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iPad Pro 2018 Release Date, Specs, Update: New Leak Reveals Potential Design Along Face ID, New Apple Pencil, and More Features

Oct 11, 2018 09:58 am UTC| Technology

Admit it or not, Apple product launch is one of the most anticipating events every year. Fortunately, there are leaked details revealing what to expect on this tablet. Recently, Google announced its Google Pixel Slate,...

Google Pixel Slate Release Date, News, Update: Google Confirms Device to Rival iPad

Oct 11, 2018 09:57 am UTC| Technology

iPad has a new rival, according to Google. The tech giant announces it will launch Google Pixel Slate that can compete with Apples iPad. Google has been officially announced its Google Pixel Slate on Tuesday, October....

WhatsApp Latest Update, Feature, and News: Chat Messenger Fixes a major Problem for Android and iPhone

Oct 11, 2018 09:56 am UTC| Technology

WhatsApp is a chat messenger app owned by Facebook. It is now one of the famous chatting apps, apart from Facebook and other platforms. WhatsApp is considered to be the most used chatting service across the globe. Good...

Samsung Galaxy S10 Release Date, Specs, Features: Next Flagship May Have Dedicated NPU

Oct 11, 2018 09:55 am UTC| Technology

Samsung seems to be developing a processor with a dedicated neural processing unit (NPU), and the Samsung Galaxy S10 may be the first flagship smartphone to utilize it. According to noted tipster Ice universe, the...

MacBook Air 2018 Release Date, News, Update: Will Apple Introduce a New MacBook Air This Month?

Oct 11, 2018 09:54 am UTC| Technology

Will the MacBook Air 2018 come out later this month? A lot of people have speculated that Apple may be ready to give the MacBook Air a much-needed update this year, and these observers are currently on the lookout for...

Microsoft Surface Phone 2018 Latest News: Microsoft Exec Confirms Foldable Device is Still in the Works

Oct 11, 2018 09:53 am UTC| Technology

Looks like the Microsoft Surface Phone 2018 is still being developed after all despite rumors of the project being abandoned. In a recent interview with The Verge, Microsoft chief product designer Panos Panay admitted...

Honor 8X Specs, Features, Variant, Price: Budget Phone With 6.5-Inch Display Launches Worldwide

Oct 11, 2018 09:52 am UTC| Technology

As Huawei continues to launch the Honor 8X worldwide, here are a few things potential buyers should know about the Chinese companys latest smartphone. The Honor 8X is being marketed as a budget phone, but it actually...

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Economy

Beyond the spin, beyond the handouts, here’s how to get a handle on what’s really happening on budget night

Three weeks from now, some of us will be presented with a mountain of budget papers, and just about all of us will get to hear about them on radio, TV or news websites on budget night. The quickest way to find out what...

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility

Ivan Vladislavić is Johannesburgs literary linkman. He tells us, in the first pages of his new book, The Near North, that before cities were lit, first by gaslight and later electricity, people of means paid torchbearers...

Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget

With Jim Chalmerss third budget on May 14, Australians will be looking for some more cost-of-living relief beyond the tax cuts although they have been warned extra measures will be modest. As this weeks consumer price...

Inflation is slowly falling, while student debt is climbing: 6 graphs that explain today’s CPI

Australias inflation rate has fallen for the fifth successive quarter, and its now less than half of what it was back in late 2022. The annual rate peaked at 7.8% in the December quarter of 2022 and is now just 3.6%, in...

Extraordinary Vietnam fraud case exposes the inherent vulnerabilities of banks

The financial crisis of 2008 showed just how much the world depends on banks being well run. Since then, regulators have been given new powers to keep some of the biggest institutions on a much shorter leash to stamp out...

Politics

US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms

Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...

Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board

To say that the Labour party is flying high in the polls is something of an understatement. But despite its consistent lead against the Tories, the opposition finds itself in a rather odd position: on the cusp of power but...

History for sale: what does South Africa’s struggle heritage mean after 30 years of democracy?

One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized bronze shoes shimmer in the evening light, polished by the hands of many...

Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight

In the early hours of April 15 2023, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Sudanese paramilitary force attacked the military airstrip in the town of Merowe and deployed troops across strategic locations in Sudans capital,...

Military conscription is returning to Europe, but is it really a more equal way of mobilising? What history tells us

The idea that conscription, defined as the compulsory enlistment of citizens for military service, can increase equality and instil a sense of solidarity that transcends traditional societal divides has echoed throughout...

Science

A Nasa rover has reached a promising place to search for fossilised life on Mars

While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasas Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to...

The rising flood of space junk is a risk to us on Earth – and governments are on the hook

A piece of space junk recently crashed through the roof and floor of a mans home in Florida. Nasa later confirmed that the object had come from unwanted hardware released from the international space station. The 700g,...

Peter Higgs was one of the greats of particle physics. He transformed what we know about the building blocks of the universe

Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the subatomic particle known as the Higgs boson, has died aged 94. He was always a modest man, especially when considering that he was one of the greats of particle physics the area of...

Could a telescope ever see the beginning of time? An astronomer explains

The James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST for short, is one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. Planning for JWST began over 25 years ago, and construction efforts spanned over a decade. It was launched into space on...

US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names

When one Chinese national recently petitioned the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to become a permanent resident, he thought his chances were pretty good. As an accomplished biologist, he figured that news...

Technology

Former PayPal President Predicts Bitcoin as AI's Future Currency

Amid fluctuating prices, former PayPal President David Marcus champions Bitcoin as the native currency of AI at the Bitcoin for Corporations 2024 event, rekindling interest and optimism in the cryptocurrencys long-term...

Massive Shiba Inu Transfer: 1.75 Trillion SHIB Moves, Sparks Market Excitement

On May 2, Whale Alert tracked two enormous transfers totaling 1.75 trillion Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens from Robinhood, driving a more than 6% increase in SHIBs price and igniting bullish sentiment among...

Anthropic Launches Claude AI App on iPhone to Rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT

Anthropic PBC, an artificial intelligence startup established in 2021, announced on Wednesday, May 1, that it launched an iOS app for its Claude 3 AI chatbot or language models. The company also unveiled a new subscription...

Shiba Inu Whale Moves 100 Billion SHIB Before FOMC, Signals Market Stir

In a surprising move, a mysterious Shiba Inu whale deposited 100 billion SHIB tokens into Coinbase, coinciding with a significant price drop just before the Federal Reserves crucial rate decision. This action has stirred...

Dongfeng Unveils High-Power Tesla Cybertruck Rival, Eyes Production in Italy

At the Beijing Auto Show, Dongfeng Motor Group showcased a Cybertruck-inspired electric vehicle boasting an impressive 1,305 horsepower, signaling its ambitions to produce over 100,000 electrified cars annually in Italy....