Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist and one of the pioneers of the World Wide Web, once declared: “The spread of computers and the Internet will put jobs in two categories: people who tell computers what to do
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The European parliament’s rejection of new copyright rules shows how difficult it is for regulators to compel the tech industry to pay for content that it uses for free. The parliament voted on Thursday to send a draft
While financial services company Liberty may have suffered the biggest data breach ever in South Africa, losing between 20TB and 40TB of data contained in e-mails and attachments, it is not the only listed
“What could we do with layered structures with just the right layers? What would the properties of materials be if we could really arrange the atoms the way we want them?” The curious American physicist Richard
Astronomers strive to observe the universe via ever-more advanced techniques. Whenever researchers invent a new method, unprecedented information is collected, and people’s understanding of the cosmos deepens
Bitcoin’s meteoric rise last year had many observers calling it one of the biggest speculative manias in history. The cryptocurrency’s 2018 crash may help cement its place in the bubble record books. Down 70% from its December
It’s becoming standard practice for US technology giants to follow the letter of European rulings and regulations without really changing their behaviour. Most recently, Facebook and Google have exhibited just a
When Chinese media company StarTimes entered Ivory Coast’s pay-TV market two years ago, Canal+ appeared to take notice. A few months later, the unit of France’s Vivendi cut the cost of its decoder by a third. StarTimes has
As bitcoin continues to endure the woes of a roller-coaster 2018, investors around the world might continue to chant “HODL” around a campfire – longing for the days of quick, successive price gains and soaring
Facebook and Google are the biggest media owners in almost every market across the globe and they seem to be heading for world domination. But is that so bad? One of my favourite TV shows growing up