Ekurhuleni plans a digital future

Ekurhuleni plans a digital future

Ekurhuleni aims to transform itself into a digital city and has laid down a digital framework as part of its growth development strategy up to 2055. The municipality yesterday launched a digital city partnership with Huawei, and unveiled a raft of digital services...
Zcash improves bitcoin privacy

Zcash improves bitcoin privacy

A new crypto-currency has been launched that offers more privacy and selective transparency of transactions than bitcoin. Zcash payments are published on a public blockchain, but the sender, recipient, and amount of a transaction remain private. The new currency is...
How has Note 7 hurt Samsung?

How has Note 7 hurt Samsung?

Samsung could emerge relatively unscathed from the recent Note 7 debacle, with its brand largely undented. However, it should move quickly to reassure users that it is working on the issues, and will fix them. Results from a recent International Data Corporation (IDC)...
Close-up of Mars impact site

Close-up of Mars impact site

The most powerful telescope orbiting Mars is providing new details of the scene near the Martian equator where Europe’s Schiaparelli test lander hit the surface last week. A 25 October observation using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE)...
Why autonomous machines are not desirable

Why autonomous machines are not desirable

As smart machines move towards fully autonomous operation for the first time, it is crucial to balance the need to exercise control with the drive to realize benefits. This is especially significant in light of the fact that, by 2020, smart machines will be a top five...
What’s driving SA’s love of cars?

What’s driving SA’s love of cars?

South Africans love their cars: we’ve treasured them, coveted them, pimped them, cried when we sold them and dreamed of our next upgrade. We’ve thought nothing of dropping an unwise portion of our monthly salary on the latest luxury model. But times they...