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Artificial intelligence presents a moral dilemma

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The world has a chance to set a new course so that everyone benefits from artificial intelligence
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Searching for Chippo: How experts have been tracking the elusive hippo

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There have long been sightings of hippos in the city’s leafy northern suburbs, says a specialist team
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The realities of politics, testing and mitigation in Africa

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Covid-19 has a much different effect on the continent than it does elsewhere
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The ups and downs of drug-delivering drones

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​From the Ganges River to Ghana, drones are delivering vaccines, HIV tests and blood transfusions and cutting waiting times for life-saving healthcare
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Google drone deliveries cleared for take-off in Australia

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The Google-linked firm says it has been been delivering "food and drinks, over-the-counter chemist items, and locally-made coffee and chocolate"
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Gauteng turns to drones to monitor construction projects

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The drone launched on Monday cost approximately R20 000 and is the size of a 500ml water bottle, weighing 700g
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New tech is revolutionising ecology, conservation

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From tiny sensors that can be fitted to animals, to swarms of remotely-piloted drones, researchers have a host of new ways to study the natural world
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Two Lebanese brothers in court for Hezbollah drone export case

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​Two Lebanese citizens are expected to appear in court for allegedly illegally exporting components of drones to Hezbollah in Lebanon
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SA links in US-Hezbollah illegal exporting case

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According to US court documents, dollars were said to have been transferred to SA company bank accounts for the apparent purchasing of the items
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Drones saves boys trapped in 3-metre swells​

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New technology sees drones deployed on beaches as life-savers
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Drones are taking to the skies above Africa to map land ownership

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Creating a reliable, up to date land register is important for African countries. Drones can help collect and record the necessary data
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Somaliland’s voting technology shows how Africa can lead the world

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In an extension of technological leapfrogging, Somaliland will become the first country in the world to use iris recognition in an election
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Are drones taking off as the future of African healthcare?

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Drones can make doctors and nurses more efficient, but they can't replace them altogether
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Malawi’s drone battlefield is on the humanitarian front

Africa -
The government, in partnership with the United Nations Children's Fund, has opened the first humanitarian drone corridor in Africa.
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Favour rigorous debate, not security

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Wits University should take up students’ violence as a pedagogical challenge.
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