Cloud, backup and storage devices: how best to protect your data
Apr 02, 2017 02:47 am UTC| Technology
We are producing more data than ever before, with more than 2.5 quintillion bytes produced every day, according to computer giant IBM. Thats a staggering 2,500,000,000,000 gigabytes of data and its growing fast. We have...
Thing-ification: why the human face of work needs to be brought back in
Apr 02, 2017 02:02 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Life
At work, do you feel like a disposable financial asset, or part of a family; a cog in the machine, or a human being on a team? How your company treats you can have a huge effect on your well-being and the success of the...
Elon Musk wants to merge man and machine – here's what he'll need to work out
Apr 02, 2017 00:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Computers and brains already talk to each other daily in high-tech labs and they do it better and better. For example, disabled people can now learn to govern robotic limbs by the sheer power of their mind. The hope is...
Renowned Physicist Stephen Hawking Becomes A Hologram, Warns Against Wilful Ignorance
Apr 01, 2017 05:19 am UTC| Science Technology
Professor Stephen Hawking has got to be the single most famous physicist in the world and he recently appeared as a hologram in Hong Kong. Aside from answering a few questions about various topics in his field, the famed...
SpaceX Makes History, Re-Used Rocket Successfully Delivers Satellite
Apr 01, 2017 05:17 am UTC| Technology
One of the biggest goals of Elon Musks SpaceX is to create a sustainable means of launching rockets into space via re-usable units. The company just made history by actually achieving this goal with one of its Falcon 9...
Congress Receives Threat From Unlikely Source Over Privacy Protection Repeal
Apr 01, 2017 05:16 am UTC| Technology Politics
With Congress recently scrapping the Privacy Protection Act that kept customer data safe from ISP mining, it seems US representatives have made a lot of enemies. A good example is the creator of the wildly popular card...
Facebook’s Picky Fundraising Feature Goes Live, Only 6 Causes Allowed
Apr 01, 2017 05:16 am UTC| Technology
In yet another bid to make itself a singular source of everything people can do online, Facebook just announced that its Personal Fundraisers feature is now available in beta. Its basically the premise of GoFundMe, which...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight