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Trade unions, return to your socialist values and origins
Opinion
/ 19 May 2025

Trade unions, return to your socialist values and origins

In the days of apartheid, unions fought for more than just wages, they wanted a new society. Now it seems they have abandoned their roots

By Donovan E Williams
Reporters Without Borders wants big techs to give more prominence to trustworthy news content on platforms
National
/ 24 April 2025

Reporters Without Borders wants big techs to give more prominence to trustworthy news content on platforms

The media freedom group said a provisional report by the Competition Commission in February ‘clearly recognises journalism’s value in the content circulating on online platforms’

By Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
Competition Commission’s assumptions about the Copyright Bill are mistaken
Thought Leader
/ 5 March 2025

Competition Commission’s assumptions about the Copyright Bill are mistaken

The controversial Bill’s ‘fair use’ clause risks giveaway of South African news media’s content to digital platforms

By Andre Myburgh
Competition Commission takes on Google and Meta to save SA journalism
Opinion
/ 4 March 2025

Competition Commission takes on Google and Meta to save SA journalism

In a landmark move, the commission has released a provisional report that exposes how the tech giants have systematically exploited the local media industry, particularly community print and digital news media

By Mahmood Sanglay
Editorial: Support uncaptured journalism
Editorial
/ 28 February 2025

Editorial: Support uncaptured journalism

The Competition Commission’s findings regarding search engines and social media platforms is positive, but the media’s salvation lies with its readers

By Editorial
Imagining a better digital public sphere
Opinion
/ 14 September 2024

Imagining a better digital public sphere

X, Facebook and Instagram exercise ordinate and often pernicious power, which must be contested and socially enriching alternatives developed

By Richard Pithouse
Copyright Bill feeds into Big Tech’s agenda to grab creative content
Opinion
/ 16 August 2024

Copyright Bill feeds into Big Tech’s agenda to grab creative content

The bill in its current form creates a safe haven in South Africa for machine learning

By Keyan G Tomaselli
Develop your copy-editing and proofreading skills
Partner Content
/ 18 March 2024

Develop your copy-editing and proofreading skills

Communication is ultra-important  – learn how to make yours more effective 

By WLS
HONOR is punching above its weight
Partner Content
/ 15 March 2024

HONOR is punching above its weight

The brand is confident it will continue its growth in the local mobile industry

By HONOR
The Ethical Agency announced as Google Partner, strengthening digital marketing expertise
Partner Content
/ 5 March 2024

The Ethical Agency announced as Google Partner, strengthening digital marketing expertise

By partnering with Google, the agency is poised to expand its reach and impact

By Brett Jefferson
Samsung and Google Cloud join forces to bring generative AI to Samsung Galaxy S24 series
Partner Content
/ 19 January 2024

Samsung and Google Cloud join forces to bring generative AI to Samsung Galaxy S24 series

Google’s Gemini Pro and Imagen 2 to deploy in producing new text, voice, and image features on the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series

By Samsung
Media like the Mail & Guardian are critical for democracy
Opinion
/ 27 December 2023

Media like the Mail & Guardian are critical for democracy

Legacy publications struggle in the digital age and they need investment, not cutting skilled staff

By Ron Derby
Big tech stumbles in Google’s Epic defeat
World
/ 17 December 2023

Big tech stumbles in Google’s Epic defeat

US tech giants have survived unscathed for years against accusations of wielding illegal monopoly power

By Alex Pigman
African researchers warn against AI hype
Africa
/ 24 May 2023

African researchers warn against AI hype

If anything, the programmes in their current incarnation are more like sophisticated parrots, incapable of original thought

By Simon Allison
Google expands flood alerts to more African countries
The Green Guardian
/ 23 May 2023

Google expands flood alerts to more African countries

Warning system will reach more countries to help mitigate the effects of flood-related disasters and empower more people to take precautions

By Yossi Mattias
ChatGPT has democratised AI, but like all new tech, comes with risks: analysts
Sci-tech
/ 14 February 2023

ChatGPT has democratised AI, but like all new tech, comes with risks: analysts

The artificial intelligence language model is regarded as the fastest growing ‘app’ in history, garnering over 100 million active users in two months

By Nafisa Akabor
Editorial | Ntokozo Xaba: There’s nowhere to hide for black women in a country designed to suppress
Editorial
/ 10 February 2023

