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The Global South’s new AI architects
The rise of Chinese AI is not just a story of national success; it is a story of how China is capturing the “means of development” for the entire world. By providing efficient,…
We must equip graduates to excel in tasks that are beyond the scope of AI
With artificial intelligence taking over background tasks in the financial services sector, graduates need to be equipped with modern skills and mindsets to complement the…
The path to a zero carbon future
The transition to a decarbonised economy based on water, wind and solar energy will save trillions, plus people’s lives and climate crisis costs
Climate costs South Africa 10% of its GDP
Hotter world has already cut off at least 10% of the country’s GDP. Rich countries have benefited from that warming
Unshackling licensed professions would create jobs
‘Opening licensed markets to less regulation would yield a net good for South Africa,’ says the writer
Forthright Jansen has drawn both admirers and detractors
The rector of the University of the Free State has been proactive and vocal about promoting racial understanding.
Lame-duck Bush back in the limelight
It has been a busy week for United States President George Bush. He has shuttled across the country, faced a barrage of questions from a hounding press pack and made some tough…
World’s oldest sound recording played in US
”It’s magic!” exclaimed David Giovannoni when he heard a shaky and distant voice fill a spacious auditorium at Stanford University. This 10-second excerpt from the French…
Microsoft to give out development tools to students
Microsoft unveiled a new initiative on Monday that will give college and high school students around the world free access to technology tools used to develop and design…
Yahoo! was king of the net — then came Google
With a market value of -billion, Google’s power has become awe-inspiring. Its profits rocketed by 40% to ,2-billion last year and it swallowed the popular video-sharing website…
The year of social networking
Online social-networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar in 2007 as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online…
Social networking frenzy points to web’s future
Social networking websites saw their ranks swell and values soar this year as everyone from moody teenagers and mellow music lovers to mate-seeking seniors joined online…
Rice’s skills as Mideast mediator face a serious test
Condoleezza Rice taught crisis management at Stanford University but experts say the top United States diplomat will need more than academic prowess to mediate an end to six…
Nobel DNA pioneer Arthur Kornberg dies at 89
United States biochemist Arthur Kornberg, who won a Nobel Prize for shedding light on the construction of human DNA, died on October 26 at the age of 89, Stanford University…
‘A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow’
Online video-delivery service Joost, now boasting more than 3 000 hours of content, has finally gone live at the beginning of this month and, to date, two million users have…