New human ancestor unveiled
A new species of hominid, Homo naledi, has been discovered in the single largest fossil hominid find in Africa. Shedding new light on the development of our own behaviour, it’s thought that this early ancestor practiced a form of buying its dead.
Get ready for self-driving cars
The era of the autonomous vehicle (AV) is fast approaching. Mass-market adoption of AVs will be the greatest inflection point for the automotive industry since the introduction of the assembly line and will confer tremendous benefits on society. This is according to a...
SA firms report hiring slowdown
South African employers report conservative hiring intentions for the October to December 2015 period, with 13% of employers forecasting an increase in staffing levels, 7% anticipating a decrease, and 78% expecting no change. Once the data is adjusted to allow for...
Local loop unbundles at last
Telkom will begin the long-awaited process of local loop unbundling (LLU), but challenges the mobile telecommunications operators to come to the party.
Big data key for SKA success
Three South African universities have partnered to form the Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy (IDIA), a flagship project that responds to the big data challenge of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).