Editorial | Ntokozo Xaba: There’s nowhere to hide for black women in a country designed to suppress

This is the country in which falling in love may be a death sentence and romance is being stabbed to death, remains dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase to be left on the street

By Editorial
Tech billionaires who bit the dust – but still have a fortune
Top Six
/ 8 January 2023

Tech billionaires who bit the dust – but still have a fortune

The fortunes of Silicon Valley billionaires took a beating in 2022 as the share prices of the world’s tech giants plummeted

By Agence France Presse
Timnit Gebru and the fight to make artificial intelligence work for Africa
Africa
/ 9 June 2022

Timnit Gebru and the fight to make artificial intelligence work for Africa

As you read this, the future is being coded in Silicon Valley. The algorithms that will one day govern our lives are being built. But who is building them, and who are they being built for?

By Simon Allison
Guest Column: Why did Volvo decide to team up with Google?
Motoring
/ 10 May 2022

Guest Column: Why did Volvo decide to team up with Google?

David Holeck explains why the company chose to go the Google route and become the first car manufacturer to team up with the multinational technology company

By David Holeck
Google to overhaul ad tracking system on Android devices
Top Six
/ 17 February 2022

Google to overhaul ad tracking system on Android devices

Tech giants are under growing pressure to better balance privacy and ad-targeting, as users complain and regulators threaten tougher rules

By Joshua Melvin
The Continent’s Africans of the Year: Timnit Gebru
Africa
/ 24 December 2021

The Continent’s Africans of the Year: Timnit Gebru

Rage against the machine: If we are not careful, artificial intelligence will replicate the racism inherent in today’s world. Timnit Gebru will not let that happen.

By Nanjala Nyabola and The Continent
What has the M&G has been up to?
Opinion
/ 24 October 2021

What has the M&G has been up to?

Hello from the other side

By Ron Derby
Facebook needs a facelift
Opinion
/ 16 October 2021

Facebook needs a facelift

Steven Hill thinks “digital operating permits” could be the key to reining in tech giants and protecting their users.

By Steven Hill
Finding opportunities among the challenges of South Africa’s current crisis
Opinion
/ 17 August 2021

Finding opportunities among the challenges of South Africa’s current crisis

As the economy takes a beating, digital tools may help your job search and career upskilling journey

By Alistair Mokoena
Khaya Sithole: Tax fails; a few get richer, more get poor
Opinion
/ 27 May 2021

Khaya Sithole: Tax fails; a few get richer, more get poor

The Covid-19 pandemic created wealth for some, including internet entrepreneurs, and poverty for many

By Khaya Sithole
Germany opens antitrust probe into Amazon with tougher law
Business
/ 18 May 2021

Germany opens antitrust probe into Amazon with tougher law

The German reform coincided with new EU draft legislation unveiled in December aimed at curbing the power of the internet behemoths that could shake up the way Silicon Valley can operate in the 27-nation bloc.

By Agence France Presse
Your smartphone is probably spying on you
Sci-tech
/ 29 April 2021

Your smartphone is probably spying on you

The spy in your pocket: Granting microphone and camera permission to certain apps does not mean they are only active during use

By Boitumelo Kgobotlo
Borderless businesses empty nations’ coffers
Business
/ 14 December 2020

Borderless businesses empty nations’ coffers

Countries such as Australia, Germany and the UK are pushing back against the tax practices of global giants such as Google and Facebook

By Khaya Sithole
NSFW: The tricky business of OnlyFans
Business
/ 31 October 2020

NSFW: The tricky business of OnlyFans

In an increasingly digital world, OnlyFans has given online creators a new way to make money on their own terms

By Sarah Smit
On Hodan Nalayeh’s brave legacy, and what it means to be Somali
Africa
/ 26 July 2020

On Hodan Nalayeh’s brave legacy, and what it means to be Somali

Hodan Nalayeh was a Somali journalist famous for telling uplifting, positive stories about her country. She was killed in a terrorist attack in Kismayo in July 2019. A year later, the writer Ifrah Udgoon remembers how Nalayeh’s life and work shaped her own

By Ifrah Udgoon
‘The silent road outside my house was the sound of a coming recession’
Coronavirus
/ 9 June 2020

‘The silent road outside my house was the sound of a coming recession’

John Davenport’s Google survey of 500 people shows that people are twice as scared of the economic effects of Covid-19 than they are of catching the virus

By John Davenport
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