Feb 22, 2018
A NASA study based on an innovative technique for crunching torrents of satellite data provides the clearest picture yet of changes in Antarctic ice flow into the ocean. The findings confirm accelerating ice losses from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and reveal...
Feb 21, 2018
Vodafone is trialling what is believed to be the world’s first air traffic control drone tracking and safety technology. Vodafone’s approach uses 4G Internet of Things (IoT) technology to protect aircraft from catastrophic accidents as well as prevent...
Feb 20, 2018
Artificial intelligence (AI) can now predict your heart attack risk — by looking into your eyes. Google scientists are presenting research on an algorithm that can accurately assess a patient’s heart attack risk by examining retinal fundus images....
Feb 19, 2018
South Africa has seen a sharp turnaround in debt, the first positive upturn since Q3 2015. The Experian Business Debt Index (BDI) went up to 0.443 in Q4 2017 from 0.059 in the previous quarter. As the best reading since 2014, this suggests South African business debt...
Feb 16, 2018
Aside from laudable victories for competition such as the reduction in mobile termination rates, the South African telecommunications sector is becoming a tennis match characterised by endless sets of policy implementation decisions and policy implementation failures....
Feb 15, 2018
Quantum computing has the potential to tackle problems that today’s conventional computers can’t handle. Scientists and industries are looking to quantum computing to speed advancements in areas like chemistry or drug development, financial modelling and...
