The second instalment of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has dominated most conversations about cinema in the first few months of 2024. Adapted from…
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Google and the XPrize Foundation have launched a competition worth $5-29million (R9.4-million) to develop real-world applications for quantum computers that benefit…
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South Africa is in the middle of a deep electricity crisis. In 2023 the public, many of whom are voters,…
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The online financial products and services known as “fintech” have become deeply embedded in the economic and social life of…