Category: Technology

16 May 2025 – Apple Pay users experienced widespread disruptions on Friday morning, with reports of payment failures surging past 2,000 within half an hour of the first complaints. Widespread Service Issues According to outage tracker Downdetector, users began reporting issues with Apple Pay, Apple Card, Apple Cash, and Apple Wallet as early as 8 […]

Lichens at Blenheim Palace. Ian Wallman , CC BY-SA Lichens on stone, those “still explosions” as the great American poet Elizabeth Bishop named them, remain unseen to most, which is remarkable when you consider how commonplace they are. It seems these ecologically and culturally significant whatever-they-ares unfairly fall victim to something akin to plant blindness, […]

OpenAI has signed a new agreement with CoreWeave, committing up to $4 billion in payments through April 2029 to secure additional cloud computing capacity. This move strengthens OpenAI’s infrastructure as demand for AI-driven computing power continues to grow. Strategic Expansion CoreWeave, a Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, disclosed the agreement in a regulatory filing on May […]

Humans are finite creatures. Our brains have a finite number of neurons and we interact with a finite number of people during our finite lifetime. Yet humans have the remarkable ability to conceive of the infinite. This ability underlies Euclid’s proof that there are infinite prime numbers as well as the belief of billions that […]

Many churches have been holding worship services online via live-streaming platforms in recent times. This is unsurprising since many congregants use digital technologies. The COVID-19 pandemic also pushed churches to swiftly embrace digital platforms. This allowed them to continue with religious activities when physical and mobility restrictions were in place. Some churches invest heavily in […]

Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has disclosed a major security breach that compromised account data for a small subset of its customers. The company estimates the financial impact of the attack to be between $180 million and $400 million, causing its stock to drop nearly 3% on Thursday. Details of the Cyberattack […]

As Europe ramps up efforts to transition to a greener economy, hydrogen is taking centre stage as a clean energy solution, particularly for decarbonising sectors like transport and heavy industry. But turning hydrogen into a reliable, large-scale energy source depends on something deceptively simple: the ability to measure it accurately as it moves through the […]

Blue Owl has successfully secured $7 billion for its latest digital infrastructure fund, ODI III, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to the development, acquisition, and ownership of data centers and other critical digital assets. Strategic Focus on Large-Scale Development ODI III will primarily target large-scale, build-to-suit developments, addressing the growing demand for cutting-edge […]

Google has announced the launch of the AI Futures Fund, a new investment initiative aimed at supporting startups developing cutting-edge solutions using the latest artificial intelligence tools from Google DeepMind. The fund will provide capital to startups across all stages—from seed to late-stage—and offer a range of strategic support. Participating founders will gain early access […]

South Africa’s rangelands have always had great value for the country. These areas offer more than just grazing for livestock. They provide services like purifying water, storing carbon and conserving biodiversity. The grassland biome (28%), along with the savanna (32.5%) and the Nama-Karoo (19.5%), are collectively referred to as rangelands. They make up almost 80% […]