The most recent additions to our historic records are sound and video, but advances in how we work will both may allow us to make them last forever. Mandalorian Audio credit : Disney Mark Hamill audio credit: BBC See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
AI has improved significantly over the last few years and is central to what is at the heart of the much talked about 4th Industrial Revolution. But for all the problems it may solve, it raises as many new ones especially around how to classify it and whether deserves its own copyright or patent or even Nobel Prize. Image credit: Midjourney using the prompt by Bruce Whitfield "Cape Dutch farmstead in a storm, in the style of Tinus de Jongh" Audio credit: Yaboi Hanoi - Enter Demons & Gods See...
The Bitcoin network still uses this method while the Ethereum network has recently switched to a revised system called proof-of-stake. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
First identified almost 5 000 years ago , Malaria’s name comes from the Italian for bad air from when it was believed that illness was carried by the air. It was first identified as a parasite in 1880, a doctor in Cuba the following year noted the connection between mosquitoes and the transmission of yellow fever and allowed for the parasite to be tracked to being spread by certain mosquitoes. The work resulted in Noble prizes for medicine being awarded in 1902 and 1907. Vaccines for smallpox ga...
It may have taken a long time, but citizens can expect better protection now The Information regulator adds teeth to two groups of law that add to the strength of South Africa’s democracy and institutions that are created to protect it. Ensuring access to information held by the state and in set cases 3rd parties Ensuring your privacy can be protected Correction: Public bodies are required to submit annual Section 32 reports, not all businesses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...
The pandemic required the theoretical and experimental efforts of remote work to become the reality whether we were ready or not. Thankfully there had been efforts to make this possible and that technology had progressed to support it. Most work still falls into the kinds of work that can't be done remotely as it typically requires something to be made or extracted. Manufacturing, agriculture, mining and I will include education. There has been a major shift though, an increase in service relate...
Two of the entrepreneurs might not be well known to most in South Africa, and the third might be best known only thanks to a recent TV series about his impressive rise and spectacular fall. Their stories mirror the mix of character, vision, timing and a good bit of luck to make something a success. There are thousands who are doing the same each day but because the timing or luck is not aligned. It is fair to say that few successful people get to that position without taking big risks and making...
You would never consider visiting or staying next to a lithium-ion battery plant but you may well spend a relaxing weekend at a pumped storage facility. Read the full article . The thumbnail is a display of potential pump water storage locations. Image credit: data.gov.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
The Netflix documentary The Most Hated Man on the Internet highlights the willingness of some to do anything to make some money and how vulnerable we are to those who are intent at getting access to our accounts. In this case to post naked pictures without permission on a website to get visits and money for ad impressions Copyright law could allow you to have the images removed but was a civil lawsuit for personal images at the time, thankfully that has now been changed and there are harsh penal...
The standard plan these days is become a billionaire and then set your sights on going to space. It has been the play for Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson and of course Elon Musk, but Mark Zuckerberg the richest billionaire by age (38 and $67 billion) is looking to go further into cyberspace rather than outer space. He has both the time and the money to do it, but it will not be easy. Audio credit: Adam Mosseri Image credit: Meta See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
You may think paying for heated seats as a subscription is a crazy idea, but is likely to be one that becomes more common. The Daily Show clip can be found here - https://youtu.be/PukjFP0zgVY See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
First Elon Musk was keen and Twitter was not, now Twitter is keen and Elon Musk is not. It will be decided in court in October if a settlement is not reached before then, but what was Musk hoping to buy in the first place? Audio credit: TED Talks Image credit: © Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
There are many characters in the evolution of duty free shopping, Business Unusual looks at two that have stood out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Virus have been around long before humans and their incredible variety and myriad of functions may become our most effective tool to fight cancer. A human trial using a cancer targeting virus is underway, the outcome may be a game changer for one of the most common causes of death in humans. Audio credit: Imugene See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nothing makes the switch to electric look more affordable or unavoidable than how much you have to pay to fill up you petrol or diesel vehicle. image credit: ©jvdwolf/123RF.COM See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Meeting someone is easier than it has ever been and for many that is what makes meeting people so hard. Lots more in the accompanying article. Image credit: Markus Winkler on Unsplash See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We need to do more reduce global warming, but this may come at a high cost. Humans have for centuries set their behaviour according the weather and seasons. Some of the first gods regulated it, we never thought one day we would affect it and maybe even control it. Geoengineering is the science that may change that and save us from the worst of climate change, but there are costs and risks, so we are back in the realms of the fickle weather gods. What is it? An intervention to current conditions,...
Given the massive energy expansion China is undertaking, might they be the ones to help restore the lights in this country... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The principal change is that since World War 2, the United Nations has been the body that a country would need to convince that its war was justified and there are very limited reasons to justify a war. Humans have a long history of war and given its impact on those affected, there is generally a lot of information recorded about the events. It is arguable that a large chunk of human history is the details of the many conflicts that have been waged between groups. Why war used to be declared Bef...
Netflix recently announced it had lost subscribers for the 1st time and expected to lose many more. The question is why and what it means for the TV and movie disruptor. Returning to a Star Wars analogy Netflix was founded as an alternative to the video empires of Blockbuster that would fine you for returning a video late, they opted to let you keep the video if you wanted but you could only get another when you returned it. They also pioneered using the mail to send and return the DVDs that wer...
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How could the person that has managed to amass more personal wealth through business that anyone in history be considered out of his depth or incompetent? It relates to the Peter Principle which holds that competent people get promoted or in this case get involved in new projects until they tackle a project they are not able to manage. Fans of Elon Musk would argue that he can do anything, critics will be looking for any misstep as a sign of his coming ultimate failure, but in the middle is the ...
It is sad that sometimes the unintended consequence of war is progress It does not reflect well on humanity that following significant conflicts new technologies emerge that would have either taken longer to mature or would not have existed. The League of Nations was formed to ensure there would never be another world war, we know that did not work, but following the 2nd world war, the United Nations was created to succeed where the League of Nations failed. Would a world body to manage diplomac...
We may regard crude oil as a single thing but it is a very diverse mix of hundreds of molecules that are produced over millions of years and under very specific conditions from the remains of plants and animals. Image credit: © arsgera/123rf.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
A powerful tool to assist workers remotely is Microsoft’s TeamViewer, it allows your IT support person to see exactly what is not working on your machine and rather than having to explain what you need to do to fix, they can just fix it, because TeamViewer effectively makes your machine theirs. You probably forget when or to update programs so it can be done for you. Installing new software and getting the printer working is easy for those who know how and they can fix it from anywhere. But when...
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