Africa Lays the Groundwork for a Future of Electric Vehicles
The fast-evolving emobility sector presents a significant opportunity for sustainable growth and job creation in Africa, but some constraints need to be overcome Many South Africans who struggle every day to reach their places of work using minibus taxis or cars on congested motorways may find it hard to believe
Read moreFractional linear and linear
A function of the form where ad – bc ≠ 0 is sometimes called a fractional linear transformation or a bilinear transformation. I usually use the name Möbius transformation. In what sense are Möbius transformations linear transformations? They’re nonlinear functions unless b = c = 0. And yet they’re analogous
Read moreThe latest Windows 11 update will help you ditch passwords for good
Microsoft takes its next step towards a passwordless future. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Microsoft’s incoming Windows 11 update will introduce public support for passkeys — a passwordless login technology that instead uses your face, fingerprint, or device PIN to sign into accounts. Announced at Microsoft’s AI
Read morePoor Quality Water and Plans for Offshore Oil and Gas Explorations Spur Eastern Cape Protests
Approximately 250 people from Uitenhage, Jeffreys Bay, Humansdorp, Oyster Bay and beyond marched to Gqberha City Hall yesterday on 21 September, to draw attention to their deteriorating quality of life as a result of loadshedding and poor access to water. The march was arranged by the community in collaboration with
Read moreHashtag Trending Sep.22- OpenAI splurges on Red Teaming; New open source GitHub competitor; Cisco-Splunk deal
OpenAI splurges on Red Teaming as AI regulators intensify scrutiny, one company launches an open source GitHub competitor, Cisco makes a billion dollar acquisition, and Google Maps accused of causing the death of a motorist. These and more top tech stories on Hashtag Trending I’m your guest host, James
Read moreAfrican Development Bank Signs Agreement with KEITI to Climate-Resilient Tech in Africa
African Development Bank and Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI) sign agreement to deploy environmental and climate-resilient technologies in Africa. Through this partnership, Korea will share technology, experience, and knowledge with the bank’s African member countries. The African Development Bank and the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITTI) have
Read moreThreads adds easy profile switching to its mobile apps
Meta-owned Twitter rival Threads has finally added a way to switch between multiple accounts without logging out. The social networking app announced Thursday that users can now swap accounts on its mobile apps by long pressing on the profile icon in the bottom right. Users can tap on the “Add
Read moreBybit Launches Perp Protect: Automated Risk Management Tool
Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is proud to introduce an industry first for crypto exchanges: Perp Protect, an automated risk management tool. Perp Protect acquires options contracts automatically to hedge long and short positions offering easy downside protection. Perp Protect has been developed by Bybit and is
Read moreMicrosoft-Activision: UK looks poised to clear restructured deal
The UK’s competition watchdog has signalled it’s preparing to greenlight a restructured proposal for Microsoft to acquire Activision. In an update on its ongoing assessment today it said the deal “makes important changes that substantially address the concerns it set out in relation to the original transaction earlier this year”.
Read more4 Tips for Optimising and Operating Backup Power Systems
Between March 2022 and June 2023, there has been a 349% increase in solar rooftop PV installations. With households and businesses now producing over 4,400MW, electricity generated from the private sector is predicted to exceed the output from Eskom’s generation fleet by 2025. But if those who have invested in
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