Humans are more connected to each other than ever, thanks to smartphones, the web and social media. At the same time, loneliness is a huge and growing social problem.
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Today in Midrand, Johannesburg, LG officially opened its new offices and experience area. LG’s in for a few changes in the South African market. One of those changes is a move out of Germiston, a space the company had occupied for a substantial length of time, and a split for the company’s head offices and manufacturing division.
Samsung unveiled two new smartphones in its A series of handsets in Johannesburg today, the first of several devices in the range intended for the first half of this year.
Globally, 750 million youth and adults do not know how to read and write and 250 million children are failing to acquire basic literacy skills. Literacy is central to education and plays an important role in development and peace.
Iran and other nations have waged a stealth cyberwar against the United States for at least the past decade, largely targeting not the government itself but, rather, critical infrastructure companies. This threat to the private sector will get much worse before it gets better and businesses need to be prepared to deal with it.
No matter, the result is the same — Lego’s due to release a new Creator Expert set into the world and it’s a weird one — It’s called the #10272 Old Trafford — Manchester United set and it’s bound to find a few fans out in the world.
If you’re like most workers, you don’t spend 100% of your time at the office doing what you’re supposed to be doing. In fact, on average, U.S. workers spend about 10% of their work day surfing the internet, emailing friends or shopping online. This so-called cyberloafing costs employers up to US$85 billion a year.
Lexus and Toyota’s European Advanced Design Studio came up with a few ideas of how humanity might get around on the lunar surface, resulting in several concepts that look ripped straight from Star Wars, Mass Effect, and even Jurassic World.
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”.
Huawei’s last flagship never made landfall in South Africa, though there was talk that it might turn up this side…