Sci-tech

France won’t bar but may restrict Huawei in 5G network

Article Agency - 13 Feb 2020

There has been intense debate in Europe about whether or not to exclude Huawei from supplying equipment for 5G mobile networks

Jurassic parkour in SA lava fields

Article Matthew Du Plessis - 31 Jan 2020

After stumbling on mention of tracks in a dissertation from the 1960s, scientists are shedding new light on the dinosaurs that hotfooted it through SA’s prehistoric past

Conclusions about the effects of digital media are often incomplete, irrelevant or wrong

Article Byron Reeves, Nilam Ram & Thomas N. Robinson - 22 Jan 2020

Humans are barraged by digital media 24/7. Is it a problem?

American teen ‘Bugha’ becomes solo Fortnite champ, winning $3-million

Article Agency - 29 Jul 2019

At just 16 years of age, Kyle Giersdorf became the video game's first champion, and a millionaire

YouTube needs ‘new set of rules and laws’ — executive

Article Jules Bonnard - 29 Jul 2019

Rising public pressure on YouTube and other social media platforms has prodded them to try and limit the negative aspects

The struggle to regulate online giants like Facebook, Google, Amazon

Article Glen Chapman - 24 Jul 2019

Government regulators are scrambling to collar the online giants

Proud India launches historic bid to put spacecraft on Moon

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Jul 2019

A week after an initial launch was halted just before blast-off, Chandrayaan-2 took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre

US senator calls for investigation into FaceApp

Article Agency - 18 Jul 2019

FaceApp, which was launched by Russian publisher Wireless Lab in 2017, uses artificial intelligence to modify users' photos

‘One giant leap’: US marks Apollo mission 50 years on

Article bogdan TagDiv - 17 Jul 2019

President Trump has relaunched the race to re-conquer the Moon — this time with the first woman — and to journey onwards to Mars

India scrubs Moon mission launch one hour before liftoff

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jul 2019

The Chandrayaan-2 — or Moon Chariot 2 — mission is part of India's ambitious space programme

To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown

Article Ivan Couronne - 14 Jul 2019

It was not until Donald Trump came to office that the US would decide to return to the Moon, under the Artemis program, named for Apollo's twin sister

France passes law taxing digital giants in defiance of US anger

Article Hazel Ward - 11 Jul 2019

The new law aims at plugging a taxation gap that has seen some internet heavyweights paying next to nothing in countries where they make huge profits.

Monaco rolls out Huawei-built 5G network in European first

Article Erwan Lucas - 10 Jul 2019

As mobile operators shift away from slower networks, Europe has been torn over its approach to the Chinese giant, which is a pioneer in 5G technology.

New app developed to detect Twitter bots — in any language

Article Mashadi Kekana - 13 Jun 2019

A new application is able to detect auto-generated tweets independent of the language used relying on machine learning

Telegram hit by cyber-attack, CEO points to HK protests, China

Article Agency - 13 Jun 2019

Many protesters in the city have used Telegram to evade electronic surveillance and coordinate their demonstrations

Netflix gets its game on at E3 with ‘Stranger Things’

Article Glen Chapman - 13 Jun 2019

The streaming television powerhouse is looking to expand its original shows into other media

Amazon dethrones Google as top global brand —survey

Article Agency - 11 Jun 2019

The brand value of Amazon surged by 52% to $315-billion, global market research agency Kantar said in its 2019 100 Top BrandZ report

Mass movement: scientists adopt new kilogram definition

Article Agency - 20 May 2019

Instead of relating to the mass of a singular physical object, the kilogram will now be defined in terms of the Planck constant

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