Big carbon dioxide plume mapped over SA

Big carbon dioxide plume mapped over SA

Using data from an instrument designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, the nonprofit Carbon Mapper has released the first methane and carbon dioxide detections from the Tanager-1 satellite. The detections highlight a carbon dioxide plume in...
Energy-efficient AI tackles sea pollution

Energy-efficient AI tackles sea pollution

What started as two classmates seeking a free graduation trip to Bali subsidised by a university project ended up as an AI-driven sea-cleaning boat prototype built of empty water bottles, hobbyist helicopter blades and a GoPro camera. University of Hong Kong graduates...
Intel, AMD bring industry together to safeguard the future of x86

Intel, AMD bring industry together to safeguard the future of x86

Intel and AMD have created an x86 ecosystem advisory group that brings together technology leaders to shape the future of the world’s most widely used computing architecture – x86. The group will focus on identifying new ways to expand the x86 ecosystem by...
Clean energy needed to boost fragile global systems

Clean energy needed to boost fragile global systems

Regional conflicts and geopolitical strains are highlighting significant fragilities in today’s global energy system, making clear the need for stronger policies and greater investments to accelerate and expand the transition to cleaner and more secure technologies....
SA poised to leverage digitisation for economic growth

SA poised to leverage digitisation for economic growth

Kathy Gibson reports – South Africa leads the sub-Sahara Africa region in digitisation, with the highest Internet penetration rates in Africa. As such, it is in a good position to drive economic growth through the use of technology. Google South Africa’s Economic...
SA’s carbon intensity worsened in 2023

SA’s carbon intensity worsened in 2023

Globally, we find ourselves at the threshold of irreversible climate change. Global warming – once a distant theory – has been an immediate and growing threat for some time, driven largely by greenhouse gas emissions as a result of energy consumption and...