Musk’s proposed party accelerates Bitcoin’s political ascent
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UCT debuts sign language-accessible website
In a first for South African higher education, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has launched a pilot project to make its National Benchmark Test (NBT) website accessible in South African Sign Language (SASL). The project is led by UCT’s SASL interpreter Michelle de...
As threats escalate, need for cyber insurance grows
As digital infrastructure becomes crucial to business operations, failing to protect these systems can lead to catastrophic consequences. This is among the findings from a KnowBe4 research paper titled “Cyber Insurance and Security: Meeting the Rising Threat”, which...
Protect your credentials, ISPA tells AfriNIC members
ISPA, South Africa’s official internet Industry Representative Body, calls upon its members to exercise heightened vigilance regarding the security of their AfriNIC (The African Network Information Centre) credentials. The latter is Africa’s Regional Internet Registry...
New MacBook Air available for pre-order
Customers can now place their pre-orders for the 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air, equipped with the M4 chip, and the Mac Studio, powered by the M4 Max and M3 Ultra, at iStore. The latest MacBook Air features the M4 chip and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities,...
Navigation communications are working on the Moon
NASA and the Italian Space Agency made history on 3 March 2025 when the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) became the first technology demonstration to acquire and track Earth-based navigation signals on the Moon’s surface. The LuGRE payload’s success in lunar...
High prevalence of critical illness in African hospitals
One in eight hospital in-patients (12,5%) are critically ill in Africa, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in collaboration with international partners. Of these, one in five (21%) die within seven days, compared to 2,7% of...
Microsoft adds R5,4bn to R20bn data centre investment
Kathy Gibson reports – Microsoft has committed to invest an additional R5,4-billion in its South African cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) data centres. At the same time, the company has significantly expanded its skills development programme in the country....
How to build an AI economy
Kathy Gibson reports – Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaping up to be as big a world-changer as the general-purpose technologies (GPTs) that triggered the previous Industrial Revolutions. That’s the word from Brad Smith, co-chair and president of Microsoft, speaking...
Microsoft promises additional skills development
Kathy Gibson reports – Microsoft has upped the ante on its skills development commitment. Just weeks ago the company announced its intention to bring artificial intelligence skills to 1-million South Africans. “You can think of this as a broad effort,” says Brad...
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