MTN South Africa has once again emerged as the country’s top-performing mobile network, securing the highest score in the Q2 2025 MyBroadband Network Quality…
Beyond Einstein’s brain: the anatomy of genius
When Albert Einstein died in 1955, his brain was removed, weighed and measured, preserved in formalin, photographed, and sectioned for microscopic study. Although we…
#Wired2015: Hollywood makes technologies happen
Wired 2015 kicked off in usual style with some considerable heartstring pulling and “what’s your excuse?” style nudges from speakers like Arunima Sinha, the…
Singularity University and exponential technologies: notes from an alumnus
Michael Fichardt recently spent 10 weeks at Singularity University. Located in Silicon Valley, the institution is part university, part think-tank, and part business-incubator, which…
Could all grade 12 township schools going paperless create a generation of digital natives?
In January 2015, the Gauteng Department of Education launched the “Big Switch On” Paperless Classrooms Programme which introduced e-learning to seven Gauteng township schools….
