by admin | Apr 17, 2025 | blood, donating blood, News, Other Tech News, SABS, South Africa, Technology, The Conversation
The shortage of blood for medical use is a global challenge. South Africa is not exempt. Blood collection organisations such as the South African National Blood Service struggle to meet the demand for blood products because of insufficient blood donations and the... by admin | Apr 15, 2025 | coal, coal-powered station, Energy, Government, News, Other Tech News, South Africa, The Conversation
Three South African environmental and climate justice organisations took the South African government to court in November 2021, to challenge the authorisation of new coal-fired power as part of the country’s energy mix. Three years later, the court ruled that the... by admin | Apr 14, 2025 | Computers, IBM, Microsoft, News, OpenAI, Other Tech News, The Conversation, Windows
Microsoft just celebrated its 50th anniversary. This article was written using Microsoft Word on a computer running Microsoft Windows. It is likely to be published on platforms hosted by Microsoft Azure, including LinkedIn, a Microsoft subsidiary with over one billion... by admin | Apr 12, 2025 | FlexiVol, hologram, News, Other Tech News, research, touch
How do you touch something that doesn’t exist? That’s a question Reddit-bound anime fans have asked for years, but it’s also a serious consideration for folks developing hologram technology. Minority Report might be a privacy nightmare scenario but the touch interface... by admin | Apr 12, 2025 | combat, G1, humanoid, News, Other Tech News, robot, Technology News, Unitree
Unitree’s quadruped robots are frequently put to interesting uses — beach cleanup and er… flamethrowers come to mind — so perhaps we should be worried that it’s teaching its G1 humanoid robot to fight. After all, we’re expecting a Machine War at some point. If it’s... by admin | Apr 11, 2025 | AI, AI News, Government, Minority Report, News, Other Tech News, pre-crime, UK
The UK government is working on a “murder prediction” tool that will use the personal data collected about that country’s residents to divine who is most likely to commit murder. Before they do it, obviously. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the whole...