SITA opens School of Software Engineering in the Free State

The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) will launch its School of Software Engineering for secondary schools in the Free State tomorrow (25 April 2019). The Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Education in the Free State, Pule Herbert Isak Makgoe, will...

‘Regulation of Airbnb is draconian’

Government published the Tourism Amendment Bill on 12 April. Chris Hattingh, a researcher at the Free Market Foundation, offers his take on the bill. If this had happened on April 1, one could have believed that it was an April Fool’s Joke, so comical is the...

AI used to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges

Intel unveiled its first-generation Neural Compute Stick (NCS) in July 2017, fueling a community of tens of thousands of developers to create artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that have the capability to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems....

Samsung postpones Galaxy Fold launch

Samsung has postponed the commercial launch of its Galaxy Fold smartphone following severe problems with review models sent to the media last week. The screens and hinges of many of the review units broke within just a few days, brought about by a number of factors,...

Universe’s first molecule found at last

The first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe has been detected in space for the first time, after decades of searching. Scientists discovered its signature in our own galaxy using the world’s largest airborne observatory, NASA’s Stratospheric...