How buildings in Jo’burg could benefit from green roofs
Green roofs are credited with attenuating extreme temperatures by keeping the rooms below the roof cool in summer and warm in winter.
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Why investors are beginning to question WeWork’s value
WeWork fails on nearly all the criteria which determine whether a tech start-up is likely to be successful in the long term.
Introvert? You may just be bad at recognising faces
Although most of us can distinguish between and remember hundreds of different faces, some people are better at it than others.
Japan, Korea dispute threatens global smartphone supply
Japan and South Korea are showing no signs of resolving an escalating trade dispute, which traces back to 1910. It now poses a threat to the world’s technology supply chain.
Could our technology make us immortal?
The theory that humans can be digitised and live on within the digital confines of a computer-based existence has been the subject of debate. But until recently, no one had taken the idea much beyond research and discussion.
Silicon Valley wants to read your mind
Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well.
Stop blaming videogames for mass shootings
In the wake of the El Paso, Texas mass shooting on 3 August that left 22 dead and dozens injured, a familiar trope has re-emerged: often, when a young man is the shooter, people try to blame the tragedy on violent videogames.
Coding in SA schools – what needs to happen to make it work
South Africa is training a group of teachers to learn how to code and how to teach coding. The subject will be piloted at a thousand schools across five provinces, starting in the 2020 academic year. Can it work?
SA’s state-owned companies: a complex history that’s seldom told
The problems of South Africa’s state-owned enterprises are in the headlines every day. Yet many have existed for over 80 years.
AI hysteria could set the technology back by decades
Most discussions about artificial intelligence are characterised by hyperbole and hysteria. This could end up turning people against AI research, bringing significant progress in the technology to a halt.