Category: Technology

The water infrastructure politics of eThekwini, the municipality that includes the city of Durban, have been splashed across the digital pages of South Africa’s news outlets in recent years. They’ve covered the 2022 floods that damaged kilometres of pipes, water tanker purchases as a response to increasing water scarcity, and the disconnection of residential water […]

What if tomorrow’s super-fast, super-connected digital world could be shaped by public values – right from the start? Dr Monique Calisti, an Italian engineer, entrepreneur and researcher, is a leading voice in the drive to keep people at the centre of digital transformation. “I have three teenage daughters and I feel a big responsibility to […]

Whether you prefer your spaghetti al dente or soothingly soft, it can be difficult to achieve perfection at home. Many of us will have experienced our pasta disintegrating into a beige mush – particularly for gluten-free alternatives. So how much water and salt do you really need, and how long do you cook it for […]

Summary: Apple is preparing to release its first low-cost Mac laptop in the first half of 2026, marking a strategic shift into the budget computing market. The device, expected to be priced well under US$1,000, will compete directly with Chromebooks and entry-level Windows PCs, targeting students, educators, and casual users. A Strategic Shift Apple has […]

Picture from Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Perhaps you know someone who always deflects blame onto you. Someone who smirks when caught in a lie, who twists your words until you’re apologising for their mistakes. And over time, you may start to wonder, can someone like this ever truly change? You could be talking about a narcissist. When people […]

A South African court case made headlines for all the wrong reasons in January 2025. The legal team in Mavundla v MEC: Department of Co-Operative Government and Traditional Affairs KwaZulu-Natal and Others had relied on case law that simply didn’t exist. It had been generated by ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by […]

Kundra From ChatGPT crafting emails, to AI systems recommending TV shows and even helping diagnose disease, the presence of machine intelligence in everyday life is no longer science fiction. And yet, for all the promises of speed, accuracy and optimisation, there’s a lingering discomfort. Some people love using AI tools. Others feel anxious, suspicious, even […]

PeopleImages/Shutterstock Most of us know what it’s like to be a teenager at school – and how it feels to fit into (or fall outside of) a school’s social hierarchy. This typically includes some version of the popular kids, the loners and the in-betweeners, who have friendships that span across different groups. However, teen hierarchies […]

The United States and China are locked in a contest to be the first country to send humans to the lunar surface in half a century. But there’s a developing twist: an emerging competition between American companies to build the landing vehicle that could win this new Moon race for the US. The dust-up over […]

Building resilient cities is no longer a philanthropic ideal—it is a strategic imperative for global security, economic stability, and climate adaptation. With climate-related shocks causing over $300 billion in annual losses, urban resilience is emerging as both a necessity and a growth opportunity. Climate Risk and Economic Exposure According to the World Economic Forum (WEF) […]