Technology

6 days ago | November 24, 2023

Northvolt in new sodium-ion battery breakthrough

Northvolt has made a breakthrough in a new battery technology used for energy storage that the Swedish industrial ...

1 week ago | November 20, 2023

Zim witnesses surge in mobile penetration

Business Writer The country has seen an increase in mobile penetration that has led to the reduction of financial ...

1 month ago | October 30, 2023

Big tech sheds US$386bn in value as earnings disappoint

Bloomberg The so-called Magnificent Seven technology companies that have powered this year’s US stock rally are posting ...

2 months ago | October 6, 2023

Can AI help conquer climate change?

Tawanda Muzamwese Artificial Intelligence is one of the fastest growing technological breakthroughs in the world with ...

4 months ago | July 31, 2023

Researchers from Switzerland are using drones to monitor the ...

Euronews A group of researchers from Zurich are in the running for the global XPRIZE Rainforest  competition with their ...

7 months ago | May 8, 2023

Rising iPhone sales help Apple beat forecasts

AFP Apple on Thursday said iPhone sales and money made from services powered quarterly earnings that beat forecasts, ...

9 months ago | March 3, 2023

ChatGPT is coming to Snapchat

Snapchat is launching its own AI chatbot called My AI, which will be powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Starting this ...

Axed Twitter manager says she has no regrets

Esther Crawford, a Twitter manager who went viral after being photographed appearing to sleep on the office floor at the ...

Freezing technology helps tumour patients preserve fertility

Xiaoxin (pseudonym), an 11-year-old child suffering from leukaemia, successfully underwent an ovarian tissue freezing ...

Kenya, Botswana stand out as innovators in Africa

WIPO’s GII 2022 report has ranked African countries based on their innovation economies. Mauritius tops the list, ...

Zuckerberg launching ‘top-level’ team at Meta

After chasing the metaverse, Meta is now buying into the AI hype. The tech giant will be creating a new “top-level ...

9 months ago | February 24, 2023

Crypto tech can improve payments

Crypto assets have been more of a disappointment than a revolution for many users, and global bodies like the IMF and ...

Mercedes-Benz cars to have ‘supercomputers’

Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) said on Wednesday it has teamed up with Google (GOOGL.O) on navigation and will offer “super ...

Subscription fatigue: More companies charging monthly fees

Twitter announced last week that two-factor authentication by text would be available only to paying subscribers. ...

1 year ago | June 8, 2022

As Apple upgrades its software, developers hunt for headset hints

Reuters As Apple Inc rolls out its usual stream of upgrades to operating systems for its iPhones, iPads and Macs at its ...

1 year ago | June 6, 2022

‘Local is king’: Africa’s online platforms take on Silicon Valley

Reuters Plan a funeral, call out corruption or start a business – tough jobs all now made easier by a generation of ...

2 years ago | May 25, 2022

Top hackers are competing to break into a Tesla. The winner gets ...

Kieran Press-Reynolds Many of the world’s top hackers gathered in Vancouver, Canada this week to try to break into ...

2 years ago | March 11, 2022

Cafca not in a hurry to adopt new technology

Business Writer Cafca Limited managing director, Rob Webster, says his company has stayed away from use of new ...

3 years ago | February 5, 2021

2021 Jaguar I-Pace touches down in SA

The Jaguar I-Pace electric car has been given an upgrade for 2021 and while it’s not one of those “Ludicrous” ...

New M5 CS: Most potent BMW ever

Faster, lighter and exclusive enough to make you fight for your place on the waiting list - this is what BMW’s CS badge ...