How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now
Dec 10, 2019 05:19 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Fans of Ridley Scotts 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner returned to cinemas last month for an unusual milestone: history catching up with science fiction. Blade Runner opens in Los Angeles, in November 2019. Furnaces burst...
Work is a fundamental part of being human. Robots won't stop us doing it
Dec 10, 2019 05:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Hardly a week goes by without a report announcing the end of work as we know it. In 2013, Oxford University academics Carl Frey and Michael Osborne were the first to capture this anxiety in a paper titled: The Future of...
Fingerprint login would be a more secure defence for our data, if we used it properly
Dec 09, 2019 05:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Our electronic devices store a plethora of sensitive information. To protect this information, device operating systems such as Apples iOS and Android have locking mechanisms. These require user authentication before...
To stop a tech apocalypse we need ethics and the arts
Dec 09, 2019 04:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
If recent television shows are anything to go by, were a little concerned about the consequences of technological development. Dystopian narratives abound. Black Mirror projects the negative consequences of social...
The digital economy's environmental footprint is threatening the planet
Dec 09, 2019 04:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Nature
Modern society has given significant attention to the promises of the digital economy over the past decade. But it has given little attention to its negative environmental footprint. Our smartphones rely on rare earth...
Dec 06, 2019 20:06 pm UTC| Technology
The 0.16.0 update is the most awaited content for PUBG Mobile right now. Luckily, gamers will no longer have to guess when the patch is arriving, but they should also not expect the Erangel 2.0 map to launch with...
iPhone 12 release date, features: Touch ID returns alongside Face ID in 2020
Dec 06, 2019 20:06 pm UTC| Technology
Apples next premium line of smartphones, now widely dubbed as iPhone 12, is anticipated to be the highlight of a new decade for the tech industry. Apple fans will be more excited about it as several sources claim that the...
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
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects