Sep 29, 2020
The year 2020 has seen its fair share of major historic events, and South Africa has witnessed three quarters of recession, with Q2 resulting in the GDP contracting by as much as 51%. Manufacturing, trade and transport sectors alone have contributed to 27,9% of GDP...
Sep 29, 2020
The video games industry is one of a few sectors that have been booming in 2020, with millions of people spending more time indoors and online amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The increasing number of people choosing video games as their main at-home entertainment led to a...
Sep 29, 2020
About a quarter of all US adults (26%) say they get news on Google-owned video-sharing website YouTube. A major new Pew Research Centre study examines the news landscape on YouTube, finding an ecosystem in which established news organisations and independent news...
Sep 29, 2020
The migration toward fully autonomous vehicles is being enabled by the gradual introduction of multiple, interrelated safety technologies. Feature by feature, these technologies add new capabilities that assist the safe and efficient operation of new vehicles and move...
Sep 29, 2020
As Arctic summers warm, Earth’s northern landscapes are changing. Using satellite images to track global tundra ecosystems over decades, a new study found the region has become greener, as warmer air and soil temperatures lead to increased plant growth....
Sep 29, 2020
The average cost of a lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cell – used to power electric vehicles and to provide flexibility in the power grid as more renewables, such as solar and wind, are added – will fall below $100 per kilowatt hour (kWh) in the next three...
