239 There’s a prevailing wisdom that AI-generated content, or “slop” as it’s colloquially known, should make our skin crawl. AI models tend to generate uncanny faces, mangled hands and fantastical scenarios. Take…
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The test facing new Capitec CEO Graham Lee
274 Newly appointed Capitec CEO Graham Lee. Image: Capitec The newly appointed CEO of South Africa’s biggest bank by customers has a unique problem on his hands. Since Capitec Bank — South…
Starlink suffers rare global outage
392 SpaceX’s Starlink suffered one of its biggest international outages on Thursday when an internal software failure knocked users offline, a rare disruption for Elon Musk’s powerful satellite internet system. Users in…
From Stellenbosch to the stars
381 South Africa’s space innovators have been recognised by US space agency Nasa for their cutting-edge developments in satellite technology. According to Nasa’s Small Spacecraft Technology State-of-the-Art Report for 2024, released recently,…
Trump’s gift to Silicon Valley
341 The world’s best known artificial intelligence accelerationists have been in Silicon Valley. Now there’s one sitting in the White House. President Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan, launched on Wednesday, represents a…
Tesla faces ‘rough quarters’ as sales plunge
237 Patrick Pleul/Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that US government cuts in support for electric vehicle makers could lead to a “few rough quarters” for the company before a…
Netflix is hiring in South Africa
277 Netflix has launched an on-the-job training initiative in South Africa aimed at nurturing talent in the country’s television and film production industry. The US streaming giant said the ScreenCraft Pathway programme…
National treasury confirms malware hit
349 National treasury said it found malware in its IT environment this week that might be linked to the recent attack on Microsoft infrastructure using a vulnerability in the software giant’s SharePoint…
From fence-scaling to fatigued driving: AI cameras are watching – and acting
270 The addition of artificial intelligence software to camera technology has introduced a host of useful features that have enhanced how pictures and videos are taken – and how they are edited….
SharePoint zero-day attackers now using ransomware
261 A cyber-espionage campaign centred on vulnerable versions of Microsoft’s server software now involves the deployment of ransomware, Microsoft said in a late Wednesday blog post. In the post, citing “expanded analysis…