New maths initiative for African students
The University of Chicago and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) has announced a new partnership to educate and train talented African students at AIMS centres across Africa.Thierry Zomahoun, president and CEO of AIMS and Eric Isaacs, provost of...NEC buys into SA’s XON
NEC Europe has invested in local company XON, in order to leverage the expertise in the region to provide greater sales coverage in the sub-Sahara African market – and accelerate regional growth for both companies in the telecoms, government, enterprise and energy sectors. The two companies have explored joint sub-Sahara Africa business opportunities for the past 18 months and identified many areas of collaboration.
Gauteng rolls out paperless classes
The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) today officially launched its technology-enabled teaching and learning programme to Grade 12 learners in the Gauteng province. The programme, commonly known as “the paperless classroom”, entails the usage of interactive boards, mobile devices such as tablets, and laptops with complete Internet connectivity to conduct teaching and learning.
Ancient scroll gives up its secrets
For the first time, advanced technologies have made it possible to read parts of a Torah scroll that is at least 1 500 years old, which was excavated in 1970 but at some point earlier had been badly burned. The scroll was discovered inside the Holy Ark of the synagogue at Ein Gedi in Israel. High-resolution scanning and University of Kentucky Professor Brent Seales’ virtual unwrapping tool revealed verses from the beginning of the Book of Leviticus.
Cheaters risk exposure as site hacked
Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company’s user databases, financial records and other proprietary information. This is according to the KrebsOnSecurity blog, with says the still-unfolding leak could be quite damaging to some 37-million users of the hook-up service, whose slogan is “Life is short. Have an affair.”