Elon Musk developing Tesla’s Optimus robot worth more than the EV business
Apr 25, 2022 08:00 am UTC| Business Economy Technology
Elon Musk stated during last weeks first-quarter earnings call for Tesla that its Optimus humanoid robot that is being developed is set to become the companys most valuable business. Teslas chief predicted that the...
Can you truly own anything in the metaverse? A law professor explains.
Apr 23, 2022 08:32 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency
In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about US$4 million. Normally this would not make headlines, but in this case the land was virtual. It existed only in a metaverse platform called The...
If Elon Musk succeeds in his Twitter takeover, it would restrict, rather than promote, free speech
Apr 23, 2022 08:27 am UTC| Technology
In mid-April, Elon Musk made public his desire to acquire Twitter, make it a private company, and overhaul its moderation policies. Citing ideals of free speech, Musk claimed that Twitter has become kind of the de facto...
Apr 23, 2022 08:25 am UTC| Technology
The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that the total entropy of a system the amount of disorder only ever increases. In other words, the amount of order only ever decreases. Privacy is similar to entropy. Privacy is...
Why an edit button for Twitter is not as simple as it seems
Apr 23, 2022 08:23 am UTC| Technology
Most people who use Twitter have had the experience: you fire off a quick tweet, realise it contains a typo, then get annoyed you cant click edit to fix it. Twitter users have been clamouring for an edit button for...
Apr 22, 2022 10:18 am UTC| Technology
After a few leaks and a cryptic teaser, Activision finally confirmed that the next pop culture icons coming to Call of Duty: Warzone are two of the most popular monsters, Godzilla and King Kong. The Titans will be featured...
Apr 22, 2022 09:15 am UTC| Technology
With only a few weeks left before Halo Infinite Season 2 goes live, 343 Industries announced more details about the anticipated Last Spartan Standing game mode. While the developer refrained from calling it a battle...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight