South Africa: Crossed Wires - Ai Smashes the Foundations of the Global Kingdom of Mathematics

OpenAI's dump of more than 300 maths proofs - solutions or partial solutions - to some of mathematics' most enduring problems has understandably shaken the international maths… Read more »

South Africa: Big Tech or Public Good? What Cape Town's Data Centre Battle Means for Residents

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis's ruling on the King Air Industria appeal will set the terms for hyperscale development across South Africa. Read more »

South Africa: Crossed Wires - What If the Doomers Are Wrong and Ai Solves Everything?

Even if AI solves science's hardest problems, inequality may deepen as ownership, access and adoption remain concentrated among the wealthy. Read more »

Africa: South Africa Is the Land of Ai Contradiction When It Comes to Jobs

The local AI conversation has moved from job displacement panic towards autonomous AI agents, unmanaged 'Shadow AI', and emerging cybersecurity vulnerabilities that threaten… Read more »

South Africa: Ai and Gambling - The Regulatory Gap in South Africa Is Growing

Ubiquitous artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in gambling and betting products and platforms. The question is not whether to engage with AI, but how to develop,… Read more »

South Africa: My Phone Needed a New Battery, Not a New Religion

Replacing a phone every two years is wasteful, but getting a new battery can be risky and expensive in a repair market shaped by manufacturer lock-in. Read more »

Africa: We Worried Ai Would Make Things Up, We Should Also Worry When It Doesn't

We've spent the past few years worrying about AI inventing facts, quotes or events. But what happens when AI isn't making things up at all, but accurately repeating information… Read more »

South Africa: SA Is Under Cyber Siege and the Situation Will Only Get Worse

Over the past month, Hungry Lion, Bidvest Bank, the Furniture Bargaining Council, CarTrack, Serengeti Estates and Toyota South Africa all experienced cybersecurity incidents. South… Read more »

South Africa: SA Goes Boldly Into Space Race Despite Technical Black Holes

South Africa is a country with the best intentions, but has massive blind spots in its vision. Space is no different. Read more »

South Africa: Farewell Nobel Prizes - Is Ai Disrupting Scientific Discovery and Ownership?

Beyond the drama surrounding OpenAI's claim to the Navier-Stokes solution and a whistleblower's subsequent dispute over data use is the question of what AI-driven breakthroughs… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Urges Caution On AI Advancements, Echoing Developers

Speaking at the 18th BRICS Summit, President Cyril Ramaphosa called for the establishment of an international mechanism for the independent scientific evaluation of AI. His… Read more »

South Africa: The Double-Edged Sword - How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the Fraud Landscape

As criminals weaponise AI for ever-more sophisticated schemes and cyberattacks, risk professionals are harnessing the same technology to detect, expose and prevent fraud. Read more »

South Africa: Approved in the Dark - - the Hidden Environmental Toll of SA's Data Centre Boom

As South Africa's data centre boom accelerates, civil society groups are petitioning the SAHRC for strict regulation and transparency before unmonitored facilities strain local… Read more »

South Africa: Telecoms Crisis Continues to Paralyse Joburg - - With No Solution in Sight Until End-August

The City of Johannesburg has officially admitted to owing Telkom R4.8m in outstanding invoices, but denies that a crippling, citywide telecommunications and server blackout stems… Read more »

South Africa: Why I'm Slowly, Very Slowly, Becoming More Wary of Ai

The recent 'escape' by AI models from their sandboxes sparked my unease about banks and cybersecurity, our utter reliance on devices, and being a bit more wary of hitting that… Read more »

South Africa: SA's Radio Spectrum Revolution Answers Mobile Network Operators' Prayers

Mzansi is finally levelling up to its 5G Advanced era under the new National Radio Frequency Plan, but it may come with some downsides. It will be a rough road to get to the… Read more »

South Africa: Charges Against Crime Intelligence Officials Dropped As Andrea Johnson Capitulates

KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi is believed to have gone public after his allies in Crime Intelligence were criminally charged. Those charges have now been… Read more »

South Africa: Claims of an MTN Hack Have Been Greatly Exaggerated, but the Hacktivists Won't Stop

When user ki4tane posted "MTN BREACHED" on a hacker forum, Daily Maverick's colleagues in the dark web business - Dark Notify - were quick to dismiss it as fake. But the… Read more »

South Africa: Leader to Laggard - - SA Mining Is Falling Behind in the Global Technology Race

As digitisation, automation and AI become ubiquitous in the global mining sector, South Africa is falling behind, especially when it comes to domestic research and development. Read more »

South Africa: Crossed Wires / Let There Be Light - Why Photonics Is the Future of Computing

As Moore's Law hits physical limits, photonics emerges to supercharge computing and AI using light instead of electricity. Read more »

South Africa: Two Giant Data Centres Secure Initial Green Light From Cape Town Municipal Tribunal

The building of two massive water-hungry and energy-hungry data centres next to Cape Town International Airport has cleared the first regulatory hurdle. Read more »

South Africa: Malatsi Gives Sita 30 Days to Come Up With a Recovery Plan

The results of the investigation into the health of the State Information Technology Agency that Communications Minister Solly Malatsi called for in December 2024 are in, and make… Read more »

South Africa: Token Traffic - Network Carriers Are Getting Their Slice of the Ai Revenue Cake

The use of AI has brought about a profound shift in how telecoms operators assess their networks' capacity not only to carry a lot of data, but to ensure its reliable delivery. Read more »

South Africa: Does Anti-Foreigner Hatred Pay? Do Digital Platforms Profit?

Digital platforms are not passive hosts of content. They have become creator economies in which attention is systematically converted into income, and content that provokes… Read more »

South Africa: Hot Listing Summer Returns After a Long Private Market Freeze-Out

The AI companies are coming for public money to fund the next phase of whatever they are building for the future of humanity. Read more »