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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Jamie Thurston Wyngaard: South African innovator honoured at Global Forty Under 40 Awards

Jamie Thurston Wyngaard, Chief Experience Officer of Loop, has been awarded the Global Forty Under 40 Award in Dubai, recognising his contributions to innovation and economic inclusion in South Africa.

Tracy-Lynn Ruiters|Published

Step back in time at the Hisense Tevolution Museum

Explore the Hisense Tevolution Museum in Cape Town, where the history of television technology comes alive through vintage displays and educational tours.

Tracy-Lynn Ruiters|Published

Elon Musk claims his new Grok 3 AI chatbot is 'scary smart'

Elon Musk's Grok 3 has 10 times the computational resources of its predecessor and employs self-correction mechanisms to avoid "hallucinations".

AFP|Published

Explainer: Why is Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shaking up the tech world?

"To see the DeepSeek new model, it's super impressive in terms of both how they have really effectively done an open-source model that does this inference-time compute, and is super-compute efficient. "

Xinhua|Published

Tech war intensifies as Elon Musk heads group trying to buy ChatGPT owner OpenAI

OpenAI chief Sam Altman gives cheeky response to Elon Musk's apparent offer to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI.

Yolande Du Preez|Published

On land debate in South Africa; what is the working class theory of a nation?

South Africa lacks hope, vision, inspirational leadership, innovation and seriousness for it to qualify as a nation, says the writer.

Opinion|Published

Watch VideoDeepSeek sends shockwaves through US tech sector: how one Chinese firm is disrupting the world of AI

From writing complex code to solving difficult sums, industry insiders have been astonished by just how well DeepSeek's abilities match the competition. And US tech shares are plummeting as a result.

Yolande Du Preez|Published

TikTok shuts down US access, but Trump to seek reinstatement

Incoming President Donald Trump has indicated that he will work with the Chinese tech giant on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office.

AFP|Published

Apple agrees to pay R1. 78 billion to settle Siri eavesdropping lawsuit

Apple has agreed to pay over R1. 78 billion to settle a lawsuit accusing its digital assistant Siri of listening in on users' private conversations.

AFP|Published