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Wikipedia wants you to join the good side of the internet

Sci-tech Sarah Smit - 14 Jan 2021

The collaborative online encyclopedia, which has become a reliable source amid a flood of misinformation, turns 20 today

Who is that face behind the mask?

Coronavirus Tshegofatso Mathe - 19 Dec 2020

A local scientist has devised a method to identify people even when their faces are partly obscured

Africa has a new Fifa king

Coronavirus Eyaaz Matwadia - 5 Nov 2020

This week’s Gaming Corner looks at how the VS Gaming final played out and what it took for Abubakar Akhalwaya to walk away as Africa’s best

Nokia and Nasa to install 4G on the Moon

Sci-tech Agence France Presse - 23 Oct 2020

Installing a wireless network on the Moon is just one step toward establishing a long-term human presence there

Epic fail: Africa’s Fortnite battle

National Eyaaz Matwadia - 22 Oct 2020

Forced onto the backfoot by poor ping and overseas servers, African gamers are getting creative in an attempt to play one of the biggest competitive games. In the second instalment of our gaming corner, we chat to some of the innovators

Why AI needs a physical body to reach its full potential

Opinion Mark Lee - 11 Oct 2020

Robots will have to learn from scratch, like babies, if they are to have a sense of self and proper social interactions

No ‘I’ in team – but there is an ‘EA’

National Eyaaz Matwadia - 26 Sep 2020

With internet lag keeping them from global competition, local gamers have settled on a format for EA’s FIFA 2020 allows 11 people to play as a team. And the prize money in local leagues is growing. Eyaaz Matwadia boots up for the first instalment of Gaming Corner

TikTok chief Kevin Mayer quits company

Sci-tech Agency - 27 Aug 2020

Mayer's resignation comes days after TikTok filed a lawsuit challenging a crackdown by the US government over claims the wildly popular social media app can be used to spy on Americans.

Beyond batteries: Beetle bots

Sci-tech Issam Ahmed - 21 Aug 2020

A tiny robot is vaping methanol to power up its artificial muscles and punch above its weight

Universities rally to fight pandemic

Coronavirus Athandiwe Saba - 7 May 2020

These institutions are a crucial part of the research and development process that underpins South Africa’s life-and-death fight against the Covid-19 outbreak

Easter eggs from the most South African dinosaur

Article Matthew Du Plessis - 9 Apr 2020

After years of data processing at the Wits laboratory, one evolutionary scientist has constructed a 3D model of a baby Massospondylus

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