Technology company Mustek expects its headline earnings per share (Heps) have risen by as much as 45% in the 12-month period ended 30 June 2014 compared to the same period a year earlier. In a statement to shareholders on Thursday, the company — which is particularly well known for its Mecer brand of computers — said that it expects that
The risks posed to human beings by artificial intelligence in no way resemble the popular image of the Terminator. That fictional mechanical monster is distinguished by many features – strength, armour, implacability, indestructability – but Arnie’s character lacks the one characteristic that we in the real world actually need to worry about: extreme
It would take two weeks for the South African power system to recover if there was a total nationwide blackout, Eskom said on Tuesday. “The entire country’s blackout recovery time is two weeks, assuming that everything goes smoothly,” Eskom group executive for sustainability Steve Lennon told reporters in Johannesburg. He said if the country had to experience
Electric cars are the future of the automobile, Germany’s iconic luxury vehicle brand BMW believes. And it’s about to make a big investment in South Africa to back up this view. Worldwide, the race to electric vehicles is hotting up as leading vehicle manufacturers
Sentech employees will receive a hike in basic salary of between 7,5% and 8% following resolution of a pay dispute that led unionised workers to strike. “Following two and half weeks of strike action at Sentech by the
It is not a crime to distribute pornography to adults on a secure channel, On Digital Media (ODM) argued in the Western Cape high court on Wednesday. Steven Budlender, for ODM, said the Sexual Offences Amendment Act and the Films and Publications Act criminalised the
A robbery, which reportedly took place at Core Group’s iStore branch in Cresta, has left one man shot and wounded. Three armed men robbed a store at the Cresta shopping mall in Johannesburg on Wednesday, Gauteng police said
Start-up M4Jam, which launched commercial services this week, is hoping to make a dent in South Africa’s unemployment crisis. The company — its name is short for “money for jam” offers people with smartphones jobs that take a short period to complete. Started by 44-year-old entrepreneur Andre Hugo, the idea is to provide
MTN South Africa has opened its 4G/LTE network to prepaid users for the first time, the mobile operator announced on Wednesday. Until now, access to the super-fast 4G network was limited to its contract customers. Rival Vodacom has offered 4G services to both its contract and prepaid users for some time. “The new MTN PayAsYouGo LTE Sim
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that as we spend more time communicating via social media, we are disappearing into bubbles. We receive information from the same sources and witness the views of the same people in our personalised newsfeeds every day. But it also seems like living in our bubble is having an effect on our own opinions and
