Taiwan brings in generative AI for English lessons

Teachers often report that students learning English tend to read and write better than they speak, as shyness and a lack of practice can hinder the ability to converse. Now, a chatbot funded by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education and running on next-generation large...
Social media linked to youth mental health issues

Social media linked to youth mental health issues

Social media offers many benefits for young people, but there are indicators that it could also pose a risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents. That’s the warning from US surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy in a new advisory on...

Most employees don’t achieve optimal performance

Only 41% of employees are currently performing optimally – consistently giving their best work in a way they are confident they can sustain over the next year. According to Gartner, post-pandemic, work has become “unbounded,” with fewer constraints...

Huge increase in human-driven cyber incidents

Security operations centre (SOC) analysts discovered more than three high-severity incidents with direct human involvement every day in 2022, according to research based on the analysis of incidents reported to customers of Kaspersky Managed Detection and Response...

Fixed-wireless an option as load shedding strains networks

South African companies are increasingly turning towards fixed-wireless networks as a backup or alternative to fibre and mobile broadband as record levels of load shedding puts telecoms networks under strain. These networks are showing resilience and delivering high...

Global EV market came close to 11m units in 2022

With the trend of electrification, connection, autonomous driving, and sharing in the automobile industry, the electronic vehicle (EV) market is growing fast. An EV overview from IDC’s Worldwide Semiconductor Automotive Ecosystem and Supply Chain found that the...