Is Azure down right now?

We’re now so invested in the hyperscalers that there’s no way back. It’s a good thing they don’t break too often.

ChatGPT no substitute for human effort

LLMs will improve to the point where they make very few errors of fact, but the errors will still be there.

Technology

Alistair Fairweather

The Blue Label conundrum

Blue Label will need to get Cell C turned around and properly profitable.

Features

Tristan West

What happens when empathy gets in the way of efficiency?

Humans come standard with unreasonable and superfluous needs for care and affection.

Technology

Bronwyn Williams

Stepping into the gap

As South Africa gears up for elections and every vote counts, we look at change, inspiration and hope.

Business

Tamsin Mackay

Powering the grid: there's a model for that

What can be done to get more renewables onto South Africa’s grid?

Innovation

Tiana Cline

Putting Africa on the TikTok map

Bianca Sibiya is TikTok’s head of content operations in Sub-Saharan Africa, a role that taps into her natural talent and experience in the content marketing and African narratives spheres.

Business

Kate Thompson Davy

What will you write today?

Journal may be a default app on iOS, but don’t overlook it.

Technology

Kate Thompson Davy

Tracking the impact of rugby tackles

How are sports scientists harnessing technology to elevate player performance and safeguard their welfare?

Technology

Sibusiso Biyela

Reading, writing, arithmetic, now, with tech

How schools are using tech to transform education.

Technology

Monique Verduyn

Sometimes bugs don’t need Doom

There’s a graveyard for games (and some studio reputations) that were released with so many bugs they were barely playable, but, for some, there is life after death.

Technology

Tamsin Mackay

Eye-tracking tech moving in the right direction

It’s been foretold, from James Bond to Knight Rider, but now we can finally command a car with our gaze.

Innovation

Nafisa Akabor

CIPC breach a symptom of a larger problem

The South African tech workforce needs a shot in the arm, especially in the public service.

Business

Kate Thompson Davy

Brainstorm 2024 calendar winner crowned

Zhinel Pretorius has won the 2024 Brainstorm calendar competition commissioned by Huawei and Mustek.

C-Suite

Matthew Burbidge

The network effect

Lerato Dolamo has a stellar reputation in telecommunications earned through her skills, willingness to learn, and prowess at building networks – of the literal and personal kind.

Technology

Kate Thompson Davy

Volvo EX30: small car, big dreams

The Volvo EX30 is Volvo’s smallest, fastest, and least expensive EV.

Technology

Nafisa Akabor

The new, polarised, world order

What will be the long-term implications of the US trying to hobble China’s access to advanced technologies?

Technology

Matthew Burbidge

How to drive digitalisation in oil, gas and mining

The oil, gas and mining industries must find smart routes to digitalisation. Technology is under pressure to deliver results for companies that allow them to see rapid results in productivity, operations, health, safety and sustainability.

Roundtable

Tamsin Mackay