South Africa does not need the biggest computers in the world to compete globally. It needs smarter ways to use the computing power it…
Updating: ‘Wildcat’ MyCiti strike brings Cape Town to a standstill
Update, Tuesday 10am: The “wildcat” MyCiti bus strike continues into its second day, affecting a vast swathe of Cape Town. There are however more…
SpaceX will fly a Japanese billionaire around the moon for art
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced the first private space tourist to venture to the Moon’s orbit will be Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. Maezawa, founder…
Facebook’s Rosetta can understand the text in your advice animal memes
Facebook has this week announced its machine-learning program that can read and understand text in images. This AI system, which Facebook calls Rosetta, will…
Sex with a child robot constitutes paedophilia, says Dr Eve
The introduction of lifelike robots and silicon sex dolls is set to change the way we view sex. It may even bring relief to married…