The Centre of High Performance Computing’s Lengau supercomputer suffered a cyber security incident in late-May. (Image source: iStock) The cyber security breach on South Africa’s Lengau supercomputer was caused by “vulnerabilities associated with the legacy high-performance computing system”. This is based on insights contained in a written Parliamentary reply by the Department of Science, Technology…
Ahmed Krim spent 30 years teaching English in Algeria’s middle schools. Now retired, the 60-year-old watched the language he loved remain firmly behind French as the country’s second language. English was less valued than French, which might have been the language of Algeria’s coloniser, but continues to be present in every dialogue, six decades after…
For Ari, a six-year-old boy with learning difficulties in Jamaica, artificial intelligence (AI) opened the door to something many children take for granted: reading a book in his own language. Thousands of miles away, gold miners in Ethiopia are being screened more quickly for tuberculosis, while communities around the world are breathing cleaner air thanks…
Episode 8 of Watts & Wheels – TechCentral’s electric motoring show – opens with William Kelly on his soapbox, clipboard in hand, and a simple demand: keep left, pass right. Too many South African drivers, he argues, treat the left indicator as an invitation to be overtaken rather than a signal of intent, and lane…
Conflicts can expose civilians and detainees to grave abuses; the challenge is not only to document these crimes, but also to ensure all survivors are recognised, protected and able to access justice and care. When a Ukrainian prisoner of war was released in 2025 after three years in detention, he carried with him searing memories…
The Canadian dollar fell on Monday morning after trade talks between Ottawa and Washington fell apart, leaving both sides facing higher prices on a wide array of imported goods and threatening Canada’s economic growth. The U.S. on Saturday slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada, its second-biggest trading partner after…
ABUJA– A new policy analysis has warned that the fast-growing gambling industry in low-income areas of Nigeria, Ghana, and Sierra Leone is worsening economic hardship for young people and may be driving increased debt, youth unrest, and certain kinds of crime. Betting shops have become a common sight in slums, motor parks, and informal settlements…
Appearing at public hearings hosted by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), SpaceX urged regulators to address the ownership compliance rules currently preventing Starlink from securing an operating license in South Africa. Representing SpaceX, Ryan Goodnight, Senior Director for Market Access and Development, addressed the authority regarding draft amendments to the Radio Frequency…
Finance and water emerge as defining issues at COP17. PHOTO/UNCCD. By PATRICK MAYOYO ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia Negotiators, ministers, scientists and civil society leaders have entered a decisive phase of global talks aimed at tackling desertification, land degradation and drought, as the 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Convention to…
Republicans are sprinting to get in line with voter skepticism on data centers as they emerge as a top midterms issue. The immigrant father of a sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln was detained by immigration authorities, his family says. And why Trump is trying to entice Kim Jong Un into meeting. Here’s what to…
