The seventh AWS Summit in Africa, which took place in Johannesburg, underlined the importance of people and building block solutions to assist Africa’s digital transformation. AWS will increase its investment in SA, focusing on strengthening the capacity of its private network, developing sought-after technology skills and positioning its agentic AI technology to support local digital…
In August, Time Out released its annual ranking of the word’s best cities, which includes the top cities for food, culture, and nightlife. For the first year, Time Out included the 10 best cities for for Gen Z to live in, according to them. The survey of over 18,500 people from around the world and…
Elon Musk. David Swanson/Reuters Elon Musk tried to enlist rival Mark Zuckerberg for the US$97.4-billion bid that his consortium made for OpenAI earlier this year, but the CEO of Meta Platforms did not come on board, OpenAI said in a court filing on Thursday. OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, said Musk had communicated with Zuckerberg…
Police identified the five people who were killed in a tour bus crash in western New York on Friday. New York State Police said in a news release on Saturday that Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, of Madhu Bani, India; Pinki Changrani, 60, of East Brunswick, New Jersey; Columbia University student Xie Hongzhuo, 22, of Beijing,…
Netstar uses GPS/GSM and radio-frequency networks, backed by ground and air recovery teams. Vehicle tracking firm Netstar has confirmed suffering a “cyber incident”, which resulted in hackers publishing its data online. This, after MyBroadband yesterday reported that the company suffered a possible ransomware attack from a group called INC Ransom. A subsidiary of JSE-listed Altron,…
Rachel Muller-Heyndyk BBC News Reuters Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon’s intelligence agency chief, just weeks after a White House rebuke of a review assessing the impact of American strikes on Iran. Lt Gen Jeffery…
Dado Ruvic/Reuters US President Donald Trump is injecting nearly US$9-billion into Intel in exchange for a 9.9% equity stake. But the money — which the struggling chip maker was slated to receive anyway under a federal funding act — will not be enough for its contract chip-making business to flourish, analysts said. What Intel needs…
More than 7,000 competitors descend on Glasgow, Scotland, for the World Bagpipe Championships every year. Learn the history behind the world’s oldest and most distinct instruments.
South African retail chain Checkers, owned by the Shoprite Group, is trialing new “smart” shopping trolleys that let customers scan items and pay for their groceries directly from the cart. The Checkers Xpress Trolley, developed by the group’s innovation department, ShopriteX, is being tested at two stores in the Western Cape. Read: Bandwidth Blog &…
Lee’s visit comes two days before his crucial first summit in Washington, DC with US President Donald Trump. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has hosted South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Tokyo for a visit aimed at reaffirming security cooperation and showcasing friendly ties between the two East Asian neighbours facing common challenges from…
