164 Australia’s decision to restrict social media access for children under 16 has attracted global attention. Supporters argue that the measure is a necessary response to growing concerns about cyberbullying, harmful content,…
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South African fraud surge runs on trust, not hacking
220 As AI systems grow more capable, criminals are using them to deliver increasingly sophisticated scams. Yet even as attacks on systems grow in scope and frequency, the exploitation of human trust…
Murang’a county expands healthcare access with Paratus and Starlink
212 Attending the official launch, from left: Said Alli, MD, Paratus Tanzania; Dr Katana – US embassy representative; Barney Harmse, chief development officer, Paratus Group; Dr Irungu Kang’ata, governor, Murang’a county; Joseph…
Watch: Bezos rocket erupts in fireball during ground test
187 An aerial view of the Blue Origin manufacturing facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. Brendan McDermid/Reuters An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on the…
Yoco buys restaurant AI start-up Dyner in push beyond payments
200 From left, Carl Wazen (Yoco chief business officer), Thalentha Ngobeni (Dyner CEO), Christopher du Plessis (Dyner CTO) and Lungisa Matshoba (Yoco chief product and technology officer) Payments company Yoco has acquired…
Anthropic tops valuation of AI pioneer OpenAI
199 Anthropic has raised US$65-billion at a post-money valuation of $965-billion, as it seeks to expand computing capacity to meet growing demand for chatbot Claude and scale its products. The new valuation…
Paratus serves up pro padel in Maputo
182 As padel continues its rapid rise in popularity across Africa and around the world, Paratus Mozambique is bringing top talent, passionate players and communities together by sponsoring the highly anticipated Paratus…
Spinnaker launches in South Africa, backed by Motsepe’s ARC
231 Spinnaker Support CEO Mathew Stava Spinnaker Support, a US-based provider of third-party support for enterprise software, has formally launched in South Africa in partnership with Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital (ARC),…
IBM doubles down on quantum computing with $10-billion bet
221 A quantum computer built by IBM IBM will invest more than US$10-billion in coming years in an effort to deliver the first large-scale fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029, according to an…
Why AI gets smarter as it scales
201 New research from the University of the Witwatersrand offers a fresh explanation for one of the most-discussed questions in AI: why large language models develop structured, increasingly capable behaviour as they…