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Shayne Mann, co-CEO of SingularityU South Africa.

Leadership heavyweights announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

New insights on leadership to be shared at Singularity Summit in collaboration with Old Mutual on 21 & 22 October 2024

World-renowned expert in exponential leadership, business disruption, and exponential technology, David Roberts.

10 new speakers announced for Singularity South Africa Summit 2024

Exponential technologies and decentralised identity to take centre stage at Summit in collaboration with Old Mutual on 21 & 22 October 2024

Three cyber threats we might encounter is this new digital realm and how to deal with them. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

The metaverse will not be immune to cyber threats

Three cyber threats we might encounter is this new digital realm and how to deal with them

Creations: Art from Cara Saven Wall Design transforms interiors

Afrofuturism meets Wabi-Sabi at Design Joburg

Architects, fashion designers and tastemakers descend on Johannesburg’s premium design event

Empowered by VR headsets with facial recognition technology and VR haptic gloves, providers and patients will be able to interact virtually in a hyper-realistic manner, allowing them to feel like they are actually in the same room together. (Photo by Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

A healthcare revolution lurks in the metaverse

The metaverse’s democratising, inclusive and diversity-rich potential can equalise access to healthcare.

Meta’s algorithms have deprioritised news content, reducing organic reach and referral traffic for local publishers.
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How Facebook became the opium of the masses

Facebook’s micro-targeting algorithms have been used to spread disinformation and sow distrust in democratic institutions around the world. It has a responsibility to act

Meta’s algorithms have deprioritised news content, reducing organic reach and referral traffic for local publishers.
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The metaverse: colonial fantasies of the wild West

Whether it becomes reality or just another fad, the metaverse misadventure is another indictment of the capitalist system and American empire