Scientists have yet to start a fusion reaction that sustainably produces more energy than it uses. But excitement has grown as government and private plans move closer to the “net-energy gain” threshold.
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Ethereum is making big changes. Perhaps the most important is the jettisoning of the “miners” who track and validate transactions on the the world’s most-used blockchain network.
Sitting back and hoping that things go well is probably not a reasonable strategy, safety experts have warned following the space adventures of billionaires Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced the tech giant will shift from being a social media company to becoming “a metaverse company”. But what does that mean?
As Sipho Maseko begins his orderly and well-telegraphed exit from the Telkom CEO position, a first quarter financial update from the telecommunications provider contains a few more worrying signs.
At first glance, a recently granted South African patent relating to a “food container based on fractal geometry” seems fairly mundane. On closer inspection, it’s anything but.
As Covid-19 vaccination rates allow for more of a return to normal, an obvious question is, what’s next for Zoom? The answer could be a lot more than video chat.
Herd immunity is no longer a discussion the world – or South Africa – should be having. We should start to avoid using that term in the context of Sars-CoV-2, because it’s unlikely to materialise in our lifetimes. By Shabir A Madhi.
The future is not just more and nicer suburbs, better pay and new forms of social media. All those are likely to happen, but they won’t be the biggest changes.
Ethereum is about to undergo a technical adjustment that will significantly alter the way transactions are processed, as well as reduce the supply of the ether token and sharply boost its price.