A SK Hynix flag (R) and a South Korean national flag (L) flutter outside the company’s Bundang office in Seongnam on Jan. 26, 2024. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korean memory chip giant SK Hynix posted yet another quarter of record profit and revenue on Thursday, as prices for its products continue…
I/ONX Introduces Symphony SixtyFour: The Host Tax is Over. Save 30-50% on your AI Infrastructure Costs. I/ONX High Performance Compute (HPC), a leading provider of heterogeneous AI systems, today announced the global launch of the Symphony SixtyFour, a high-density platform designed to collapse the physical and economic footprint of AI inference and fine-tuning infrastructure. By…
HIV remains one of the biggest public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that accounts for approximately two-thirds of about 40 million people living with HIV globally. Young people continue to account for a large share of new infections, with an estimated 370,000 new infections occurring among those aged 15-24 in 2024 alone. This…
Dear readers, In early 2025, the Royal African Society decided to undertake a comprehensive review of the African Arguments platform. A flagship digital publication and one of the most respected Africa-focused platforms globally, it publishes analysis, reportage and commentary by established journalists, early career reporters, academics, and researchers. The Society sponsors and promotes the series…
Two people are dead and one is in critical condition after a “chemical release” at a West Virginia manufacturing facility, officials said Wednesday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The incident occurred at 9:46 a.m. at Catalyst Refiners, Inc. Institute in Kanawha County, authorities said in…
Capitec CEO Graham Lee’s announcement on Wednesday that phone calls between Capitec Connect users are now free of charge is a significant development in the history of telecommunications in South Africa – but not in the way you might be thinking. The South African mobile industry was built on voice. For most of its first…
Nairobi — Cybercrime networks are scaling rapidly across Africa, reusing infrastructure, digital platforms and cross-border tactics to outpace fragmented enforcement systems. Increasingly, these groups operate like coordinated enterprises, exploiting gaps between jurisdictions to expand fraud operations far beyond national borders. A recent crackdown under Operation Red Card 2.0 shows how that trend is being challenged….
A snapshot in time: The state of malaria Last year’s World Malaria Report reflected the hard-won gains of countries across across the globe: between 2000 and 2024, sustained investment in malaria prevention and disease control averted 2.3 billion malaria cases and 14 million deaths. But the report also revealed concerning realities: drug and insecticide resistance…
Billionaire investor Justin Sun is suing the family’s World Liberty crypto venture after spending $45m on its tokens.
Tourism is no longer just competing for attention. It is competing for visibility inside systems that decide what travellers see before they even reach a website. Source: ©Sergey Skripnikov via 123RF That was the focus of a session titled Outranked or Outmanoeuvred? Regaining Control in a Travel Market Run by Algorithms, held on the Future…
