
I met a guy in pharmaceuticals who told me about a bunch of cool breakthroughs in sleep meds: mainly, we may be on the brink of a new Wegovy, but in this case it’s a drug to cure narcolepsy. I suggested the two things are not quite the same, given that obesity is a...

Over the past few months, Ster-Kinekor said several cinema complexes have undergone significant upgrades aimed at enhancing the customer experience.

The tech job market shows signs of recovery, with Pnet revealing an 18% year-on-year increase in job vacancies in the second half of 2025.

Rising electricity tariffs make early solar adoption one of the most valuable financial decisions a household can make.

Ezeebit, the FSCA-regulated stablecoin and cryptocurrency payment infrastructure company, has announced the close of a $2.05 million seed funding round. The capital will be used to accelerate product development and merchant adoption in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria and expand strategic partnerships with banks, PSPs, and telcos. Ezeebit enables merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments...

The high court in Johannesburg has dismissed an application for Nkosana Makate’s Vodacom payout to be frozen.

The CEOs of MTN, Vodacom, Telkom and Blu Label Unlimited earned a combined R224.9 million in the most recent fiscal year.

In the face of a profitability crisis, industrial-scale bitcoin miners are transforming their data centers into AI factories.
A tech giant has teamed up with local artists, adding vibrant colors and quirky characters in an effort to humanize its futuristic ride.

Reducing speed limits on roads in urban areas is international best practice and could be the right move in South Africa.
As Gen Alpha’s attention drifts from TV and movies, video creators like Alan Chikin Chow are eager to fill the void.
Researchers and moderators are increasingly concerned that ChatGPT-style language is bleeding into everyday speech and writing. The topic has been explored in the past but “two new, more anecdotal reports, suggest that our chatbot dialect isn’t just something that can be found through close analysis of data,” reports Gizmodo. “It might be an obvious, every day fact of life now.” Slashdot reader...

Minister Blade Nzimande calls for a stronger focus on clean governance and socio-economic impact in the science, tech and innovation entities.

Pinnacle is a leading South African ICT distributor and stocks a wide range of Windows 11 PCs.

Cyber security company Subverted launches an online training platform to address the severe shortage of cyber security skills.

Galaxy’s AI camera magic transforms faraway seats into crisp, front-row experiences at every memorable moment.

As banks beef up security perimeters, criminals devise methods to beat the authentication protocols, quickly and effectively exfiltrating funds, says Entersekt.

The new Spendl debit card aims to simplify digital assets by letting users spend crypto like ordinary money.

SGT Solutions won the Diamond Award at Microchip’s Frequency and Timing Systems EMEA Channel Partner Conference.

Retailers need robust, reliable IT environments that can support them end-to-end, says Nkgwete IT Solutions CEO Siddika Osman.